- Beardie name(s)
- Ruby, Sinatra, Zsa Zsa
Back story. I broke the friggen glass in my other 4x2x2. I'm going to fix it but I haven't yet. And I haven't got the stand ready anyway.
Ruby has serious mobility problems now, she can no longer climb. She still trys any chance she gets, but about 95% of the time she rolls over on her back. It scares the daylights out of her and us alike. She only used one side of her habitat. She only moves between her hide and her basking on the cargo net. She couldn't get high enough to really see out her window and she loves to look/be outside.
With that in mind I've moved Ruby back into a 40 gallon. I raised the floor up 6ish inches. Now she has direct line of sight out the window, and she is close enough to her lights that she doesn't need to climb. If she doesn't seem to like the smaller habitat I'll get her back into a 4x2x2. I'll post pictures of her setup first, then of Zsa Zsa's.
Zsa Zsa was moved into the 4x2x2. The decor is a mixture of her old decor and some new stuff including a slate top hide for nail maintenance. The hide looks like it's on driftwood but it isn't. It's on 4x4's disguised as driftwood and birch rounds
I set it up a couple different ways. The first had her tree stump hide from her previous habitat. Then I took that out and replaced it with a 2nd piece of driftwood. I'd love if you guys would give me feed back on which looks better and of the setup in general.
The big piece of driftwood that makes the ramp was baked at 215° for an hour and then ramped up to 300° for another hour. The smaller piece was baked at 200° for 2-1/2 hours back in Washington and another 45 minutes at 300° today. So there shouldn't be any chance of microscopic baddies in them. It's a good thing to because Zsa Zsa tasted everything at least a dozen times quick as I put her in.
For her part she seems quite pleased. She has already explored ever square inch. She took one look at the ramped piece of driftwood and shot straight up it like a rocket. She hasn't stopped moving about since I put her in. She is getting a little chunky so maybe the extra room will encourage her to exercise.
Anyway I rambled on a bit so I'll just go on and post the pics now lol. Any and all feedback is welcome
This is Ruby's new setup.
And this is Zsa Zsa's
Ruby has serious mobility problems now, she can no longer climb. She still trys any chance she gets, but about 95% of the time she rolls over on her back. It scares the daylights out of her and us alike. She only used one side of her habitat. She only moves between her hide and her basking on the cargo net. She couldn't get high enough to really see out her window and she loves to look/be outside.
With that in mind I've moved Ruby back into a 40 gallon. I raised the floor up 6ish inches. Now she has direct line of sight out the window, and she is close enough to her lights that she doesn't need to climb. If she doesn't seem to like the smaller habitat I'll get her back into a 4x2x2. I'll post pictures of her setup first, then of Zsa Zsa's.
Zsa Zsa was moved into the 4x2x2. The decor is a mixture of her old decor and some new stuff including a slate top hide for nail maintenance. The hide looks like it's on driftwood but it isn't. It's on 4x4's disguised as driftwood and birch rounds
I set it up a couple different ways. The first had her tree stump hide from her previous habitat. Then I took that out and replaced it with a 2nd piece of driftwood. I'd love if you guys would give me feed back on which looks better and of the setup in general.
The big piece of driftwood that makes the ramp was baked at 215° for an hour and then ramped up to 300° for another hour. The smaller piece was baked at 200° for 2-1/2 hours back in Washington and another 45 minutes at 300° today. So there shouldn't be any chance of microscopic baddies in them. It's a good thing to because Zsa Zsa tasted everything at least a dozen times quick as I put her in.
For her part she seems quite pleased. She has already explored ever square inch. She took one look at the ramped piece of driftwood and shot straight up it like a rocket. She hasn't stopped moving about since I put her in. She is getting a little chunky so maybe the extra room will encourage her to exercise.
Anyway I rambled on a bit so I'll just go on and post the pics now lol. Any and all feedback is welcome
This is Ruby's new setup.
And this is Zsa Zsa's
