Rubbermaid question

[beanersmysav]

I've read on here a few people say that rubbermaids are the best thing for cresties and I wan't too put a pair of my juvenile females in a 30 gallon tall. How many holes would you reccomend putting into it and by which method? I have a similar question on the corn snake forum. I'm not a fan of rubbermaids at all but I want to do some experimenting of my own because if I see that if they strive just as well or better in a rubbermaid than they do in tanks why spends 100's and 100's on tanks a year when rubbermaids save you money.

Don't get me wrong I'm not cheap when it comes to reptiles by any means but it's like spending $50.00 on a spatula when you can get an equally good one for $3.00

[Brent Strande]

I melt the holes with a soldering iron and do a bunch of two or three sides of the enclosure
http://bitz.net/~ato/Pictures/Brent/Crestie%20Tub%204%20interior.jpg
and I cut out the majority of the lid and hot glue screen to it.

VERY EASY and CHEAP!

[beanersmysav]

Thanks I appreciate it

[beanersmysav]

I sprayed down the rubbermaid last night around 11pm and this morning at 11 am I looked and the mist is all still there. Should I put more holes or do I finally have a tank that hold humidity properly? If that's the case I'm going out and buying a ton of rubber maids because tanks just dont hold humidity like that thing!

[Ptindy]

Hey, well the humidity is most likely very well, but I would say that if it didn't dry out in 12 hours then you don't have enough ventilation. Crested geckos need good ventilation. After a couple days you will start to notice some musky smells, this is not good. For example, I will spray mine down at 7 in the morning very lightly just to get stuff a little covered and it would be gone in a few hours. I spray them down heavily after dark for drinking purposes and a good boost in humidity and I would htink it would only last 3 hours. I'm not to sure. Crested geckos don't need high humidity constantly. Little bursts here and there don't hurt though. I would say put a lot more holes or cut out a section and put mesh on it. Or get a fan moving some serious air. There are balances between humidity and ventilation which can be hard to find. I'm try to keep a balance of 80-90 humidity with good ventilaiton for some leaf tailed geckos i'm getting and it's proving to be a little challenging.

Mike

[beanersmysav]

well it's odd because I have wellll over 150 holes the size of a electrical wire tester I guess I will have to put a mesh screen over the top. Thanks

[Ptindy]

Hey, well I have around that many holes as well. Then a 4 by 18 inch area cut out of the front that I put fiberglass window screen over which in terms of area is probably 3 times the size of 150 quarter inch holes and this is what works well for me. I'm in dry Alberta too.

Mike

[beanersmysav]

I added a couple dozen more holes today since the hardware store was closed by the time I got there but I'm going tomorrow and getting about 10 ft of the mesh wiring I use for my home made cricket cage, lets alot of air flow but the holes are so small that even crickets have no chance of getting out. Same stuff I see used for screen doors. By the way the 10 ft is now jsut for the one cage :)

[Brent Strande]

Def want to have a screen top...

I just cut out the majority of the lid of the rubbermaid, then cut the screen to about an inch past each edge of the opening, then run hot glue around and it holds VERY WELL!

If you're creative, you could even cut patterns into the lid of the rubbermaid to make it somewhat more of a display container.

[beanersmysav]

I got the screen yesterday and will have it in today I'll have some pics to see if it looks to be enough.