So, I have a idea but wanted to see what you guys think. I have a 10g tub that I was going to us for angels cage. Well, I would like to put build into her cage. But instead of it sitting in her I was going to put it on the shelf and have a branch or a plant leading to it. Trying to make it like wilderness instead of taking her out and put her in a bucket so she could lay eggs. Does that seem like s good idea or no? Thanks
laying bin built inside cage?!?!?
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DekuScrub
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so youre going to just place the cage over top of the bin? thats a fine idea, if its right below. you can actually buy cages with tupperware tub bottoms. idk if the guy has a website but i see him at the hamburg show every time i go.
the big problem ive had with putting cages over top of bin is the dimensions of the bins are always off by a bit. so you have to fill in the gaps where she could escape.
if you planned on having the tub outside of the cage and have a branch leading to it she may be wary of that sort of setup especially if the environment around her is visible and she realizes the floor around the bin is lower than the substrate
Dean Pulcini
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The soil will get to sloppy after awhile. When I bred chameleons they like putting the eggs near a root system of a plant.
sandrachameleon
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My laying bins are in the normal cages, taking up nearly the entire cage bottom. I much prefer this to having to move them to some other place/bucket for egg laying. These laying bins have lids on for when not in use (to keep poop and excess water out). I can remove a bin from the cage for cleaning and total sand change replacement as needs be
DekuScrub
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wait are you saying you have the top lip of the bins exposed? so that when theyre done laying you can just pop the lid on?! or pop it off when theyre ready? and just place plats and whatnot on the lid.....
thats an excellent idea. or is that not what you meant and i just thought that up myself?
I was thinking about it yes. I also want to make a small side door where the bin would be so I can dig out eggs without dragging the bin out and without bugging her
sandrachameleon
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Yup. Got plastic bins nearly the same size as the cage bottom (in one girls case I have to stuff a towel along the edge where its not a tight fit when she is ready to lay, else she wants to try to squeeze down in there, in an attempt to get to the lowest possible spot. With the towel there she is happy to see the bin as the cage bottom. Lid is on most of the time. Double front doors full length of the cage front allow me to slide the bin in and out as desired. Most of the plants in the ladies cages are elevated / attached to the sides of the cage (they are sturdy wood frame cages). The vines and branches on the lower half of the cage adjust to let her /them down to the bottom and into the bins easily. I do also have a smaller fairly light plant in a pot that I will sit on the lid or right on top of the sand as well.
For the one girl who I seem to have managed to cease her egg cycles, I've just removed the bin altogether, giving her nearly two feet of additional vertical cage space to enjoy.
