My Methods Part One

Seeco

Avid Member
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.

6533681283_d67e987437_b.jpg

6533678819_3aee0e1b51_b.jpg

6533677217_4cdd85ed9d_b.jpg

6533683487_545fc10d29_b.jpg
 
Last edited:
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 ^__^
 
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.
 
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.
 
Interesting!

That looks like it has a lot of potential. You've given me something new to think about now. Thanks. Keep us posted.
 
This looks really awesome! You can really keep an eye on who's eating and not have to worry about food competition.
 
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!
 
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.
 
Back
Top Bottom