Adult enclosure FINALLY finished and Toothless moved in!

Toothless · 04-14-13, 06:53 PM

YAY!! I'm so happy right now!
Toothless is finally moved into his new enclosure (actually just finished). I literally worked on it from 6am to 930pm to get it done and him in there. Took me two hours along just to move the dirt over, and I still need to buy a few more bags because there's not quite enough.
Of course, the first thing he did was hide as soon as I put him in there- so hopefully I'll be able to get some pics of him exploring his enclosure tomorrow.
My temp gun also had to chose today to stop working, so I just set up his basking lights exactly as in the old enclosure (and same surface), and just cranked the room temp up to 75 for now. I'm really too tired to stay up any later and fiddle with the temps, so that will have to be done tomorrow evening once I get home from work.
I threw in a few dubai just in case he gets hungry overnight. I'm hoping he'll come out and find his basking spot sometime throughout the night too (its on another level).
The enclosure has two fluorescent tube lights for during the day, and I plan to leave his basking lights on 24/7. Even with the basking lights on though, the bottom half of the enclosure gets nice and dark.
Hope to have some photos tomorrow evening!! Can't wait to see how he likes the new place

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alessia55 · 04-14-13, 08:49 PM

Can't wait to see the photos! Congrats on getting it done.

Toothless · 04-15-13, 09:08 AM

I ended up staying awake for a few extra hours last night to to make sure the ambient temps were ok. I'm glad I did, because the ambient on the low side (where he was hiding), dropped to 72F- for some reason my heater's wouldn't kick on so the room was cold. I added another 50 watt halogen on the cool side of the cage and turned back on the fluorescent lights to raise the ambient temp, and also to provide a small basking spot just in case he couldn't find the main basking spot during the night (which I don't think he did). That raised the ambient temp to 75F on the cool end so I felt comfortable enough to go to sleep for the night.
Unfortunately, an hour after I went to bed, I hear all this banging and thrashing comming from the living room so I jumped out of bed to check it out (I was worried that he had somehow escaped from the enclosure and was being harassed by the cats). Turns out he was dashing around the bottom level of the enclosure like a mad man trying to find his way up to the second level (silly guy couldn't find the ramp). I didn't want to disturb him so figure I'll get some yummy grasshoppers on the way home from work today and lead him around the cage with the tongues so he knows where to go.
He did use his water dish though, because it was a mess and there was water spilled everywhere

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I think I'll have to add one more 50 watt to keep the temps in the proper range. I'm thinking about adding another one on the bottom level so that there are two basking spots (each with two 50 watt bulbs).
I still need to check the surface temps and the ambient temps for each level once I get home (I'll let you all know what they are when I post some pics). Humidity on the bottom level was 80% as of this morning.
I was actually seriously considering playing hookie from work today just so I could stay home and watch him in the new enclosure

. Can't wait to get home and take lots of pics!!

DeadlyDesires · 04-15-13, 12:15 PM

give us a run down of how your enclosure is built please? it sounds like you dont have enough lights in there.. how hot is your basking spot? how are you measuring it? what are you using as a basking spot? how many lights/watts do you have over the basking spot to achieve this temp? 75 is fine for the cool side at night, i dont let mine get that low but it will be ok that just means the borrows are colder where mine hangs out and im not ok with that. other than the lights are you providing any other type of heat to the cage? you said you were worried he got out? is there any place you *think* he could get out of? if so you should probably fix that, you would be surprised at the places they can squeeze through to get out of their cages lol.

smy_749 · 04-15-13, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadlyDesires

give us a run down of how your enclosure is built please? it sounds like you dont have enough lights in there.. how hot is your basking spot? how are you measuring it? what are you using as a basking spot? how many lights/watts do you have over the basking spot to achieve this temp? 75 is fine for the cool side at night, i dont let mine get that low but it will be ok that just means the borrows are colder where mine hangs out and im not ok with that. other than the lights are you providing any other type of heat to the cage? you said you were worried he got out? is there any place you *think* he could get out of? if so you should probably fix that, you would be surprised at the places they can squeeze through to get out of their cages lol.

You realize he has an entire thread about his enclosure, and its very nicely built right?

Nobody here can say he designed an enclosure, and as soon as he flicked the lights on, everything was perfect. It takes some calibrating before you find the right balance. Do you even read what you write before you start criticizing? He said he thought he heard that he got out, and went to check on him, and he was just running around. And he said it was with the lights on that he had 75 on the cool side.

DeadlyDesires · 04-15-13, 12:46 PM

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You realize he has an entire thread about his enclosure, and its very nicely built right?

Nobody here can say he designed an enclosure, and as soon as he flicked the lights on, everything was perfect. It takes some calibrating before you find the right balance. Do you even read what you write before you start criticizing? He said he thought he heard that he got out, and went to check on him, and he was just running around. And he said it was with the lights on that he had 75 on the cool side.

what is wrong with you? i didnt say anything wrong, all i asked were a few questions i didnt see another thread of his enclosure, all he would have to do is post it and i would go look and say ok, he said he was worried about temps i was trying to help. i DIDNT say anything wrong.. just go away, you aren't helping and you seem to think that everything that comes out of my mouth is rude and im criticizing people thats not what im doing, if you can't offer any help then stick to your own threads that YOU need help on. geez.

DeadlyDesires · 04-15-13, 12:51 PM

you dont like me, i get it, i dont care, i did not criticize him about anything so keep your two sense out it. all you are doing is going around my threads where im trying to help and complaining about what i say, if you dont like it then you dont have to read it and you dont have to say anything.

edit - i just went and looked at his thread of the enclosure... there is only 1 picture. so unless there is another thread some where with the rest of the pictures i dont really see anything about how the inside of his enclosure is built thanks a lot for opening your stupid mouth and making me look like a jerk when all i was trying to do was help the OP out. and as for the "escaping" part all i simply said was if he though there was anywhere he could get out to fix it because the fact that he thought his sav got out made me think maybe there is a spot on the cage he is concerned about and not sure... i didnt say anything that should have offended him.

smy_749 · 04-15-13, 01:01 PM

Hes been working very hard, his enclosure looks very nice, and you are constanty oblivious to the issues at hand and treat people as if they have never housed a reptile or kept one.Im not the only one who notices your "your doing something wrong, Im sure of it" attitude, and your constant striving to find out what can be wrong with peoples setups. If toothless doesnt find what you said degrading then fine, if he does then you need to start realizing its you. You did the same thing to nepoez and I wasnt the only one who noticed it.

DeadlyDesires · 04-15-13, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by smy_749

Hes been working very hard, his enclosure looks very nice, and you are constanty oblivious to the issues at hand and treat people as if they have never housed a reptile or kept one.Im not the only one who notices your "your doing something wrong, Im sure of it" attitude, and your constant striving to find out what can be wrong with peoples setups. If toothless doesnt find what you said degrading then fine, if he does then you need to start realizing its you. You did the same thing to nepoez and I wasnt the only one who noticed it.

UGHHHHH i didnt say anything wrong... im not saying there is anything wrong with his enclosure. i dont even know what it looks like... and i was just tyring to help with his heat issue. why is this a problem for you?????? as for the other person i still dont agree but i let it go and stopped posting in there. when are you going to understand that I DONT CARE if you dont like how i post or put things. as long as im helping you can get over your little holier than thou attitude and go on somewhere, your not better than i am and you make a lot of stupid little mistakes yourself i see it all the time but i dont say anything because you already think im mean anyway so if i told you what i thought about you you would deff think i was mean so just go away and let me be. i didnt say anything wrong, i asked questions, i didnt make any assumptions or criticize his enclosure THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN YET.

poison123 · 04-15-13, 01:24 PM

I didn't feel as though deadly was being rude in this post seems as though she is just trying to help. Some people don't have time to look at every single thread

Its best if we stay on subject no need for these internet fights unless you plan on meating up with each other

smy_749 · 04-15-13, 01:26 PM

I didnt say I dont make mistakes, Im just saying your comments have a specific tone to them, and it sucks. If you dont care what I think stop responding, this thread is for toothless's enclosure. Calm down....

Thanks for telling me 'im not better than you and make alot of mistakes' . Thats the kind of attitude we need here .

bowdenmx · 04-15-13, 01:27 PM

nead to see pics of it all man!!

DeadlyDesires · 04-15-13, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by smy_749

I didnt say I dont make mistakes, Im just saying your comments have a specific tone to them, and it sucks. If you dont care what I think stop responding, this thread is for toothless's enclosure. Calm down....

Thanks for telling me 'im not better than you and make alot of mistakes' . Thats the kind of attitude we need here .

i dont think im better than you, never said that if that is what you are implying, i simply said you aren't better than i am, which mean you make mistakes too, do make mistakes, but you come at me all the time and makes me feel like you think you are better than me that is why i said what i said.

poison123 · 04-15-13, 01:29 PM

I too would like pics

DeadlyDesires · 04-15-13, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by poison123

I too would like pics

+3 and not because i think there is something wrong with your enclosure lol..