At the risk of sounding rude, you or your friend really shouldn't own any pets if you cant provide the proper housing needed for said pets. Reading this post just made my jaw hit the floor. Keeping them together in a cardboard box inside Tupperware containers. You should always have the cage set up with temps and humidity BEFORE you bring the animal home. And even worse, you buy another animal before you even have the first one set up in a proper cage.......