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monitor or otherwise?
I recently downsized my water dragon collection and now have an empty, large cage. . .those dimensions are lengthxwidthxheight. Here's a pic of it set-up for wd's, but this weekend I plan to gut it and re-decorate it. Any suggestions on what species to work with now?
Thanks,
Paul Kemes
You certainly have some options with that cage but it will really depend on what YOU are interested in. This cage will be too small for some of the more popular monitors such as black throats and white throats (ionides and albigularis) - though some will say that is big enough (NO WAY if yo fully understand these animal's natural behaviors). You might look at tree monitors (you can can a trio in a cage that size), dumeril's monitor, black roughneck monitor (one of my favorites to work with) just to name a few. Obviously, you want to make sure that the set up meets the animal's specialized needs.
Rob Carmichael, Director/Curator of the Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm (Lake Forest, IL)
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A colony of Leach's giant gecko would be PERFECT for that cage... Maybe 1.3... sigh....
(Rhacodactylus leachianus- the world's most huggable gecko)
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?
Agreed, some grande terre would eb real nice, 1.3 he could probably get away with 1.5 maybe more that would be intense
sean
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1 Black roughneck Monitor (Slick Rick)
3 Crested Geckos (red, neon orange, and neon orange dalmation) (Rocky is the oldest other two are Adrian and Mick)
1 Vieled Cham (Tony Montana)
1 Leo (Nikki)
1 Oranate Uro (undecided name)
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Intensely EXPENSIVE... sigh....
I've been lusting after gran terre leachies for three frikken years...
(can't justify the cost unless i breed them, can't afford sexed adults, most babies turn out to be males, take 4 years to mature. bleh.)
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?
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