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Enclosure pics...good or bad?
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:50 am
by kris21
Ok so here are a few pics of my enclosure, i just wanna know if its ok, or if there is too much in there etc?
There are 2 blueys in there at the moment and when the one i keep grows i know i will need to take some of the stuff out. I just added them coz it was so dull and needed something to brighten the place up, it was grey and all boring. I do know i need a bigger water dish, they do fit in that one but won't for too much longer.
Also here is a pic of my smallest baby waiting to get out and diving onto my hand.
Kris
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:37 am
by Leigh
If you put the basking spot on stilts, you'll have a hide as well.does your cat bother them? Mine sit on the floor under the tank weoowing up at blue.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:04 am
by kris21
Hi Leigh,
Well i actually thought it might have been a little to close to the lights...im not sure but that is a paver so putting it on stilts would worry me a bit.
Well the cat and my dogs could sit there for hours watching them, the cat doesn't really bother with them but my fox terrier would eat them if i let her!
Kris
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:08 am
by Funda
Nice set up!!
It looks great to me!
But as Leigh mentioned about the whole 'hide under the basking rock' thing.. good idea
Your blueys look great too!
f.C
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:20 am
by Leigh
kris21 wrote:Hi Leigh,
Well i actually thought it might have been a little to close to the lights...im not sure but that is a paver so putting it on stilts would worry me a bit.
Well the cat and my dogs could sit there for hours watching them, the cat doesn't really bother with them but my fox terrier would eat them if i let her!
Kris
My suggestion would be to silicone in each corner, a bit of pipe{plastic wastepipe} a couple of inches long, you wouldn't have to turn it into a Queenslander
, you'd be suprised how low they can go hee hee
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:01 am
by Hijinks
It looks nice! It's obvious that you put a lot of work into it!
I also really like raised platforms. I have two, one on the warm end (raised basking tile) and one on the cool end (raised tile for water dish). My skink spends a lot of time underneath them, and what's interesting is that he seems to burrow less than he did when I first got him. It's cool because he must feel secure in these little caves, but I am still able to see him. It also seems to me that he gets a lot of exercise and enrichment from climbing up and down.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:04 am
by evil pixie
Looks fantastic to me; I'd live there if I were a skink
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:56 pm
by KyleWeiss
Can't wait until the pretty little perfect setup gets SKINKY POO all over it!
That's the fun part... for them!
KW
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:08 pm
by kris21
Actually these 2 seem pretty clean....must be girls
They don't seem to kick stuff everywhere or leave droppings everywhere either. But i don't mind if they mess it up, its not too hard to tidy.
I will try to evevate the basking rock up a few inches to give them another hide.
I brought some desert background today too....maybe i should have put that up then taken pics, lol oh well.
Kris
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:45 am
by kris21
Ok i put the background up and i think it looks better, gets rid of all that white.
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:54 am
by Funda
Oh my gosh!
That looks wonderful!!
Great choice of background!
f.C
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:26 am
by kris21
Thanks Funda
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:35 am
by Leigh
What brilliant touch, that back drop looks too cool.
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:51 am
by kris21
Thanks Leigh,
Yeah it was the only one i could find that size so it had to do.
My bluey even tried to climb up the grass....guess it looks real, lol!
Kris
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:50 am
by russman
Neato background.. I like the touch.
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:37 pm
by KyleWeiss
kris21 wrote:Actually these 2 seem pretty clean....must be girls
They don't seem to kick stuff everywhere or leave droppings everywhere either. But i don't mind if they mess it up, its not too hard to tidy.
I will try to evevate the basking rock up a few inches to give them another hide.
I brought some desert background today too....maybe i should have put that up then taken pics, lol oh well.
Kris
Must be gi---rl---s....
Don't get me started. Every girl I'm friends with is the biggest slob I know.
Oh they'll mess it up. A nice skink tootsie roll baking away on the basking rock or somehow shot all over the plants will show you what "girls" they really are...
KW
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:30 pm
by kris21
Haha well i hope you're wrong but if you are right....i won't tell ya
Kris
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:10 am
by KyleWeiss
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:45 am
by MartinsPerson
KyleWeiss wrote:Must be gi---rl---s....
Don't get me started. Every girl I'm friends with is the biggest slob I know.
Oh they'll mess it up. A nice skink tootsie roll baking away on the basking rock or somehow shot all over the plants will show you what "girls" they really are...
KW
Easy there turbo! I'm a total neat freak, and still female the last time that I checked.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:55 am
by KyleWeiss
...still male here, supercharger (turbo?
) and I'd ask Julia Child herself, rest her soul, to take off her shoes before entering my front door.
You know what they say about stereotypes...
KW
