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Hi there,

I was unable to find a decent pic of my ackies' enclosure, but here is one of one of my V. tristis enclosures. it is merely identical. The enclosures are custom built troughs made from melamine, with acrylic paneling as a door/cover. The heatlamp is connected directly to the acrylic, and several small holes are drilled in the top to allow oxygen exchange, and to allow some moisture to leave, but not too much. I give my ackies a substrate depth of up to 12" or so, but it varies throughout the enclosure. The overall dimension of the enclosure that I house a pair of adult ackies in is 48" x 24" x 24". Inside, I have many different hiding places, utilizing plywood stacks. I hope this helps a little. My guys seem to have a good time running around and basking at whatever temperature levels they choose. I have some more specific measurements and temps, etc. on my little site. I do not keep timorensis, however I once kept V. auffenbergi for a while, and they seem to be more arboreal than ackies, so give them a bunch more of vertical space, and many more hiding places because they are most likely wild caught, and a high strung/flighty species. They need the added security.
Take care,

bob

The Odatriad

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Hi...

I have my ackies in a wood cage, 4x2x2. I use the retes stack with 5 levels with tile on top and I have an undertank heater under the stack which they seem to enjoy. I have about 10" of dirt and have cork bark and climbing branches with some silk trees which they like to hang in. The picture is of the cage, but the retes has more levels and I have different trees in there. Mine seem to love hanging out on the trees and silk plants as much as they like digging tunnels in the dirt.

Pam