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I'v just heard about "reptariums", could any one dircribe to me the pros and cons and features that they have? How big they can be? What can't i do with them? What can i do with them?

thanks!

well there is a mesh cage system sold with that name...

but really any reptile home is a "Reptarium"

it's the terms "Reptaile" and "Terrarium" made into a word.
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Sorry the above post is correct they're a mesh cage system that is very easy to assumble and disassemble which is good if you move around a lot or plan on taking him anywhere. as I said before, there are rumors that they can filter out some of the uv light but I personally believe they would be very good starter tanks.

They range in size anywhere from 40 gal up to 175(that's the biggest I've seen but they may go higher) they sell for like 40 - 150 bucks CDN depending on the size.

Actually they range from 22 gallons - 260 gallons. The major "pro" to these is that they offer A LOT of space for very little $$$. Where else can you find a 260 gallon enclosure for under $95? You can use them either flat or tall, and they also sell a "softray" to put on the bottom to hold substrate. The major "con" associated with them is that they are mesh, and as such do not hold humidity or heat very well. But if you are willing to rig and tweak them, they can make a suitable habitat for many reptiles. I use a 260 gallon for a trio of tokay geckos, which relish space but also need humidity. So I mist often, have live plants in the enclosure, and have in the past draped a clear shower curtain around 3 sides to hold humidity. For heat-loving desert species, an extra bulb or two may be needed, along with a human heating pad beneath it to generate more belly heat. Many people on the forums do not like reptariums because of the above reason, or because they are supposedly hard to sdee through. I personally would rather have my space-loving herps in these and manipulate environment a bit rather than having them in a tiny glass or melamine enclosure which can hold heat. Just my two cents.
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Inhabitants of the reptile room:
Leopard geckos, pictus geckos, crested geckos, african fat-tails, Paroedura bastardi bastardi, Bent-Toed geckos, a velvet gecko, Henkel's Leaf Tails, Bibron's geckos, Texas Banded Geckos, Corn snakes, Ball Pythons, Honduran milks, a single Taiwan Beauty, Leucistic Texas Rats, Solomon Island Tree Boas, a pair of Mali Uromastyx, and a single baby bearded dragon... whew, I think that's it.......

I stand corrected about the size

260 eh? that's a really really big enclosure

Derek