Arboreal Hides featuring IJ Carpets

[reptileexperts]

I want to try this for my Savus, they love to climb.

My SD retic uses a restaurant bus tub as a hide, and DH has a new (used) CNC mill. I bet he could make some metal brackets that would support it.

it could be made to support their weight, especially a pure, but crosses I'd be leery of attempting. If you are using a large, 8x4x3 natural enclosure, then I'd start focusing arboreal, but with most retics, they simply stay in one spot unless they are having issues thermo regulating, or are simply looking for excess food / mates. There are many who will argue both for and against this mindset, but retics do better in slightly seemingly tighter spaces. When I moved one of my SD Boys into a 6x3 cage, he simply went mad, became extremely territorial, and went off food. Put him back in his 4x2, no issues ever again.

[bcr229]

it could be made to support their weight, especially a pure, but crosses I'd be leery of attempting. If you are using a large, 8x4x3 natural enclosure, then I'd start focusing arboreal, but with most retics, they simply stay in one spot unless they are having issues thermo regulating, or are simply looking for excess food / mates. There are many who will argue both for and against this mindset, but retics do better in slightly seemingly tighter spaces. When I moved one of my SD Boys into a 6x3 cage, he simply went mad, became extremely territorial, and went off food. Put him back in his 4x2, no issues ever again.

He's pure, just over 6' at almost three years old and his growth has really slowed down. He's in a 48"x30"x18" and I don't expect he'll outgrow it soon, if ever. He does have a hide but only really uses it when he's in shed, otherwise he's active so if given the opportunity to climb on or into something I think he'd use it.

I agree with what you said about crosses and mainlands.

[reptileexperts]

Yeah, definitely worth considering then. And same - my retics will only use hides when in shed with the only exception being my phantom sunfire het stripe that will use her hide after eating for at least a few days.

Morelia still loving theirs, but the granite is found of the ground right now digesting his last meal.