Few things here. The parameters that I’m starting with are as follows.
Lights on at 6:30 AM. This will turn the jungledawn and UVB on.. for now. I plan to get some smart dimmers soon and adjust this. Lights turn off at 6:30 PM
When lights come on, it looks like this picture. 85-90% humidity...
Well ran into a snag. Communication randomly had stopped about that treated WC male… I went a head and changed directions and ordered a farmed / WC male and female pair. They are getting me pictures so I can pick the animals.
Weather is cold this week, so we are planning to ship Monday for...
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As some of you are aware, I’m a long term big Kinyongia fan. Right now, the only available Kinyongia in the states is Boehmei. Small species that historically has not had a lot done with it here in the states. Hopefully this can help others enjoy the species and work with them a little...
Food processor works great for that, I do that most of the time. Easy to make a huge batch and not worry about it.
Don’t worry about finding pre gut loaded bugs.. if you feed them off the day you get them but they don’t have food in them, it’s not that big of a deal. 1 feeding isn’t going to...
I think we often confuse gut load with general healthy feeding.
IMO, we should be feeding our bugs a lot of good foods everyday.
Gut load through to me is, literally that. Loading their gut full of something in particular that we’re wanting to make sure makes it into the Chameleon. If you’re...
Thank you. Underground just got another shipment in (I’ve talked to them a few times over the phone) and American reptile distributor does as well. I’m likely purchasing from Underground either next week, or the week after… I’ve never had a WC animal so I’ve been trying to find a unicorn CB...
Nick Unz (not sure his name here) breeds them as well. I’d go check with him or the others Jan suggested. I’d imagine, 12-18 months would be minimum. I believe I heard Frank talk about it on one of Bills podcasts but I can’t recall for sure now…
True Ambanjas are so much nicer than the Blurples anyway! Really nice animals you’ve got.
You and Ipardalis are the only ones I know breeding true ambanjas. They just recently introduced that project to the public to be doing along side their YBBB and RBBB projects.
Glad to see theirs a few...
Well we’re more or less done. Fogger is made, and all in and hooked up, CliMist mister is installed, drainage is plumbed underneath, 80mm fans for circulation are installed on the top, and I’ve got a couple plants in. Still need the UVB and basking lights, and need to get all the branches in...
Got the acrylic cut and in this weekend. The sides pieces are siliconed in, and the fronts are on slider tracks. Just need to install some handles for them. All that’s left is to refit the dividers now that glass is in, get the mister set up, lighting, and plant it. Sooo close!!
Well… I started the drainage today and it about killed me to put holes in this thing!! Got 3 draines siliconed in, and got the holes cut for the fogging system. Need to buy 1 more part before I can finalize plumbing the fogger, but it’s starting to come together.
I put the fogger heads on the...
Still wonky on the inserts because I Havnt done anything more since my last update, just took a pic with a jungle dawn turned on to show it a little better.
Good morning. I went this route with a cage last year for the same reason. I used black corrugated plastic on the side facing the wall and the back. I used double sided tape along the outside aluminum frame of the cage and just stuck it to it. You could easily do the same thing on the inside if...
Update. I built the top and got the divider inserts mostly done….
The top. Half way during the build I had the idea to make the top removable. This allows for a few things.
1, if the screen ever gets ripped and needs replaced, it’s a lot easier to do so by taking the top off and working on the...
Well.. I’ve literally been building this in my head for 15 years. Small ideas and adjustments here and there. I’m 2/3 of the way done at this point and couldn’t help but at least share a little now that it’s in my house!
The cage itself is 24” deep, 54” wide, and 48” tall. It will have glass...