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    Quick Gecko Tub by Ax

    ok here's a quick setup i did in about 30minutes on Satuday night in the garage for a new animal i picked up at the reptile expo earlier the day. it will work for it's temp home while i get a more permanent one set up. also good for QT. it's for aboreal geckos/lizards.


    all my materials and tools:
    -- 15quart tub box, it's like 11x17x7 (previously used as BP tub w/ air holes already created)
    -- decorative manazanita wood
    -- decorative straw
    -- fake ficus plant
    -- paper towel (for substrate)
    -- newspaper (for background)
    -- hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
    -- extension cord (for hot glue gun)
    -- double sided tape
    -- tape measure
    -- wire cutter
    -- scissors
    -- garden shears


    not pictured
    -- cocktail glass
    -- soldering iron
    -- UVB lighting



    i had these materials lying around. here's everything:



    i started by flipping the tub and hotgluing the suction of the fake ficus to what would be the ceiling of the tub. i also hotglued a 2nd point of contact to the ceiling as circled in the next pix.



    i flipped the tub right side up and hotglued some leaves to the side and back walls for more stability of the ficus. i also folded and added the paper towel substrate.



    i measure and cut the decorative mazanita branch to add climbing and perches - both vertical/diagonal and horizontal. i don't exactly hotglue the branch into the bottom, but the sides or corners so that i may remove the paper towel substrate as it gets soiled. also the orange circle shows where i stuck the wood through one of the air holes.



    i measure and cut the decorative straw. i add and hotglue these for more stuff to climb on. and this results in a good amount of stuff to climb on and clutter. keep in mind that nothing actually touches the floor so that i may swap out my paper towel substrate.



    time to add a background. i'm just using the back of a local newspaper but u can use whatever u want. so i flipped the tub, hotglue points of contact and lay the paper and cut the excess.



    so far, so good. im might add, lookin' good too! so i stand the tub right side up. i add a glass w/ some water and give the enclosure a misting.



    then i add my new lil buddy. he hops right in!



    i add the tub lid/enclosure front:



    the plastic is not completely transparent, more frosted or whatever,, but i can still see inside. i see u!






    bonus pix: cute lil poop and urates.



    thanks for looking!




    Edit: i moved the cocktail glass to the leftside, back corner afterwards. i will probably swap it out for a more shallow glass or dish (or add less water). 1 cricket already drowned and i don't want a gecko to do the same.
    Last edited by Ax01; 07-16-2018 at 05:19 PM.
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    Thanks for sharing!!
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    welcome to the gecko club!!! ahhhhh they're so smol! so cute! do they have a name yet?!

    i can't believe i never thought to use hot glue to secure a bad suction cup...d'oh! thanks for the tip!
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