New setup -- roaming setup

[unixmiah]

hi
this is my new setup
it's not final yet- i just got my new place a week ago still in progress. any feed back on what wrong vs. what i need. thanks all.

pic: https://www.chameleonforums.com/members/unixmiah-albums-under-hood-picture31298-img-89721.jpg

I'm going to post better pictures and close ups. this is a terrible picture-- it look better in person.

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Little guy sleeping last night: when hes at sleep, nothing can wake him up-- not even water, rub, grab, poke -- he doesn't get disturbed when he sleeps.

First attempt at starting a Cricket colony: Hope it works out.

My Veiled is shedding:

Lights rests on top of enclosure usually:

He does that in the AM-- goes in the exact spot every morning where he knows he's food is going to be coming in from:

He loves the bamboo tree-- it's not slippery, he did fall a few times-- so I replaced smooth bamboo with an actual bamboo branch. There is a bamboo forest nearby.

another bamboo climbing shot: He swings from them like a monkey from branch to branch.

 

[guanagator]

Looks like your setting things up nicely! Only thing I would do is get a table or some sort of stand get the vivs elevated, chams are arboreal and like to be higher off the floor. The will feel more secure looking down on you as you then being towered over every time you interact with them. This also will have noticeable ambient temperature effect, if your on the ground floor especially. The difference between ceiling and floor in my herp room is 7 degrees F. I use a cheap plastic top folding table around 6 x 2.5 easily can fit 3 vivs with storage room for feeders and misting equipment underneath.

 

[JoCarp]

hi
this is my new setup
it's not final yet- i just got my new place a week ago still in progress. any feed back on what wrong vs. what i need. thanks all.

pic: https://www.chameleonforums.com/members/unixmiah-albums-under-hood-picture31298-img-89721.jpg

I'm going to post better pictures and close ups. this is a terrible picture-- it look better in person.

Looks like you're on the right track from what I can see. The biggest thing I noticed is that they are on the ground and need to be as high up off the ground as you can get basically so they can look down at everything versus up.

EDIT: SO as I was about to send this I looked again and couldn't tell if there is stuff coming up out of the enclosure to free range above? If so the height comment may not be relevant.

I will say that I'm glad my Merlin isn't allowed to see your set ups, he would be very jealous of all those great plants! He has live plants, but not that many!

 

[MamatoElvis]

I agree with other posters about getting everything off the ground. I assume they are on the floor because you just moved but if not raise them up. I only have two other comments. I don't see a barrier and even a cross the room they still need one. I can't tell but maybe the plants block the view. Also I've read a lot of unsettling things about the compact UVB. I'd switch to a long one just to be on the safe side.

 

[unixmiah]

Do you know what brand I can look at that actually works? how long does it last? thank you for the info.

 

[SocialNumb]

Zoo Med T5 HO Reptisun or preferably Arcadia which can be found here: lightyourreptiles.com

Advertised for a year.

 

[MamatoElvis]

I was going to recommend the same two.