who is using a reptarium cage?
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Julirs
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I am currently using 3 of them. 2 38 gallons and 1 65 gallon. I will post pics later. I actually like the cages very well, they are easy to clean and contain the water well. I hand mist so water build up is not a huge issue. About twice a month I take then out for a good hosing out with a bleach and antibacterial dishsoap mix. The bad side is it takes 2 clamp lamps and a flourescent bulb to light them up.
i am using one also its 260 gal i am using 2 heat clamp lamp and 1 single floresent and another floresent with two uvb 5.0 bulbs i also just ordered a 65 gal for my male cham do you use sorft trays on the sides of your repterium to hold the humidity and prevent water to splash thru the net???b.c i use one on the bottom and on all 3 sides just leaving the front door and the top opened with a soft tray
since i live in bk and caanot find live plants that dont have something a cham would like i dont use live plants i have a ptohes growing but im still debating on weather or not i should put it in the reptarium.....so you are saying the humidity stay with out soft trays on the side>???i just ordered another reptarium do u think i should return the soft trays besides the one on the bottom??alos where did u order your reptarium from,?
stevereecy
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I don't want to start a rumor. So please, understand that what I am saying here is unsubstantiated. One negative comment in this field can create paranoia, and I am not trying to foster this. I need more information before I can even make up my own mind here...
But though I have one, and use it just for an outdoor cage since its easy to carry outside. It seems that half the time that I send a cham outside in one, they would come back with a closed eye or two, that I would have to wash out or give them a shower. I wasn't sure whether this was a dehydration issue, or not, but I was concerned there might be some kind of debris or flaking from my cage. What are they made of? Anyway, I stopped using mine completely. Maybe I need to wash it. Maybe some internal coating is coming off and I have a defect. Maybe I left them outside too long and it was dehydration.
Again, I don't sell cages or anything. Just what I observed, and I'm hesitant to bring it up, but I believe its relevant enough to post it.
Anyone else notice this?
Steve
ye me too when i first baught my 260 gal and housed my 2 baby veilds one had a problem with its eye i dont know if it was the cage or a coincidence but when both of them died due to unknown reasons i washed the cage with soap cleaned it very well and now im housing a flap neck female she dosent seem to have any eye problems
stevereecy
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Very interesting that others suspect this! Even my wife commented on this and we stopped using it. I want to impress on you that the eye issues were consistent and rather swift among three different chameleons put in there. I stopped using it completely. Sadly, on and off eye issues are what I think killed one of them. I tried an ointment on the one that died, but I think I got to it too late.
Perhaps some have a residue from the manufacturing process. Maybe this anecdotal evidence is enough to recommend washing the things. I'll give mine another try after washing.
There isn't enough evidence to say anything here definitively, but I think washing them as a precaution is a good idea because it couldn't hurt.
Steve
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