Peanutlolz
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Would a cage like this be fine to build and keep inside? I'm planning to build it for my little guy.
AHBD":r89wlpjd said:Did you mean inside, or outside ? If inside, it could work only if your house stays very warm and you use high watt heat bulbs. It would be a great outdoor cage but you could add more climbing structures
that would go for inside as well ] and put something over it for partial shade if it's outdoors.
jayce82":udikmch5 said:no for the simple reason you won't be able to heat the tank. you need either a wood or glass type tank.
Reptilelady":2zn04cpf said:I agree with Jayce82, you would need an enclosure to keep the heat in. With it being screen and having a lot of ventilation the heat would escape from it. If you prefer to DIY you can find them on the internet, or just go to a local pet store/shop to get a glass terrarium. Problem with ordering a glass terrarium online is possible glass breakage from delivery. If you go in store, you can check to see if there's any cracks or any problems.
EllenD":3dbya90z said:Your beardie's enclosure needs to keep the following temperature ranges CONSTANTLY:
Cool Side: 75-80 degrees Fahrenheit
Hot Side: 95-98 degrees Fahrenheit
Basking Spot: 100-103 degrees Fahrenheit (for adults)
This enclosure won't hold those temperatures no matter how high a wattage basking bulb you use because the heat will rise and escape out of the mesh on all 4 sides and the top. The reason it's great for an outdoor enclosure is because it has ventilation and your beardie won't cook in the sun like he would in a glass or plastic enclosure out under the sun, because glass, plastic, wood, etc. traps the heat inside the enclosure. Outside, under the constant sunlight you obviously don't want the heat to be trapped, it turns into an oven. But inside you absolutely have to have the heat trapped, hence needing a glass, wood, plastic, etc. enclosure with a did bottom, solid back, and two solid sides. The only part you can have as mesh would be the top where your heat comes inside.
So it makes no difference if you don't run your air conditioning or if you use a higher wattage basking bulb, you could use a 300 watt bulb it still wouldn't keep the temperatures inside that enclosure high enough because the heat will just rise and escape.
If you want to build a similar type of enclosure for indoors you need to use wood or melamine board and have a SOLID floor, solid back, solid 2 sides, and either a solid glass front (doors) and a mesh top for lighting, or a solid top with the lights installed under it and then possibly mesh doors on the front.
There are a million different indoor enclosures you can build, just not one with open mesh sides, back, or floor. If your beardie's temperatures inside are not constantly high enough he will not be able to digest his food, amongst a dozen other health related issues.
jayce82":27c8luky said:I have the exact tank you're wanting and I need to sell it. are you near louisiana?