hey, sorry i havent been on lately.
i used cardboard boxes to make the ramps origionally. just find a cardboard box that is the width of the tank. put it together so its "a box" and tape it closed so its sturdy. put that box against one side, that will be the basking spot. try to find a box that will bring the basking spot to within 8" of the UV-B tube(your not using MVBs are you). instead of using cardboard for the ramp, try to find some kind of sturdy tack board that is very rigid but can still be scored and broke in a straight line. i found some of that stuff and it works great. just lean one end of the board against the edge of the cardboard box and secure it with duct tape. i use tiles for flooring and if you use sturdy tack board then tiling the ramp should be no problem. just make sure the ramp isnt so steep that they cant climp up it.
i hope that makes sense. sorry i dont have any pics.
let me know how it goes. i just lost my job and have been in a depression latley, thats why my threads are going silent.
to everyone whos been watching for my posts: sorry i havent been on. i just cant bring myself to type anything lately.
all the beardies are fine;
LG is hungry all the time. ive been having to go to petsmart every week for crickets. his appetite is non-stop, i feed him a few times a day now that im always home. all that food has to go somewhere and hes been saving up his poops for outside, and when he go's he go's ... hes still very active, hes up at 8AM waiting for me to turn on the lights and he gos to bed about 10-11ish.
i hardly even see Mayze anymore. its almost like theres an empty cage with lights on over it . she has her head poking out from under her "bed" right now, she does that every few days. she hasnt eatten a thing in about a month... is that dangerous? i offer her food at least every other day and she never touches it. she looks good, i dont think shes losing weight like Trouble(im going to see about a fecal for Trouble as soon as i can afford one and he poops).
Trouble isnt coming out of his cave as much any more but i DID get him to eat a couple roaches, the first animal protien he's had in a few weeks. i really dont have money to take him ot the vet right now. i used the $225 i got for christmas already on clothes and food mostly, i have $18 left and im freakin out. its good that i got some clothes but id just as soon wear the old clothes i have and kept the cash...
My new rescue(im leaning toward the name Buddy or Bud for short) is doing great. he wolfs those roaches down like nobodies business; hes eatten half my roach population, no joke(im leaving enough to breed).
he is always starving for attention. when he knows im in the room, he glass dances untill i cave in and let him out. instead of running all over the place, he just sits contently on my lap. last night i had him with me for so long that when i got up to go to the bathroom, i was freaked out to realize i have a BD on me . i started to get up and he moved alittle and i was like "AHHHH!!! WHAT THE?!?! oh yea, right..." so yea, he likes being held. when i go to put him back in his cage he resists like a cat being put in a box .
my agama is a pain in the neck. he is so jumpy and frightened all the time. i really need to find someone that will give him a good home but thats the thing:
who wants a lizard you cant pick up let alone get near its cage? even when i open the cage to feed him he flys back and forth across his cage slamming face first into the walls. i cant clean his cage too often because he bangs himself into a bloody mess every time i do.
i dont know what to do with this guy. i need to find a rescue near me who will care for him properly.
anyhow, sorry it took me so long to post anything. no pics right now, i haven really been taking any but ill try to get some up in the next couple weeks.
thanks again everyone :wink: .
i used cardboard boxes to make the ramps origionally. just find a cardboard box that is the width of the tank. put it together so its "a box" and tape it closed so its sturdy. put that box against one side, that will be the basking spot. try to find a box that will bring the basking spot to within 8" of the UV-B tube(your not using MVBs are you). instead of using cardboard for the ramp, try to find some kind of sturdy tack board that is very rigid but can still be scored and broke in a straight line. i found some of that stuff and it works great. just lean one end of the board against the edge of the cardboard box and secure it with duct tape. i use tiles for flooring and if you use sturdy tack board then tiling the ramp should be no problem. just make sure the ramp isnt so steep that they cant climp up it.
i hope that makes sense. sorry i dont have any pics.
let me know how it goes. i just lost my job and have been in a depression latley, thats why my threads are going silent.
to everyone whos been watching for my posts: sorry i havent been on. i just cant bring myself to type anything lately.
all the beardies are fine;
LG is hungry all the time. ive been having to go to petsmart every week for crickets. his appetite is non-stop, i feed him a few times a day now that im always home. all that food has to go somewhere and hes been saving up his poops for outside, and when he go's he go's ... hes still very active, hes up at 8AM waiting for me to turn on the lights and he gos to bed about 10-11ish.
i hardly even see Mayze anymore. its almost like theres an empty cage with lights on over it . she has her head poking out from under her "bed" right now, she does that every few days. she hasnt eatten a thing in about a month... is that dangerous? i offer her food at least every other day and she never touches it. she looks good, i dont think shes losing weight like Trouble(im going to see about a fecal for Trouble as soon as i can afford one and he poops).
Trouble isnt coming out of his cave as much any more but i DID get him to eat a couple roaches, the first animal protien he's had in a few weeks. i really dont have money to take him ot the vet right now. i used the $225 i got for christmas already on clothes and food mostly, i have $18 left and im freakin out. its good that i got some clothes but id just as soon wear the old clothes i have and kept the cash...
My new rescue(im leaning toward the name Buddy or Bud for short) is doing great. he wolfs those roaches down like nobodies business; hes eatten half my roach population, no joke(im leaving enough to breed).
he is always starving for attention. when he knows im in the room, he glass dances untill i cave in and let him out. instead of running all over the place, he just sits contently on my lap. last night i had him with me for so long that when i got up to go to the bathroom, i was freaked out to realize i have a BD on me . i started to get up and he moved alittle and i was like "AHHHH!!! WHAT THE?!?! oh yea, right..." so yea, he likes being held. when i go to put him back in his cage he resists like a cat being put in a box .
my agama is a pain in the neck. he is so jumpy and frightened all the time. i really need to find someone that will give him a good home but thats the thing:
who wants a lizard you cant pick up let alone get near its cage? even when i open the cage to feed him he flys back and forth across his cage slamming face first into the walls. i cant clean his cage too often because he bangs himself into a bloody mess every time i do.
i dont know what to do with this guy. i need to find a rescue near me who will care for him properly.
anyhow, sorry it took me so long to post anything. no pics right now, i haven really been taking any but ill try to get some up in the next couple weeks.
thanks again everyone :wink: .