Ditch it or keep it?

[J4ckdaw-]

Thinking of removing one of the decors from Leo’s enclosure, it’s a hide but he never uses it. I feel like it clutters the set up a bit, and taking it away would give him more room to run. What do you think?

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[Emerilthedragon]

keep it it may make him feel safer

 

[J4ckdaw-]

keep it it may make him feel safer

I redesigned the interior to include the hide but still leave plenty of space, he shows no sign is stress so I don’t see how he’d feel unsafe. I’ve also had him for half a year, so I don’t see it as an issue what so ever.

 

[Emerilthedragon]

Great!

 

[xp29]

I'm all for having floor space, most of my guys use every bit of thiers. The 4 that have large ledges (up to half of their lower floor space) use that as well. The ledges serve as hides in those setups.

 

[J4ckdaw-]

I'm all for having floor space, most of my guys use every bit of thiers. The 4 that have large ledges (up to half of their lower floor space) use that as well. The ledges serve as hides in those setups.

Yeah, I feel bad for Leo being in such a small enclosure so I try to give him as much space as possible. I’m currently house hunting for him, but I don’t have the enclosure yet. I plan on adding more space to explore when I get a bigger one, hoping for a 200+ gallon but I might have to stick with a 120 gallon.

 

[xp29]

He would love a 200 gallon, a 120 has quite a bit of room though if you have to go that way. With a little tinkering you can maximize opportunities to be active.

 

[J4ckdaw-]

He would love a 200 gallon, a 120 has quite a bit of room though if you have to go that way. With a little tinkering you can maximize opportunities to be active.

Yeah, I plan on making a custom foam background for him to climb on and I’m going to change his substrate to a sand/topsoil/excavator clay mix so it can hold burrows if he wants to dig.

And once he is full grown, I’ll get him a leash so he can run around outside (seeing as summers here get pretty hot lately, I think the highest it got to this year was 36 degrees Celsius.) I’m trying to optimize activity.