Yeah I was initially planning on buying him one of the Komodo ramps but I found when I looked up the dimensions they didn’t quite fit the space in his enclosure I would be putting it so I figured I’d try my hand at DIYing one because that way it’s a custom fit and considering I already had the bits and pieces to make it lying around it saved me $$$ too.Awww I love this and love that you care more about your beardie!!!
I spent money on ramp that now sits in my basement!
He likely will. He has a big piece of ironbark in his enclosure that I’ve stood up to mimic a tree trunk in his natural environment and he loves standing himself up against that and he’ll also often sit himself on top of the hide I made for him when he outgrew the commercially available ones in my area.I wish everyone had that mind set.
I make a bet with ya, i bet spike uses the ramp as a leaning post as much as a ramp. (I have an advantage, i have a ramp in one of my habitats and my girl lays on it more than her basking decor lol)
It did take them a little bit to get used to the ladder but after a while they both worked it out and don’t seem to have any issues with the rung spacing.His habitat looks really nice. The ramp should make it easier for him. How does he handle the spacing on the ladder? I've used the bird stuff in the past but there wasn't spacing, i have wondered how well those would work.
Sounds a lot like Puff. He’d only recognise live insects as food when I first got him so I had to introduce him to non insect food and teach him what’s edible. His lip deformity actually made that process a bit easier because with his lips open at the front like they were I was able to thinks slice or grate veggies and just poke them in there for him to taste and realise ‘oh? This thing is tasty!?’I have a rescue that was severely neglected, she seems a little off mentally compared to my other dragons. She is the sweetest but certainly not the brightest. Some days it's like she can't figure out what food is or how to eat it.
WOW This is nice! Keep up the good work!Sharing this here since I’ve just made an accessibility ramp for my oldest rescue to help him access his higher basking platform.
Previously he’s accessed this platform using a log/branch decor piece however he’s getting old now and isn’t quite as mobile as he used to be in addition to having slightly decreased vision in one eye.
I wanted to replace the decor piece he used to access the platform with a ramp because I figured a ramp would be a flatter and wider surface for him that would be easier to grip and lack any protruding pieces he could bump himself on if he steps off the edge of the platform.
I measured the highest end of the ramp to be slightly shorter than the height of the basking platform and the overall length I measured to form a climbable slope that would still fit within his enclosure.
For the one I made the height at the highest end is 21cm and the length of the ramp is 28cm.
I used some offcuts of Merbau plank I had leftover from building a deck extension, secured the two pieces together with outdoor wood glue and some small brad nails.
To add some extra grip and make the ramp surface softer I used an offcut of reptile carpet which I attached with some Selleys Kwik Grip.
Spike has trialed it and is able to climb it just fine so for now I have it out in the garage to ventilate for a while before I’ll put it in his enclosure.
I’ll add to this thread with some photos once it’s in his enclosure but for now here’s some photos of the assembled piece.View attachment 79242View attachment 79243View attachment 79244View attachment 79245
Sweet!He likely will. He has a big piece of ironbark in his enclosure that I’ve stood up to mimic a tree trunk in his natural environment and he loves standing himself up against that and he’ll also often sit himself on top of the hide I made for him when he outgrew the commercially available ones in my area.
Now here’s some photos of the ramp in his enclosure and I’ve also included some photos of another modification I made to his climbing/basking wall to assist him in moving between the two platforms.
It’s just a bird ladder that I cut to the required length, rounded off the edges of the cut end then attached to the underside of the higher platform with the hooks included with the ladder.
I initially did that for my younger dragon Puff who has the missing toes on one foot because I’d been noticing he’d try to jump the gap and only just make it. Now they’ve both got a ladder bridge and Puff has also taken to using his as a pillow.
Also included a photo of the decor piece that Spike used to use to access the higher platform, as you can see it’s made of resin and has protruding parts and a narrower surface to hold onto.View attachment 79325View attachment 79326View attachment 79327View attachment 79328View attachment 79329View attachment 79330
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