large cage question

[krypticrhacs]

Hi everyone, I havnt posted in quite and I had a question that I didn't know where else to put so it ended up here. Now I mainly focus on geckos; all tropical (uroplatus, rhacodactylus, crytodactylus, etc.) and I also deal with bearded dragons. Now most of my dragons have passed on (due to old age, they all lived to be about 12 to 13 yrs old.) and I have 3 left. Now the 3 all have their own cages however I have a 6ft custom cage that I had made for them that is no longer being used. The cage is 6ftX2ftX2ft, with a front glass sliding door. Its designed to be a desert terrarium with desert background (which cannot be removed), and with some tinkering of my own I am able to put sand in it and not have it affect the sliding doors so I want to keep it a desert tank. Does anyone know of a desert animal can be either lizard or gecko that would best fit for this style tank. I want to be able to put a pair or possible trio in there. Ive also considered snakes, it does have a locking door so they wont be ale to push the glass open.

any input would be appreciated
thanks,
Dan

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

There's a ton of species that you could use that for. As big as that is, you might want to consider putting some sort of divider in it so you could use it for two different species. How about some knobtails?

 

[krypticrhacs]

My only concern with putting in dividers is having multiple heating lamps. The bottom is a board about 1/2 inch maybe a little more, so any under the tank heater isn't going to work. So I wouldn't know how to heat them unless I the knob tails don't climb and I can lower heat lamps into the cage using a lower wattage. But that could be a little dangerous for the animals as it could get too hot or if they touched the bulb they will get burned.

 

[acpart]

I think collared lizards are gorgeous and would have one myself if I had the space.

Aliza

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

My only concern with putting in dividers is having multiple heating lamps. The bottom is a board about 1/2 inch maybe a little more, so any under the tank heater isn't going to work. So I wouldn't know how to heat them unless I the knob tails don't climb and I can lower heat lamps into the cage using a lower wattage. But that could be a little dangerous for the animals as it could get too hot or if they touched the bulb they will get burned.

Many gecko species don't climb. Knobtails are a good example. As for heating the enclosure, there's lots of various ways to do that.

 

[krypticrhacs]

What are some other ways to heat this type of cage the bottom and the back are made of that 1/2inch to an inch board material (the cage was made by cages by design) and the sides and front are plexiglass. The only thing I can think of is to suspend a dome into the cage. The other thought is to put larger animals in it. Ive been working with geckos and lizards, so Id be interested in some kind of lizard possibly even a snake, but that's a diff website. What about strophurus? also is there a species of gecko in which I can put multiple animals and have a small colony, like are there any species in which males get along cause I think it would be too stress full on the male if I put one male and fill the rest of the cage with females.

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Pictures of the enclosure would make giving advice a lot easier.
Aliza's idea of collard lizards is a good one. They're inexpensive, easy to work with, and can be very pretty.
Another great medium sized lizard that's a load of fun to work with is Jeweled Lacertas.
You could have a pair of them in there with no problem. They have super personalities and they're gorgeous.