fluxlizard
Avid Member
terraria-
Personally, the easiest I have found are 38 gallon reptariums filled with sticks with a mist system that can cut on for 20 minutes 2 x per day.
I used old aquaria and plastic tubs for years. It's more work- you have to mist lightly every few hours so the lizards have enough to drink, and so it dries out completely between between mistings, yet the enclosure doesn't flood when misted. These enclosures also have to be wiped out and kept clean every few days. And you have to be careful not to drown the tiny insects in droplets of water when misting.
And with plastic tubs- if you feed certain species of insect like flightless fruit-flies or baby lobster roaches (both favorites of mine for baby chameleons) then they crawl out very easily. A pinch of baby cereal fruit flavored in each corner helps keep them in, and fiberglass window screen can be stretched over the opening and held in place with clips (the clipping paper clips- not the "normal" ones but the heavy duty clips can be clipped to tub lips) or weighed down around the enclosures with bricks.
But construction? If you are not able to have system like mine with the reptariums and misters which is much easier to deal with then probably the cheapest way is just to go buy some cheap plastic tubs at walmart for $4 or $5 each, or to get some old second hand possibly cracked aquaria at yardsales and the like.
Depending on what you are thinking of breeding, you might consider the venture carefully. Little chams eat lots of little insects which can add up in cost pretty quickly, plus electricity and water bills, lighting costs, enclosure costs, time involved caring for the babies plus caring for baby feeder insects (possibly including the investment of time and money necessary to start breeding your own feeders if you want to break even on something like baby veileds). And then some species like veileds are much more difficult to sell one by one even after a couple months of excellent care because they are so cheap and readily available on a wholesale level which means you will probably have to sell cheaply in larger lots to move them.
Personally, the easiest I have found are 38 gallon reptariums filled with sticks with a mist system that can cut on for 20 minutes 2 x per day.
I used old aquaria and plastic tubs for years. It's more work- you have to mist lightly every few hours so the lizards have enough to drink, and so it dries out completely between between mistings, yet the enclosure doesn't flood when misted. These enclosures also have to be wiped out and kept clean every few days. And you have to be careful not to drown the tiny insects in droplets of water when misting.
And with plastic tubs- if you feed certain species of insect like flightless fruit-flies or baby lobster roaches (both favorites of mine for baby chameleons) then they crawl out very easily. A pinch of baby cereal fruit flavored in each corner helps keep them in, and fiberglass window screen can be stretched over the opening and held in place with clips (the clipping paper clips- not the "normal" ones but the heavy duty clips can be clipped to tub lips) or weighed down around the enclosures with bricks.
But construction? If you are not able to have system like mine with the reptariums and misters which is much easier to deal with then probably the cheapest way is just to go buy some cheap plastic tubs at walmart for $4 or $5 each, or to get some old second hand possibly cracked aquaria at yardsales and the like.
Depending on what you are thinking of breeding, you might consider the venture carefully. Little chams eat lots of little insects which can add up in cost pretty quickly, plus electricity and water bills, lighting costs, enclosure costs, time involved caring for the babies plus caring for baby feeder insects (possibly including the investment of time and money necessary to start breeding your own feeders if you want to break even on something like baby veileds). And then some species like veileds are much more difficult to sell one by one even after a couple months of excellent care because they are so cheap and readily available on a wholesale level which means you will probably have to sell cheaply in larger lots to move them.
