Mugetsu's Adult Enclosure

[icegecko]

Mugi's adult cage: Mistking set up, Tillandsias, Pothos, Flaming Sword bromiliad, Schefflera tree, Phalanopsis orchids. Orchids are mounted on coir plaques with sphagnum moss and attached to the sides of the enclosure. His feeding container is the large object on the right. It's a milk jug covered in coir and sphagnum moss.

Recently I added a white Phalanopsis orchid and a hybrid orchid (unsure of species). I'll have to take pics of the newest version later. The following photos are missing those two new orchids.

My goal was to make him as happy as possible while having a *hopefully* visually appealing enclosure that is easy to maintain.

(Mugi can be seen on the top-most vine)

 

[carol5208]

Nice looking enclosure but personally I would lose the moss! Especially since you have the feeder cup right there! Do crickets ever escape? If so, even if you have the feeding cup on the other side and they crawl to the other side and are sitting on the moss, when your chameleon shoots his tongue at them, he may get a mouth full of moss with the cricket.Not a good thing!!! choked and later died. It HAS happened before as I have read the exact same scenerio on here. It is up to you but just something to think about. Also, do you have bark substrate in the bottom. If so, same goes for the moss!

 

[icegecko]

Ah, it's hard to see but the moss is away from the edge of the container. I use roaches, silkworms, and hornworms and they stay in the container as I have roach barrier all along the lip on the jug. You bring up an excellent point and I will go take a closer at the moss on the jug to make sure it is fully away from the lip. The jug has almost the entire front removed so that Mugi can just shoot and not worry about hitting any moss. Needless to say, I'll re-evaluate the situation when I feed him today. Thank you!

As for the bottom, there is no substrate. All the plants are in pots and the substrate in the pots is organic/pesticide free and covered in large river rocks so as to remove the threat of impaction.

 

[carol5208]

Great, sounds like you got everything covered then! It is a beautiful enclosure you have there! There are just things we don't think of and I would hate to see both you and especially your chameleon suffer because of it. If you are confident that your feeders cannot escape then I guess I would not worry about it. I know crickets are crafty little escape artists, but you are not feeding crickets!!