thank you for all the help i appreciate the criticism but as i stated before it is a temporary home i had less than six hours to decide where i was going to keep him so i built it fast. i will enclose the sides with ply wood this weekend. i was outraged when i got to the guys house and it was running loose in his house battling his dog. i asked why he was out he says its an ongoing thing they chase each other around the house. i feel although i did a great thing by adopting her or him. is there a website that you can recommend that will give me all the humidity specs heat basking temps.as well as creating a suitable nesting area i am in the process of building a reptile house which is 18x 40 and his cage will be 8x 40x 8 which should be plenty for it to roam. there are no bulges behind the rear legs that i can see on the sides does any one have a pic that i can compare to like a male and a female? ill post pics in a bit