My new GOC
- Thread starter Dr O
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Action Jackson
Chameleon Enthusiast
Motherlode Chameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
I wish I could coin some more so I could build another.
I'm all about GOC's if you want to build another go for it. Its just on your dime though.
Dr O
Veterinarian
woohoo! got it right!
you wouldn't believe how many people have asked me what a GOC is and here I thought it was standard lingo around these parts.
we are currently hanging the dividers between cages so they can each feel like they are my favorite chameleon and I cater only to that particular one. will post more pix when finished with that and the inline water filtration.
Dean Pulcini
Avid Member
Very nice, I didn't notice if you screened the ground also animals may dig or tunnel to get to the chameleons. I would use a heavy metal screening that they cant get through.
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Dr O
Veterinarian
i did not. the only wild burrowers around here are armadillos, and I'm not worried about them. the lumber siding was placed just 2-3" under the soil surface.
I suppose a dog, maybe raccoon, or eventually a snake could find their way in, but since it's not a free range system and they are all suspended in the air and then locked in individual cages, I did prevent whatever I thought was a realistic possibility. I hope I'm never proven wrong, but if I am I'll adapt.
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DanSB
Avid Member
The set-up is awesome! I had actually been thinking about something similar, I really like the approach.
As far as predators getting in rats are in my experience the biggest nuisance. My grandparents had issues with aviaries where they would come in eat seeds, steal eggs bite birds etc. Those little buggers will dig right through the wood if they think they want anything in there. They kept some very attractive baited traps on the outside hidden where the dogs couldn't get to them and that worked better than pouring a concrete base and digging screen into the ground. These days I would use the battery powered zap traps. Your larger mammal pets can't get into them and they work awesome. I've eliminated entire rat populations with only 2 of them. (I hate poison).
Dr O
Veterinarian
our next door neighbor has five cats that like to roam freely particularly on our property. And I have already caught two yellow rat snakes, each literally climbing the brick siding of our house. Besides that, i will daily see some black racers, redtail hawks, owls, and many other rodent predators and have never seen a rodent. so I hope the local population is being controlled very well. but thank you for the heads up.
DanSB
Avid Member
Ha sounds like you have the rat issue under control!
The only issue there is that the rodent's natural predators might be getting out performed by the cats. If there is a more efficient way to depopulate rodents I don't know of it. Our area now has a lot of feral cats and very few rodent problems.
oldskoolmodder
New Member
WOW indeed, this thing looks GREAT! A lovely home for all of your babies
I live in Florida as well and I have to ask, this thing being only wood. Have you prepard for a hurricane? I mean the animals in the house obviously, I didn't look into much if you anchored this so I should read back. I was just making sure
Putting the work into a project is always fun, and always shows results. Now you can get all the ooh's and ahh's of people admiring your animals and their habitat.
I live in Florida as well and I have to ask, this thing being only wood. Have you prepard for a hurricane? I mean the animals in the house obviously, I didn't look into much if you anchored this so I should read back. I was just making sure
Putting the work into a project is always fun, and always shows results. Now you can get all the ooh's and ahh's of people admiring your animals and their habitat.
Dr O
Veterinarian
WOW indeed, this thing looks GREAT! A lovely home for all of your babies
I live in Florida as well and I have to ask, this thing being only wood. Have you prepard for a hurricane? I mean the animals in the house obviously, I didn't look into much if you anchored this so I should read back. I was just making sure
yes, I had mentioned in the text that the building in the photographs is actually a hurricane shelter designed to withstand up to 200 mile-per-hour winds. So that's where everybody will go with me.
if the GOC itself decides to fly off and land in Oz, I guess we will rebuild from scratch!
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theAfamily
New Member
Amazing
You should convert part of your hurricane shelter into a ticket booth and start charging for tours lol.. What Do you neighbors think about your GOC ?
Chris
You should convert part of your hurricane shelter into a ticket booth and start charging for tours lol.. What Do you neighbors think about your GOC ?
Chris
Dr O
Veterinarian
the only neighbor that can really see it is a French widow who is at least in her late 80s. And she thinks we're nuts anyway. the people in this house before us were here for 31 years, so she is just getting used to what it is like to have a reptile veterinarian and bulldog lover next-door. but actually just two days ago, she did come in for a tour of the cage once I promised her that the lizards were in locked cages themselves and would not jump out on her head as she feared that they would. and since she mentioned that her grandchildren were interested in seeing it, I told her to have them come over the next time that they are in town.
absolutbill
Chameleon Enthusiast
Excellent job on such a fantastic GOC (yes, I was another one who had no clue what that meant but was praying someone asked the question so I didn't have to!). I'm quite impressed with all the hard work you've done and your chams will surely thank you for it - in their own way of course
Michelle
Michelle
oldskoolmodder
New Member
LOL that's the biggest one I get with my snakes.
There in cages, locked Exo-Terras or racks with heavy tubs.
"No thanks, they can still come out and GET ME."
Good thing to hear about the hurricane shelter!!
There in cages, locked Exo-Terras or racks with heavy tubs.
"No thanks, they can still come out and GET ME."
Good thing to hear about the hurricane shelter!!
ReptileLover0423
Member
Looks amazing Kevin. Really awesome job!
ISA my Veiled
New Member
holy goodness that is sweet! Wish I had the money and time for this! Sweet set up man!
