C. pulchellus housing (share your pictures)

Bowfinger · #1 02-13-2009, 01:13 PM

Anyone want to share their enclosures? I have revamped my rack system yesterday to make room for extra lighting, heat, misters, added inline power with alternating dimmers (thanks to left over electrical from a job) and basically want to better simulate habitat for breeding. I have had good luck in the past, but have lost my touch due to my temps being to consistent. So I need to add temperature fluctualtion without overheating. I will work on pictures myself.

ReptiRutger · #2 02-14-2009, 04:05 AM

Bowfinger · #3 02-15-2009, 01:42 AM

Nice set up. What kind of lights are those and what temps do you get?

ReptiRutger · #4 02-15-2009, 05:43 AM

Just got a lightbulb of 25 Watt on the one side and a energy-efficient lamp on the other side. At one side the temperature runs up to 27 degrees Celsius,the other side is slightly cooler. At night it cools down to between 18-20 degrees Celsius.

As substrate i use cocopeat. The plants are Philondendron scandens, Chlorophytum comosum ‘ocean’ and Peperomia puteolata.

Every night i spray some water. Also i put in a waterdish.

Bowfinger · #5 02-15-2009, 04:55 PM

Thanks, that helps me understand some of my successes and yours. They seem to do well with day heat, but very minimal. With my home temperatures adjusted due to moving location, my temps became to constant and low. I have installed a test run of Halogen Accent lights (pucks) at 20w ea. with the ability to us a dimmer switch.

Also here is a close up of one of my cages (sorry, I have only a macro lens right now). Great Stuff background, peat/sand bottom, branches and x-large bamboo half. Some cages have live and some have fake plants...always testing options.

ReptiRutger · #6 02-15-2009, 05:50 PM

Hey Shane,

nice to see and hear what kind of enclosures you've got for your Cyrto's. One of my females got eggs again. Think she will lay this week or so. Keep you posted.

Bowfinger · #7 02-15-2009, 07:26 PM

Here are some pictures of an adult and sub using the foam backing.

ReptiRutger · #8 02-16-2009, 05:55 AM

Great looking animals! I don't see them often (only at night), but still they look pretty!

What's the size (in cm, please) of your set up? And how many Cyrto's do you keep in your vivarium?

Bowfinger · #9 02-16-2009, 02:25 PM

1 gallon jars for babies, 1 1/2 foot deep x 1 foot tall x 6 inches wide for sub-adults, and 1 1/2 foot cubes for adult pairs. Your going to have to convert to cm as I am giving you respective sizes.
I keep single or in pairs. Keeping in larger groups causes stress especially to less dominant males, so I never keep males together. Even babies growing together can stunt growth of weaker individual in the confines of a cage...but I do keep sets together of babies to see who is the strongest, then split up.
As for adult pairs, I would rather keep single then pair up, but space constraints prevent this, so a add many hide spots and cover.
Here is a better picture of the adult cubes. These cages are courtesy of Chris Estep after he shut down the doors to Reptile Haven and dedicated his time to exotic birds.

ReptiRutger · #10 02-17-2009, 06:32 AM

My vivarium has the following measurements:

Length = 80 cm (2,62 foot)
Width = 40 cm (1,31 foot)
Height = 50 cm (1,64 foot)

I hope I used the right converting program to convert the measurements into feet. In this vivarium I have 1.2 Cyrto's.

The young ones are housed (in pair) in a smaller vivarium of 40 x 20 x 20 (cm). 1,31 (L) x 0,65 (W) x 0,65 (H) foot. This vivarium has a simple setup. Just cocopeat as substrate and a piece of wood as a hidingplace. They seem to be doing fine in this vivariums.