Reptile & Amphibian Forums

I have a juvenile veiled in an appripriate screen cage. I am planning on moving it when it is an adult, or at least large enough, into another enclosure. The new enclosure is 18"x12x72" (L x W x H). It used to be a bird cage, so its sixe feet tall, but not that wide. I was wondering if it mattered that it wasn't that wide since it is so tall. Thanks so much!

It seems pretty narrow, but I don't think it will be a problem. As long as you fill it with lots branches and such, it should be fine. But if you can, it might be better to get a wider cage, so you can put a tree in there. I can't think of any trees that are that thin, but still supply good coverage and climing area. You could fill the cage with vines, but again, a live tree is best, as veileds eat leaves, so I advize against fake vines, and toxic plants (for obvious reasons). SO will it work, probably, but you may trouble finding a good tree to fit in there. I am sure there are trees out there, but I only use Ficus and Schefflera so am not sure of many plant species. Good luck.

Anthony

How did a bird fit in there? LOL birds dont fly staright up and down so why the small demensions? Not sure how it is stable being so high but so narrow. It seeme fine for a cham since they mostly climb high. I would hang a few different pothos plants in it at different levels. SO one near the top and one bleow it and below that one. This way as it grows there will be long vines up and down the cage. Buy some benda vine (exo terra jungle vine) and zip tie it to the sides so you can twirl it up to the top. 3 pieces of it should give you a lot of sturdy climbing room. I would make one at the top horizontal so that there is a pirch to bask at and get UV lighting that should go on the top of the cage.

I think you'll need to have some lighting hanging vertically along one side of the cage for your plants. You could get a single tube fluorescent and use a "spent" ReptiSun or a less expensive grow light. Otherwise you may have a hard time keeping plants in the lower part of the cage healthy. One problem I see is providing a humidity gradient. The cage won't hold any type of very dense bushy plants or pots which help maintain humidity. A wider cage gives you more options.

the pothos will gron no matter what trust me. They do not need much light at all but the humdity is a good point as the leaves are very waxy and repel water. This means they wont hold nay to slowly evaporate off into the area like a ficus would. I still think you will be fins with the pothos and spray often. Just worry about the light and uv for your cham the plants are the cheap part.