Jackson's cage

[TheBriMan23]

hi guys i am a little new to this forum and was wondering if you guys could find anything wrong with my Jackson's Chameleons cage.

 

[ChamomilleCame]

Hi welcome. Can you repost the picture please? It doesn't show

 

[TheBriMan23]

thanks here it is

 

[mjhough]

hi guys i am a little new to this forum and was wondering if you guys could find anything wrong with my Jackson's Chameleons cage.

Yes take out the water dish! Chams drink from a running water source. Use a Mister system or spray bottle

 

[TheBriMan23]

the water dish is to catch the dripper from over flowing the cage.

 

[mjhough]

the water dish is to catch the dripper from over flowing the cage.

Oh okay cool well some people suggest covering it with a screen so the chamber doesn't fall and drown small chance of that tho.. looks pretty good though I like how its setup

 

[pigglett79]

the water dish is to catch the dripper from over flowing the cage.

If you have the dripper going fast enough and are misting enough, that bowl would prob overflow a couple times. I built a riser for my cage and put a container under for drainage. I also have a screen bottom. Jackson's need really high humidity. And when they shed its really hard for them and they need frequent misting. I use a mistking that goes off for 5 minutes 4 times a day.

 

[TheBriMan23]

Ok i might do that, thank you!

 

[pigglett79]

On my profile in the Rex picture folder is a pic of the home made cage.

 

[TheBriMan23]

I love it! How did you make it?

 

[pigglett79]

I love it! How did you make it?

It was a real pain because we didn't know what we were doing! Haha! It is more or less 3 feet tall and 18 inches square. I think it is 1x2 boards with hardware cloth and window screen for the sides. We used 2x4's to make the base it stands on for the drainage container to slide in to. There are 2 potted plants and some fake plants. The potted plants help keep humidity up. Then we added a 2 nozzle basic mistking system. It has a regular 40 watt house bulb for basking and an 18" Arcadia bulb for UVB. I do still use the little dripper even w the misting system.