is a 242 us gallon tank large enoth for one? cos my books just say 'large'....not helpful!if its not i wont bother, but if it is then i may have to get one!
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tank size for desert ig
graffitiraptor
Feb 12, 2004 11:34 AM
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tgreb
Feb 12, 2004 12:25 PM
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graffitiraptor
Feb 12, 2004 01:50 PM
but would it be too big for a baby one? and now i know i can get one what should i do with the royal i have in that tank? hhmmmmm....this pet keeping business is hard!
dvl
Feb 16, 2004 08:10 PM
Too big is never too big for active lizards like chucks & DI's. If you decide to go with Desert Iguanas--- get some feedback from John Styner- he post on this forum ( along with other forums) and has a nice indoor set up. Be sure to spend plenty of time and pay attention to "underground tunnel construction"-- that is a very important part of DI habits & habitat. One simple way is to create a maze by using flat stones ( of EQUAL Thickness!!)-- roughly 1.5 - 2 inches thick and place them side by side with a 2 inch gap or "trail" between them. Fill 50% of it with sand and cover it all with LARGER flat rocks. Allow space for them to enter/ exit every couple of feet. Fix it up with intersections connecting several tunnels. Make SURE the rocks on top are stable, sturdy and cannot slide. You can then add rock/ gravel etc to decorate the above ground features. DI's dang near always retreat underground and dig tunnels for a living. That you can not stop so you have to give them a solid & safe place to do that digging. Also-- they do not really inhabit rocky places as in boulder strewn hillsides like chucks do. DI's are happy in sandy/ loose gravelly Creosote flats with open spaces to run for days! There is no need to get too carried away with making several large rock piles. They do like to climb so some branches on one end will give em a place to doodle around-- plus they sit in the sparse shade in the heat of the day. Most all their tunnels are at the base of Creosote bushes or other shrubs so locating a stump, rock or twisted dead juniper branch in the right place might help em get a warm & cozy feeling all over too. What the heck-- it can't hurt anything!!!
Good Luck
David
