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I love my new screen cage . . .

powergeckos Dec 30, 2003 01:33 AM

I purchased this from SCALES - who advertise in KS. It's around 50 bucks, and I have a breeding pair in it - although I could easily do an adult trio, with some more hides.

I like the way it looks - and most of all - how easy it is to clean.

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Monte Meyer
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No Fru-Fru morphs in the herp room

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powergeckos Dec 30, 2003 01:35 AM

I copped this idea from the rhac book. I use 2 oz deli cups - purchased from Sam's Club. I'm getting ready to take out the CD diet - as it dried up after about 24 hours. I love the way it works - and the cresteds seem to dig it.

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Monte Meyer
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No Fru-Fru morphs in the herp room

Scelus Dec 30, 2003 12:18 PM

David Wedeking is a good guy. I have the same cage, but in the largest size available (used to have a jackson cham)...

The size is a bit intimidating for my juve Crested, so I'm waiting until I can get a few more and they get larger.

It's good to see some geckos actually eating the CD Diet. I bought it as a cricket alternative (they smell disgusting and are a pain to clean), but the gecko won't eat it.

Scelus Dec 30, 2003 12:19 PM

Edit: Daniel Wedeking.
I was thinking of another guy.

azteclizard Dec 30, 2003 03:37 PM

You need a good amount of patience when switching to the diet. One way is to mix it with watered down peach bayfood at first and reduce the amount of babyfood overtime. If you have a healthy gecko, and you really want to get it on the diet, you might have to hold off on the crix until it accepts the food. A healthy crested is not going to let itself starve. It took some work, but I have my entire Rhac collection on the diets only. I feed the diets every other to every third day. Every third feeding I give growing Rhacs a few crix. My adults get no crix at all.
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snmreptiles Dec 30, 2003 02:34 PM

N/P
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MIKE
4.14 Leopards (SHTCT, and Jungle Albino Trempers)
2.13 Fat Tails (Amels, Hets, and Normals)
1.1 Teratolepis Fasciata
1.3 Crested geckos
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius (Citronellas)
1.0 Diamond Back Terrapin
14 Snakes (Tri colored hogs, subocs, alterna, rosy boas, and black milks)

powergeckos Dec 30, 2003 04:41 PM

Nope - my retired Father made them for me over Christmas. I think he used a hole saw, because he didn't have anything else large enough. It works pretty good - right to the rim of the cup.
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Monte Meyer
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No Fru-Fru morphs in the herp room

LeoEyes Dec 31, 2003 06:21 PM

Thats a really cool idea!!!!

I may have to try it with Gemini, my awsome male crested ;-]. He also likes the CG diet, but will also eat fruit, crickets, molted mealworms, and waxies (treat).

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1.0 Crested (Gemini)
1.0 corn snake (Dugan)
1.0 Tiger Salamander (Pices)

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MarthaStewart Dec 31, 2003 12:24 AM

Hey i was wondering where you picked up that screen cage and since i also live in KS address would be awesome too if they dont sell over the net. thnx

Scelus Dec 31, 2003 10:33 AM

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