Cage Flooring Opinion?

[Lauren Stern]

Hey everyone,
So I've been a new owner of my 9 month old male veiled chameleon for about 2 weeks now and I'm having some difficulties with his cage setup. I have all the right things that I need but I'm having a problem with the whole flooring not absorbing enough water. I currently have a dripper for him to drink from but am planning on getting the automatic misting system tomorrow...the problem is that the cage is leaking water no matter how I set it up. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for this problem? I'm thinking that maybe a different carpet that absorbs more water may help but wanted to know the best kind?

 

[infinityedge]

You need to drain the water not absorb it. Plumb in some sort of drainage system.

 

[JamesBryan]

Ideally you need the water to drain off, so a few holes in the bottom with a container underneath to catch the water is what most people do.

 

[Lauren Stern]

Ideally you need the water to drain off, so a few holes in the bottom with a container underneath to catch the water is what most people do.

Yeah that is what I was planning on doing but for the time being I was wondering if there was a good kind of flooring that anyone recommended?

 

[gbert15]

Yeah that is what I was planning on doing but for the time being I was wondering if there was a good kind of flooring that anyone recommended?

I just drill a hole on the floor then put the dragonstrand or lllreptile water tray! Then I use a turkey baster to take the water out!

 

[JaxyGirl]

Hey everyone,
So I've been a new owner of my 9 month old male veiled chameleon for about 2 weeks now and I'm having some difficulties with his cage setup. I have all the right things that I need but I'm having a problem with the whole flooring not absorbing enough water. I currently have a dripper for him to drink from but am planning on getting the automatic misting system tomorrow...the problem is that the cage is leaking water no matter how I set it up. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for this problem? I'm thinking that maybe a different carpet that absorbs more water may help but wanted to know the best kind?

What type of a cage do you have it in? Is it screen?

 

[pgr7]

I used natural looking paver stones from lowes. I used 4 of them to cover the flooring,I just remove them when I clean,wheel the enclosure to my sink and run the faucet sprayer in the bottom of the enclosure to let all the waste etc rum down the drain to the bucket.

 

[Lauren Stern]

What type of a cage do you have it in? Is it screen?

Yeah it is a screen cage but I actually added a cover on the 3 sides to keep the humidity in. I am planning on getting a bigger cage but for the time being I am going to try to drain system with just drilling the holes in the bottom