My Methods Part One

[Seeco]

I like to do things my own way. The result is often failure, but sometimes I come up with some interesting innovations. I'll be posting a few threads of some things I have slapped together. Instead of explanatory captions I'll just answer any questions you ask. The closer you look the more you will learn. There is more on my blog.

This first thread shows an old method I used for individually housing baby chams. The bottom of the box and each of the cages is screen. It sits on a rack above a drainage system. If you learn anything or use these methods please give me credit. As with a lot of home-made stuff it the little tweaks that make it function properly so don't assume your version is safe just because it looks similar.

 

[okiroo]

looks gr8! thats pritty coo. wonder if it would work with my mantis babies

 

[moviemanmania]

Fascinating! I look forward to your future posts.

 

[coldbloodedAL]

Interesting, looks good. How do these guys get uv with the openings in the top being so small?

 

[Trin]

That looks really cool, I'm guessing it's one cham per? And do you think you could just stretch a uvb lamp across the top of them (with the screen covering them of course) if the weather was too cold to put them outside for natural? We're lookin for what to get ready for when we finally breed ours ^__^

 

[Seeco]

Interesting, looks good. How do these guys get uv with the openings in the top being so small?

Hey I use the very slim exo terra dual UV fixture. Normally the individual cages are all touching each other. The UV bulbs run straight across the middle of each row, about 1cm above the lip. Heat lamps are aimed in the center of where the corners of 4 cages touch and the heat is mellowed as it penetrates the plastic. In addition to all this a water tube runs the length of each UV bulb and mist nozzles branch off at each cage top. Each cage gets completely blasted and filled with mist.

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

That's an ingenuous way to raise babies. I'm going to look forward to the complete series of these threads. You may have to make a blog out of all this when your done.

 

[Tabooza]

Nice invention that is a really cool setup u have their Seeco

 

[chametc]

Interesting!

That looks like it has a lot of potential. You've given me something new to think about now. Thanks. Keep us posted.

 

[yankfanthom]

This looks really awesome! You can really keep an eye on who's eating and not have to worry about food competition.

 

[coldbloodedAL]

Hey I use the very slim exo terra dual UV fixture. Normally the individual cages are all touching each other. The UV bulbs run straight across the middle of each row, about 1cm above the lip. Heat lamps are aimed in the center of where the corners of 4 cages touch and the heat is mellowed as it penetrates the plastic. In addition to all this a water tube runs the length of each UV bulb and mist nozzles branch off at each cage top. Each cage gets completely blasted and filled with mist.

Excellent idea, looking forward to the remaining parts!

 

[raphael14]

Fantastic, great idea

 

[TimUp]

That's a great idea! Do you have any pics of the system set up with lights in place?

 

[Seeco]

That looks really cool, I'm guessing it's one cham per? And do you think you could just stretch a uvb lamp across the top of them (with the screen covering them of course) if the weather was too cold to put them outside for natural? We're lookin for what to get ready for when we finally breed ours ^__^

Hey, they usually do not live outside this way. Aside from the two cages you can see with a square screen lid, I generally did not use any lids at all. The slope of the rims of the bottles is sufficient for quite a while with slower growing species like K multituberculata.

 

[Panther16]

Awsone invention secco!

 

[Seeco]

bump. anyone tried this?

 

[brandon1]

bump. anyone tried this?

What are the actual containers? They kinda look like large powerade bottles with the tops cut off and the labels removed. I may try this some day as it looks pretty in ingenious.

 

[Aloha808]

They are 1 gallon Crystal Geyser water bottles. Those babies are so cute!

 

[Seeco]

They are 1 gallon Crystal Geyser water bottles. Those babies are so cute!

Precisely!

 

[Seeco]

bump for any new breeders