Soaked!

[PeriTanz]

I keep a towel under my baby chams screen enclosure. And it is constantly soaked even tho i change it everyday! Does anyone have any suggestions on keeping the water in the cage or ezr clean up?

 

[dropanuke]

what cage u got and what tray??

 

[PeriTanz]

Zilla brand 18" 18" 12" screen with a plastic bottom, no tray

 

[carol5208]

Zilla brand 18" 18" 12" screen with a plastic bottom, no tray

peri I pm'd you. Your cage is kinda small but if you can find a small cookie sheet to fit, it can work as a tray. My cage is much larger so I have a cookie sheet I use or a shallow tupperware to catch the water. Something your young cham could crawl out of if he fell in.

 

[warpdrive]

I'm not too sure of your setup, but drainage sounds like it is in order.
a drainage tray or just some holes to lead to a bucket will work for all that water.

Harry

 

[DAD3886]

yes i agree drilling some small holes in the bottom of the plastic could get it to drain into a cookie sheet or even a tuff foil bbq pan from the store... i guess depending on how much the water builds up

 

[Carlton]

Zilla brand 18" 18" 12" screen with a plastic bottom, no tray

Set the cage up on a plastic storage box, cement mixing tray or some other plastic container from a hardware store. Or, get a waterproof tarp, cut it up and fold the edges around the cage sides to make a soft tray for the cage to sit in...you can set the cage frame up on some plastic bottle lids so it sits slightly above the water. It is a temp cage, right?

 

[yokman]

drain pans for a water heater come with a drain and are about 20 bucks at Lowes.

 

[dropanuke]

Zilla brand 18" 18" 12" screen with a plastic bottom, no tray

post some pictures man

 

[PeriTanz]

great suggestions everyone thanx! I wasn't able to find a tray yet today but i am going to mess around with it more this week and i will take a picture to post of my set up. I'm thinking i will try drilling holes in the bottom that will drain to a tray underneath and have the cage raised enough to drain into it. and to answer someones q yes it is a temporary cage for a baby the dimensions actually are 20" by 12" by 18" and i haven't yet looked in to when it will be time to move up. Tanzy is great at hunting down the crickets in this size of space.