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i am looking into buying 3 Ackies and was wondering if a wooden enclosure 4'Long 18" Wide 2' Tall with a 3'long 18"wide plexiglass front/sides would work? If not then please tell me of some better enclosures for my Ackies any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading.
-Matt
Ekobialka@aol.com
I'd recommend a trough, cover the top with plexi or plywood and mount lights in it, only provide a small vent for airflow.
The beauty of it is, it forces you to concentrate on the important things, what is inside the cage, and less on construction details.
Good Luck,
--Robert
where can i get one and how expensive is it thanks for reading
-Math
Ekobialka@aol.com
A feed store, look in the yellow pages. Prices vary depending on what size you are looking for and where you live. My personal favorite is 5x2.5x2 galvanized steel, but I have not found those nearby, I got it from a friend. 4x2x2 can work, but bigger would be better.
I'd say somewhere around or below the $200 mark, but that's just a guess.
--Robert
but the other cage would work right incase i cant find a trough
It would be better if it was bigger, and provided more depth of substrate. Lots of things will work, the question is, is it worth the trouble in finding out what does or doesn't work for an enclosure, when you could be concentrating on your husbandry and what is in the enclosure.
I doubt seriously that there is any place in the US where you can't find a trough. Perhaps you have to drive a hundred miles, but wherever there is livestock, there are stock tanks, and alot of people use them for hot tubs, and all sorts of things besides keeping monitors err... I mean providing water for horses and cows.
If these are young babies, you actually would be better off starting with something smaller, such as a glass tank, and let them grow into that first, before you move them to something bigger and harder to control. Just build out a glass tank like a trough, cover the top, small vent hole, light inside (for heat). You should start on a larger enclosure though, as they grow very quickly.
There are many ways to keep them, but I would highly recommend to keep it as simple as possible.
Good Luck,
--Robert
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