claudiusx":1d3inj4g said:
You can get the necessities for around 200 bucks,
Really? Where can you get a 4x2x2 for 200
minus all the accoutrements? Please, if you know of one, it should be posted about and added to
The Great Big List of Adult Enclosures! (I have a few other suggested additions as well, to bring the list up to date.)
I'm not sure where Mr. Spectrum got his lists from,
As I wrote:
MrSpectrum":1d3inj4g said:
I just did a quick search on bearded dragon upfront costs, and got the following (summarized) results
It's there for anyone to look up for themselves.
Brandon, Your premise and article are based on housing (ostensibly) an adult in a 40 gal breeder, which is considered the
bare minimum. Every veterinarian I've discussed that with considers that size totally inadequate.
You're fond of citing the latest up-to-date information on lighting, recommending quality lighting, digital thermometers, meters, etc., and that's good. So it seems a little disingenuous for you to recommend the bare minimum for an enclosure, especially when
your own enclosures match up closer to what I suggest.
You
KNOW I don't believe in
either bare minimums
or doing things on the cheap. IME it's a recipe for problems/disaster. I've learned from my own mistakes, and I try to pass that wisdom along to others. Hence, you get what you pay for.
Your article acknowledges costs of $200, including only $50 for an enclosure (I didn't see a lid mentioned). Subtracting that $50 enclosure leaves $150 for everything else. Leaving the kit out of it because not everyone can do that, the
least expensive
Zen Habitat enclosure I mentioned is $329. Add that to your $150, and you're up to $479,
well within the range of figures I reported.
Q.E.D.