blackhawk007
New Member
New members, and our new Ambilobe
Hey everyone. I have been following the site for some time now, just reading though. I don't have any experience of my own to provide so I have just stayed quiet and tried to learn from you all. I had built my own enclosure(a hobby all in its own) its 24X36X48 tall. I know this is not exactly a small cage but I thought it would be better to go bigger than smaller. I hope it works out. The cage was made from aluminum angle and aluminum screen. So far we have a gardenia, and a schefflera in the cage, along with multiple branches and bendable vines of all sizes. Lighting is a 36" 5.0 bulb, and a 160w mercury vapor bulb until my next delivery arrives Tuesday.
In the bottom of the cage I made an 8" tall planter the size of the bottom and filled it with (from bottom to top in layers) gravel, carbon, vermiculite for soil and covered with larger size reptibark. I went with a size sub straight that would be too big to fit in his mouth when eating, just in case he misses his target I did not want him eating small wood. In the center I have a drain to prevent draining issues. I still have a few more items coming to help with the landscaping. But the photo was what it looked on Friday when checking temperatures at different locations. The cage is kept in our garden seedling room so the environment should be warm enough and humid enough.
This weekend I was finally able to locate an Ambilobe that I was looking for. Our local fairgrounds holds a reptile show twice a month so I was able to get a 3.5 month old F4 captive bred blue bar male. I have to be honest, I misted the cage before I put him in there and he started drinking just after he was placed. Very happy to see this for the first time. I then let him relax for a bit and then tried to see if he would take some food. Yep, he snagged a cricket right from my fingers. He then went up to the 5.0 bulb and hung out (literally upside down) for a while. I have been using a pump mister and pump dripper. I can already tell that he will be getting a more elaborate watering setup over the next few months. Its only been a few days and he seems to be pretty active. Here are some pics we wanted to share.
We are open to suggestions that you may have, being first time caregivers over here.
Basking
Hey everyone. I have been following the site for some time now, just reading though. I don't have any experience of my own to provide so I have just stayed quiet and tried to learn from you all. I had built my own enclosure(a hobby all in its own) its 24X36X48 tall. I know this is not exactly a small cage but I thought it would be better to go bigger than smaller. I hope it works out. The cage was made from aluminum angle and aluminum screen. So far we have a gardenia, and a schefflera in the cage, along with multiple branches and bendable vines of all sizes. Lighting is a 36" 5.0 bulb, and a 160w mercury vapor bulb until my next delivery arrives Tuesday.
In the bottom of the cage I made an 8" tall planter the size of the bottom and filled it with (from bottom to top in layers) gravel, carbon, vermiculite for soil and covered with larger size reptibark. I went with a size sub straight that would be too big to fit in his mouth when eating, just in case he misses his target I did not want him eating small wood. In the center I have a drain to prevent draining issues. I still have a few more items coming to help with the landscaping. But the photo was what it looked on Friday when checking temperatures at different locations. The cage is kept in our garden seedling room so the environment should be warm enough and humid enough.
This weekend I was finally able to locate an Ambilobe that I was looking for. Our local fairgrounds holds a reptile show twice a month so I was able to get a 3.5 month old F4 captive bred blue bar male. I have to be honest, I misted the cage before I put him in there and he started drinking just after he was placed. Very happy to see this for the first time. I then let him relax for a bit and then tried to see if he would take some food. Yep, he snagged a cricket right from my fingers. He then went up to the 5.0 bulb and hung out (literally upside down) for a while. I have been using a pump mister and pump dripper. I can already tell that he will be getting a more elaborate watering setup over the next few months. Its only been a few days and he seems to be pretty active. Here are some pics we wanted to share.
We are open to suggestions that you may have, being first time caregivers over here.
Basking
