Crested Cage in Progress (DU DEATH)

well it's currently being added to right now, to await my new arrival next week.... it's a 38g reptarium, 16.5x16.5x30, looking a little spacious what do you think?
i dont know what substrate i'll be using yet, but i got another couple of big leaf things i can put on it, and she's hanging some ivy vine in there now...not totally finished just taking a break for now but what do you think so far? Oh and that is the window that was broken, when my house was broken into lastnight....we have it all covered up right now, those little punks.
BEFORE
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AFTER
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I just finished, rather than posting more pics check them out here
pics 7-12 is how it looks now
http://photobucket.com/albums/f262/shadraak/Cages/

The finished product looks very nice. Gecko heaven :)

did you check the photobucket? i just edited my post cause whoops forgot the link lol, oh i hope so, was upset i was unable to get yours lol but i am getting a male olive/flame with showing signs of alot of stuff lol, he's located
http://photobucket.com/albums/f262/shadraak/Crested/
she said he's starting to get spots, and his harly is creeping up, as well as starting some pinstriping hehe....little sweetie hehe, but a question, lol here's how it looks now, but where do i put the thermometer probe and the unit itself?
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Just set it next to the cage. I don't even use a thermometer in any of my cages. Since its all screen lots of air should go through so it wouldn't trap any heat and should be the same temp as the room. Nice male, I always liked the dark flames/harlies. Who are you getting him from.

well i wanna make sure humidity is ok, you mean i just purchased another indoor outdoor thermometer for nothing lol....yeah it's holding at 68 now after a misting and it's night time and the heater's been off all day thinking of keeping a towel around the back side so no sunlight comes thru here not that any does anyway but wanna block out the excess heat

congrats on your new crested! the cage looks very nice. you can just place your thermostat on the cage floor for humidity measuring purposes. a towel on the back of the cage will help keep out sunlight and help hold in humidity.

well humidity is just showing hi, doesn't give me a reading but bottom temp ( i have no substrate in there yet, is like 67 that's my concern the substrate will be really cool that's scaring me :(
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i dont have him yet lol...

if you just sprayed or water got into the hygrometer then it will register high, which is anything over 90 or 95% i think. 67 is ok for a crested--generally upper 60s to 80 degrees is acceptable. i prefer 72ish as a low for cresteds because they eat better and are more active when it is warmer but they can be kept at slightly lower temps.

at the base or the middle? i got the middle one in there, but the base(bottom) of the cage is registering the 67, up higher in the middle it's goin up now, it's because my heater was turned off cause it was a nice day i turned it up a little and it seems to be ok now......the thermometer was outside the cage when i sprayed :P
humidity is only down to 90 i'll check it in the morning but so far it seems to be holding it's own with no towels or anything on it, i dont think it'll be a big deal anyway, i'll just mist it every morning and night, i work 12:45pm - 11:45pm so mist at noon, and mist at like 1am would be perfect i think, and i'll mist with hot water, misted with cold the first time that's why it was so low i think lol.

Shad, your set up is looking very nice, but in the first pic (before pic) I noticed in the back panel toward the top, there it a small rip in the fabric. You may want to patch that up somehow because your crested will most likely find it and make an escape.

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Originally Posted by shadraak

i'll mist with hot water, misted with cold the first time that's why it was so low i think lol.

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I dont know that you want to mist with HOT water, warm water I would say would be fine, but HOT water could actually burn your crestie once it is in there. When I mist, I use room temp water, and my humidity stays fine.

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Originally Posted by Jeanne

Shad, your set up is looking very nice, but in the first pic (before pic) I noticed in the back panel toward the top, there it a small rip in the fabric. You may want to patch that up somehow because your crested will most likely find it and make an escape.

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Good eye Jeanne! I went back to look at the hole and then noticed he patched the hole in the 3rd or 4th pic down. It looks like duct tape is on the inside of the cage.

Shad- good luck with the new little guy! He looks awesome!

Wendy

no duct tape in the cage, got new screen and sewn it on there with fishing line :D everything in the cage is attached with fishing line :D

OK here we go tonight lol, put in some more bamboo pieces, will probably be adding the coconut fiber tomarrow or the next day, i'm thinking of putting a flourescent light fixture on the top for daytime light, can they see black light? cause i got a black light fixture sitting here that can go in there lol..... well here it is as of now :D
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If I was you I would just stick with paper towels for the substrate. Atleast for the first couple months. That way you can monitor you crestie fairly easy.

well coming from someone who sends me daily updates and very reputable, i just put some bedabeast (fine layer, no more than 1/4 an inch) on the bottom to help hold humidity it's paced very tightly so i may even put paper towels over it, just need something to help hold humidity.

you can also provide a humid hide for added humidity if needed. moist sphagnum moss or even paper towels in a small rubbermaid type container with a hole cut in it will work wonders. :)

oh there's already one made lol, my RTB doesn't use his, so i will put it in here my leo loves hers lol but i think it's doig ok now it seems to be holding heat and humidity really well now

I use spagnum moss in my enclosures, it helps hold humidty well and looks nice.

hey with a humid hide doesn't it need to be hot to make humidity? otherwise it's just cold and wet.....i will use bedabeast, i may put moss ontop of that i dont know yet lol...i think my cage will be ok, only thing is to keep it warm at night ( will use a party bulb at like 15w) and cool in the day, misting or a drip system should keep it nice and cool.

it doesn't have to be hot to be humid--the moss or other moist substrate enclose in the container will create plenty of humidity. since cresteds don't require special heating like leos or bps it is ok if it is a little cooler in the hide.

what night and daytime temperatures does your house have? cresteds are fine in a pretty large range of temps so you shouldn't have to worry about it too much unless your house experiences some pretty extreme temperatures...

How do you like the reptarium. I am looking for some new housing for my cresties. Is the door very easy to close and open.

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Originally Posted by greenmonkey51

How do you like the reptarium. I am looking for some new housing for my cresties. Is the door very easy to close and open.

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well it's a zipper it's very easy to open lol, i was going to build a screen door for a 20g tank and throw it on it's side, well it's nighttime here and it's 77.7 degrees during the day it might get warmer i dont know i am not here on the weekends :( got final adjustings to do by monday because he should ship by wednesday :D

as long as it doesn't get over 82-83 for extended periods of time it should be fine. it can cool to 65 or so during the night and be fine as well as long as it does warm up some during the day.

well i'm sure the 2x day misting will fix that issue, may have it 4x a day, when my gf wakes up, when i wake up, when she gets home and when i get home
that's about 9am, 12pm, 3-4pm, and midnight lol that'll probably cool the whole thing down just fine :D