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I am just finishing this monitor cage, its for Greentree monitors.

As you can see its very naturalistic, but it provides(I hope) for many shelters, home shelters, deep nesting, both on the ground and in hollows. All areas are accessible. The hollow limbs have doors fit into them. The deep area has a removeable dam wall. The rocks in the nesting area are artifical(made by me) and weight almost nothing(roto-cast plastic)

All rockwork was done by me as well as the cabinet.

The cage is 8' long, 6'6" high, and 25" deep. The floor nesting area is 3' by 2' and 16" deep.

Sorry for the reflection, I should have taken the glass out. Oh by the way, all the glass slides to one side for easy access to the nesting area.

Of course, this is only a start, once the animals are in, I will make adjustments. I do intend to add a smaller hollow limb and some vines, soon. But I like to start simple and add if necessary.



thanks

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Very impressive. Lots of time and effort in there and it shows.

I have really got to learn to make rocks like you have. Something my enclosures need not only for my own selfish aesthetic desires but to function as hides for my milks as well.

Really nice Frank!

Gerry

It looks like a mini version of the croc monitor cage at the Central Florida Zoo, good job. Did you spray the rock or is it solid? Is the log cut out for nesting or just hiding?
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Gerard

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The hollows have nesting areas and shelter areas, so both.

Also, this is my cage, its for my animals. Best wishes

I know it's yours, it just looks like the one for the crocs at the zoo here. Fiberglass?
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Gerard

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Nice. They will appreciate your efforts.
:Mark
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Very nice, FR. That's a first class exhibit.

--Dennis

very nice work.

question though why you made the cage appear naturalistic vs one with the thermoregulatory stacks, removable water bowl, etc.? is this a display? do they do better in the display vs a more "sterile" breeder tank?

always interesting to see your stuff. thanks
daveb
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I am not sure what your thinking. This cage is based on mechanical support and it happens to look nice. that is, the hollow logs have doors in them, so I can access if necessary. The nesting area is EASY access. The end and middle windows slide out of the way and undo one screw and digging up nesting is at my fingertips.

Flip a valve and the water is pumped outside. That was the one element that I may get rid of, if it becomes a hassel. I could fill it in and put plants in there.

the cage is actually a test project to combine and looks.

I am not sure if you know anything about varanids but, some species cannot use retes boards, greentrees are one of them, They use round holes, if they use flat, they scare up their backs. There are many species like this. Apparently crevice dwellers have a shorter process on their backbones.

This cage provides a nice range of temps, in fact, two nice ranges.

Anyway, its for me and for fun. about which way works better, I could careless. As long it works.

Heres a funny thought, with Ozzie monitors and african monitors, they are always doing something and interact and are visual. With some of these, empty cage syndrome, indo species, you better have a pretty cage, cause you do not see the monitors. Cheers

sorry I rushed that and was not really addressing the issue.

What I find questionable is, newbies making "pretty" cages, but do not have a grip on husbandry. That was so very common in the old days with monitors.

ALso, that cage has V.prasinus, which are lite and delicate(for varanids) and are not cage destructive. If i put lacies, or gouldi types or albigs, they were level that cage in minutes. Even ackies would destroy it.

Your question about which is better is very odd to me. As it depends on the keeper, not the animal. I prefer to see monitors supported to achieve basic life events in captivity. What the monitors want is that ability. Cheers

thanks for your response.

i was impressed at how good the enclosure looked. maybe i did not phrase it right but i was trying to understand why you made the choices you did make. not to criticize but to learn a bit.

have a good day
daveb
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