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hello i just got a plumed basilisk....and i cant find any information on them... just to let you know i did try to research it...and it was given to me by someone that could not keep it anylonger and i want to make sure i care for it correctly

here is its enclosure...its 24"long, 26" high and 18" deep....there are 8 vents built in aswell

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0.1 Mali Uromastyx
0.0.1 Mexican Boa
0.1 Red tail boa
1.1.5 Corn Snake
1.2 Bearded Dragon
0.1 Ball Python
3.4.5 Leopard Gecko
0.0.1 Marbled Gecko
1.0 Crested Gecko
1.0 Russian Tortoise
0.0.1 White's Tree Frog
0.0.1 Sudan Plated Lizard
0.1 Banana Cali. King
0.0.2 Egyptian Toads
1.0.6 Bullfrog
0.0.3 Golden Geckos
0.1 Skunk gecko
1.1 Western Hognose
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
0.0.1 cali. toad
1.1 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
0.0.1 Tokay gecko
0.0.1 albino pacman
2.1 Canine
0.1 dwarf hamster

Well, to start with the cage is way too small. A basilisk should be kept in something the size of a large closet or so, not something that can sit on a desk. The minimum for me would be in the neighborhood of 4x4x7 feet, bigger if he is a wild-caught specimin with nose rubbing issues.

Then they like a large water area for swimming and diving, and plenty of trees and things for climbing. Temps in the 70s and 80s and lots of humidity.
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