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Epoxy paint is done and I have just begun to add leaf litter. Seeing as these animals will be here soon I figured I'd post a new shot of their enclosure. I have to move this enclosure sideways to install a hurricane rated tripple thick insulated garage door so the oak branches won't be going in untill that's all done. Anyways...

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John Light
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You should paint the wall so it looks like their natural habitat.

because in their natural habitat all the walls are painted, they don't live where there are unpainted walls.

I thought it would help them to see something familiar, or maybe just paint it all green IDK.

John
Looking good Brother!
What are the dementions?
I housed a 1.2 trio of Cumingi in a 14'L, 8'w, 8'H.

Cumingi are in my top 5 favorite species!

Can't wait to see yours!
Mike
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Mike's Monitors!

14' x 6' x 6'...I wish I had gone 8' wide but I decided that to late! I would of gone 8' tall but the garage door gets in the way...pics of the animals soon I think I'm about 2-3 weeks out now or less, Cites has already been obtained. These animals are one of my Favorites and I can't wait to work with captive calm animals unlike moat wild ones we see here. Hopefully ill have some some success with them!
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John Light
JPLReptiles@gmail.com
(954) 903-8061

Hello John.

The cage looks interesting. and I really like the benjamin ficus leaves your using they do last for a while. How many bags do you think you need? I have used at least 4 full hefty construction bags to fill a 75 gallon tank!

Good luck with the cummingi.

PS. there is a golf course in Miami Shores that has 4 ficus trees and they haven't bothered to stop me yet.

Hello John, I am not much on the forums but new year doing new things. I know you are not new to these and have a lot of time with monitors. Anyway I was just wondering why you epoxied the walls and not the 2x4 supports? With any of the water species I would go the extra mile. Especially with cummingi or any of the bigger animals that can easily scratch away at wet rotten wood. All of my waters transfer a tremendous amounts of their water to the substrate from all of the in and out daily. Thats a lot of moisture to allow at your supports. It looks like you may have siliconed between supports and shell? That is a good step to follow but for the little amount of epoxy I would just cover the rest of the wood.

I know this is an old thread but I just saw your reply. I didn't cover the supports are all but 2 of them are treated 4X4's. Once the 2- 2x4's rott out I will replace them with 4X4's which I should of done in the first place. I did silicon all the cracks. I'll see how well this holds together and go from there.
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John Light
JPLReptiles@gmail.com
(954) 903-8061