Screen Cages for Uros?
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brandon f.
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you are going to have a hard time keeping the humidity up enough in a screen cage. i guess you could cover the sides with plexi-glass, but that really defeats the purpose. i'd probably go with something different.
True, true. Im trying to find a good way to house my new leaf tail. Ive got him set up in a 66qt rubbermaid with 2 3" circular vents in the top. Im just worried because I've seen how far he can jump and want to give him all the room I can. The only other way I can set him up at the moment is in a 2' X 2' X 4' screen cage that I built for a chameleon that has passed away, or if I wait a week I can set up a 29 gal aquarium.
Thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.
Thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.
thrower
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Most folks I know with Uros even cover the screen lids to keep the humidity up. They don't shed worth a crap without high humidity.
For the health of your animal, I'd wait until you have the aquarium. He may not be able to jump super far just now, but they spend much longer in smaller spaces when at the local pet shop.
Tarl
For the health of your animal, I'd wait until you have the aquarium. He may not be able to jump super far just now, but they spend much longer in smaller spaces when at the local pet shop.
Tarl
miguel camacho!
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only species i know of thats really kept successfully in screen cages is pietschmanni, other than that i would be willing to guess guentheri would do alright in similar, dryer conditions. ive made extensions for tanks that made the overall enclosure basically 1/2 screen, 1/2 glass, but humidity was always still an issue that kinda worried me. but i would definitely be careful trying to use 100% screen cages.
gecko-kus
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I keep Uroplatus gunetheri in full screen cages with no sides covered up. I have found them to be perfect for them and the best enclosure I have used so far. I have a very large ficus in the middle of the tank and spray once to twice per day depending on how hot the day has been and its working very well.
kenya_1977
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I tried switching my lined leaftails to a tank with a screen front and all other sides glass. I was watering heavily, but my female dehydrated within a month of this change and I had to go back to the old tank because she couldn't take it. I would only do a screened enclosure if you had a misting system that would turn on for a minute every hour or two.
Yeah! The Phantasticus likes it realy cold at night!
I know when I had thouse and tried to keep the temp as realistic as possible I had to put some ICE inside a container inside the housing to get the temperature down!
Worked realy nice! Abit of work though, but I couldn't afford a coolingsystem at the time so.
Fimbriatus and Henkeli likes it pretty cold too at night.
but not THAT cold
I know when I had thouse and tried to keep the temp as realistic as possible I had to put some ICE inside a container inside the housing to get the temperature down!
Worked realy nice! Abit of work though, but I couldn't afford a coolingsystem at the time so.
Fimbriatus and Henkeli likes it pretty cold too at night.
but not THAT cold
L.A.C. Herps
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we've kept our U. henkeli 65-85, with a more constant temperature around 75 degrees F. We've had them reach 85-90 degrees F for several hours with no ill effects. Please note however, that these are well fed, well hydrated animals, in great health. Rapid decline in otherwise unhealthy, or poorly cared for Uroplatus will wither away quite quickly in the higher temperatures. U. lineatus, U. fimbriatus, and U. henkeli are ones that I personally have kept at these temperature ranges....