I haven't posted previously because 3 out of 4 of mine are very basic and close to sterile; but for a reason. It seems that when my Coastals reached 3-4 years or the Seven foot mark they got very messy. Besides trashing the place and moving things around, the urates got really bad.
When they were younger there was usually just one pile of urates. Now, they are in 5-7 places spread all over the cage overnight. And think of the worst places that the urates could be and that is where they are.
I just dont don't want to do complete cage tear downs for cleaning. Cleaning urates out of driftwood and plastic leaves and vines are a major pain to me. So I went with a more minimalist approach.
Now on my Jungle girl is just 2.5 years and is not messy at all, so she has more natural stuff in her cage. Plus, she is very active and climbs a lot.
The two things that I believe are of great benefits for Carpets are poles and or shelves, and the skyhides.
They all rarely touched a traditional hide, but they spend time in their Skyhides. They seem to love hunting from them which makes feeding time much more fun for me.
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