Just ordered three 4x30x18 with heat panels, selves, and locks from Herptastic Reptiles. Comparable price to AP with half the lead time, 10-12 weeks or possibly less. Will then have ample housing for every animal here, and then some, well into adulthood.
Was fiddling around with dialing temps in the divided 8’ cage and learned the RHPs were creating a ~90° hot spot in the floor of the 6’ cage, but not where I wanted the heat to be. Could center the divided 6’ enclosure to get around that and use the bottom cages to create the floor hot spots in the cage above, but it throws off the visual balance of things in the room and that irritates my ocd a bit.
By stacking 4’ cages on top with the same footprint and panel placement as the cages below I should be able to use the heat transfer to my advantage theoretically for belly heat in the top enclosures while also running those panels less. Again, a theory for the moment until I can test it all out.
A good reminder for me on how to be flexible and adaptable with husbandry methods and such. May end up meaning that the 6 footer needs to go elsewhere when there’s a single animal occupying it, but we can cross that bridge when we get there in a few more years or so.
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