also on the breeding thing those conditions are only suggestions to help the process. my breeding season for all 3 of my females, I did nothing and all 3 have locked up, one im pretty sure is about to do her post lay shed.

It went female, meet male, and they were locked up in less than an hour.

everything else I could say has already been said up above. can you get away with it, sure, plenty of people do. but once one problem pops up, your pretty much screwed. your going to save yourself alot of stress, money in the long run, and possibly your animals lives by just making or buying a rack and doing things that way.