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I couldn't find any answers for some questions I had about building a custom leopard gecko enclosure, so I thought I would ask here and see if anyone had any answers! 
I purchased two new leo's at the last expo, my first breeding pair!<3 They are temporarily being housed in a 30 gallon which we separated down the center so they aren't together. They're still young, only 3 months, so I don't think the small size is all too bad for them atm, but we really want to get them into a larger home for the long run before we go on vacation.
We took an old shelf and are going to lay it on it's back with the shelves working as dividers for three leo's(I'm moving my older Leo into there as well). It's also nice because i can adjust the sizes of their separate little pens as needed.
We wanted to give it a mesh top, but because of our cats(they like to visit the geckos when no one it looking), we needed to get something stronger, so we're using thick Plexiglas. It'll be lifted about 1/4" from the top of the tank, allowing some ventilation from the sides, but we aren't quite sure how many holes we should put in the top? I would just put holes everywhere, but they'll be a little large at 1/4" wide and probably 2-3 inches long, and I'm worried about humidity as well.
So I guess I was wondering if anyone had any idea's, does the plan I just suggested work fine? Three leo's will be living in it, and the dimensions are 24" wide by 48" long. We'll probably just end up fitting as many holes as we can without it breaking, but if anyone had any idea's or had done it in the past that would be helpful advice. Also the less holes the better for the situation I guess.
I purchased two new leo's at the last expo, my first breeding pair!<3 They are temporarily being housed in a 30 gallon which we separated down the center so they aren't together. They're still young, only 3 months, so I don't think the small size is all too bad for them atm, but we really want to get them into a larger home for the long run before we go on vacation.
We took an old shelf and are going to lay it on it's back with the shelves working as dividers for three leo's(I'm moving my older Leo into there as well). It's also nice because i can adjust the sizes of their separate little pens as needed.
We wanted to give it a mesh top, but because of our cats(they like to visit the geckos when no one it looking), we needed to get something stronger, so we're using thick Plexiglas. It'll be lifted about 1/4" from the top of the tank, allowing some ventilation from the sides, but we aren't quite sure how many holes we should put in the top? I would just put holes everywhere, but they'll be a little large at 1/4" wide and probably 2-3 inches long, and I'm worried about humidity as well.
So I guess I was wondering if anyone had any idea's, does the plan I just suggested work fine? Three leo's will be living in it, and the dimensions are 24" wide by 48" long. We'll probably just end up fitting as many holes as we can without it breaking, but if anyone had any idea's or had done it in the past that would be helpful advice. Also the less holes the better for the situation I guess.
