We herp lovers would all like to keep them in planted green house if we could, however it doesn’t work, at least not with a lot of care.



My priority is that they feed drink and thermo regulate properly, one thing I learned in 30 years of herping, territoriality is space related. The best way to mess up a good breeding pair is to give them more space, then you start seeing all kinds of problems you never experienced before, the first and also the worst is females start doing less of everything feeding drinking and basking because the males start acting more territorial.

Breeding success starts going out the window.



I know that in my cages females nest every 2-3 months, males aren’t territorial and both get all they need to achieve life events.



I can also separate them if needed, smaller cages allows this without to much trouble.

Also between you and me a few empty cages serve very well as incubators.

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