bosc monitor set up, looking for improvements.

[sirtalis]

One more point, go 6 feet tall, if you only go 4 feet, 2 will have to be devoted to soil giving your monitor only 2 feet of space to crawl around. I'm building a 8Lx8Hx3W enclosure for my peacock monitor, keep in mind he's only 27 inches long and very slender. These animals require a huge amount of time and money, No offense intended but I'm tired of seeing monitor lizards kept in sub par enclosures

[Ian of Oldham]

Originally Posted by sirtalis

One more point, go 6 feet tall, if you only go 4 feet, 2 will have to be devoted to soil giving your monitor only 2 feet of space to crawl around. I'm building a 8Lx8Hx3W enclosure for my peacock monitor, keep in mind he's only 27 inches long and very slender. These animals require a huge amount of time and money, No offense intended but I'm tired of seeing monitor lizards kept in sub par enclosures

My local rescue center has two monitors at the moment and people do not understand the how big and how much time money is needed, hope that he has looked into it and understand what he taking on. I wish him good luck

[Darshor]

Originally Posted by sirtalis

One more point, go 6 feet tall, if you only go 4 feet, 2 will have to be devoted to soil giving your monitor only 2 feet of space to crawl around. I'm building a 8Lx8Hx3W enclosure for my peacock monitor, keep in mind he's only 27 inches long and very slender. These animals require a huge amount of time and money, No offense intended but I'm tired of seeing monitor lizards kept in sub par enclosures

why would you build a 8h cage for a sav? they dont need that much height for their cage because they do not climb much, i would reccomend a 8L 5W 4H enclosure for a sav

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by Darshor

why would you build a 8h cage for a sav? they dont need that much height for their cage because they do not climb much, i would reccomend a 8L 5W 4H enclosure for a sav

Hi, in a 6ft tall enclosure with around 2 feet of substrate that will leave 4 feet of "air space" above ground, to suggest that is too high for them is quite silly, and if given the means they will climb.
In a 4ft tall enclosure a full grown adult could almost reach the top by standing on it`s hind legs if the substrate`s 2ft deep!
Have you any idea how much space these animals make use of in the wild?
"sirtails" mentions building an 8ft tall tank for his Peacock monitor (which again isn`t really "tall")....

[sirtalis]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi, in a 6ft tall enclosure with around 2 feet of substrate that will leave 4 feet of "air space" above ground, to suggest that is too high for them is quite silly, and if given the means they will climb.
In a 4ft tall enclosure a full grown adult could almost reach the top by standing on it`s hind legs if the substrate`s 2ft deep!
Have you any idea how much space these animals make use of in the wild?
"sirtails" mentions building an 8ft tall tank for his Peacock monitor (which again isn`t really "tall")....

good point, unfortunately my ceilings are only 9 feet tall in my reptile room, given the space my peacock monitor would a 20 foot tall enclosure haha

[sirtalis]

Originally Posted by Darshor

why would you build a 8h cage for a sav? they dont need that much height for their cage because they do not climb much, i would reccomend a 8L 5W 4H enclosure for a sav

Your joking right, a healthy savannah monitor would definitely climb, a 4 foot tall cage gives virtually no air space, infernalis has a picture of one of his savs tripoding and I guarantee you its more than 2 feet in the air, last point: a four foot tall cage would only give two feet of air space, most lights are going to hang down into the cage a bit meaning the monitor could easily pull them down and potentially burn itself