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Millinex
05-11-11, 04:08 PM
Very simple but here they are:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CapAnt53/watercage.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/CapAnt53/1125091551.jpg
infernalis
05-11-11, 07:06 PM
big and spacious... excellent.
NennaMeerkat
05-11-11, 07:11 PM
Those are epic even if simple.
Millinex
05-11-11, 07:51 PM
The first is 7x4x4, the second 2 are double 5x2.5.2.5. The sav is content in is, however the nile will be moving very soon into something larger, probably the end of the summer.

-Mike
stephanbakir
05-11-11, 07:52 PM
Nice, you gona be giving them something to dig in?
Millinex
05-11-11, 07:56 PM
Nice, you gona be giving them something to dig in?
The nile was given a large bin of dirt/sand mixture to burrow in, however he never used it, always sat in one corner of the enclosure behind his log, or just under the bark. He still has a couple inches under his bark for humidity purposes. The picture of the 2 cages is a bit outdated and they have been re-arranged. The bottom cage now has 2" of moist bark for the sav.

The water has 3-4" of substrate, he was given more, but he didn't use it much, and instead really liked the water, so I went with a much larger water dish than the one pictured, in exchange for dirt mass.

-Mike
stephanbakir
05-11-11, 08:00 PM
Awesome. Never saw a monitor that didn't burrow though.
infernalis
05-11-11, 08:02 PM
One thing that gets overlooked a lot, there is ways to simulate a burrow.

I have pics, on the laptop. I will copy them over and post soon.

a piece of drain pipe works great.
Millinex
05-11-11, 08:04 PM
Awesome. Never saw a monitor that didn't burrow though.
I really expected the nile, also a female, to burrow all the time, however for some reason she liked to climb more than dig. Which makes sense, monitors are easy to spot on the ground, and I've had several people who have watched young in the wild say they often times live close to water, and frequently will run right up trees.. She will be getting 1-2' of deep dirt substrate when she moves out of her current cage.

The sav has no toes to dig, and the water is missing half of his, which may play a decent part in that. Although, a lot of people have said their water monitors are not huge diggers, and prefer to hang out in the pool instead.

-Mike
fflamingmoe
05-15-11, 09:27 PM
My Custom Baby Asian Water Monitor Cage.
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/davey699/Picture159.jpg
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