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I can only find names of board members. It does say they have matched up to $100000 per year in donations to USARK for several yearsUsark is a zoomed initiative, if memory serves.
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I can only find names of board members. It does say they have matched up to $100000 per year in donations to USARK for several yearsUsark is a zoomed initiative, if memory serves.
I could’ve sworn zoomed had something to do with the birth of usark. However, smarter people than this drunk Canuck will know better, since usark is an American thing. Us lowly maple-leaf-lovers don’t enjoy such vociferous representation.I can only find names of board members. It does say they have matched up to $100000 per year in donations to USARK for several years
I’m sure one of the founders is from ZoomedI could’ve sworn zoomed had something to do with the birth of usark. However, smarter people than this drunk Canuck will know better, since usark is an American thing. Us lowly maple-leaf-lovers don’t enjoy such vociferous representation.
Friendly, yes; good hygiene...um...not so much.I’m sure one of the founders is from Zoomed
And all of the reptiles in Canada probably have free health care anyway and are very friendly
Well, I bought a DS, and I think it's overhyped, overpriced, and has some design & production problems.I like Zen habitats, but for the same price range I would go dragon strand, it come with all the accessories.
I’ve never seen a Zen I person. They look great. Thanks for the recommendationWell, I bought a DS, and I think it's overhyped, overpriced, and has some design & production problems.
The PVC panels on the Zen are twice as thick as DS, it has an actual frame (of 1" aluminum tubing) instead of just a bunch of screens screwed together with sheet metal screws, a reinforced top better suited to taking the weight of lighting, and free shipping.
I have enormous respect for Bill's knowledge & experience regarding keeping chameleons, and I know there's a DS following on this site, but my honest impression of the DS, after having assembled it, having to make modifications & repairs out of the box to make it serviceable, and living with it and its shortcomings, is somewhere between disillusioned and ripped off.
No enclosure is going to be perfect, but IMO, the Zen Habitat enclosures are better designed & built than the DS—and for less money.
The ledges are one of the problems with the hybrid enclosures; he cut corners and left out the pieces that attached directly to the outside of the frame, and just uses the 2 screws through the spools to attach them to the PVC panels. The main problem is that the panels are so thin (1/8") and the screw heads so small, that the screws can rip right through the PVC with the weight of a couple pots on them. This was just one of the things I had to correct to make the darn thing even serviceable.DS is better quality in all aspects and includes the ledges which make branching and plant design so much easier (I bought them for my XL).
I’ve only installed them on screen cages. Does the outside PVC piece not screw into the frame of the cage?The ledges are one of the problems with the hybrid enclosures; he cut corners and left out the pieces that attached directly to the outside of the frame, and just uses the 2 screws through the spools to attach them to the PVC panels. The main problem is that the panels are so thin (1/8") and the screw heads so small, that the screws can rip right through the PVC with the weight of a couple pots on them. This was just one of the things I had to correct to make the darn thing even serviceable.
No, that's the point. There is no outside piece.I’ve only installed them on screen cages. Does the outside PVC piece not screen into the frame of the cage?
Not all of us are that handy. I can’t afford a DS for any of my chams, but I do love the ledges and find them well worth the price.No, that's the point. There is no outside piece.
I think the ledges are grossly overpriced too. If you can manage a hacksaw and drill, you can get aluminum stock & screws from a home improvement store for a fraction.
Certainly a fair criticism. Again I don’t have any experience with installation on a hybrid cageNo, that's the point. There is no outside piece.
I think the ledges are grossly overpriced too. If you can manage a hacksaw and drill, you can get aluminum stock & screws from a home improvement store for a fraction.
I'm aware not everyone is. That's why I qualified, "If you can manage a hacksaw and drill....".Not all of us are that handy. I can’t afford a DS for any of my chams, but I do love the ledges and find them well worth the price.
Nice mod with the wood trellis on the bottom. I used ceiling egg crate under the screen (because I used some up the back between the ledges for climbing vines) but anything that will distribute the weigh will do.For anyone curious on how the ledges are installed on a hybrid, check out 12:34 of this video.