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That boaphille plastic enclosure looks fine for arborial snakes but I'm not so sure about a front opening door for the day gecko's because they are very delicate and fast.
I haven't really gotten used to them yet but one things for sure, you cannot really pick them up with your hands, at least I know I can't with my babies....it might be different when they are adults, I don't know yet.
I think with a front door opening type enclosure I would risk the gecko's jumping out and I've been all over the place looking for a suitable enclosure and found nothing. I asked for the price to have one made up especially and it would have cost over £150.00 so my fella and I have decided to make our own, and its almost done now, I'm so excited about it because its brilliant.
It is 3ft tall, 2ft wide and 18" deep. I've designed the top so that half of the lid opens for access to the top half of the vivarium for cleaning and access to the lights etc.
Then I've divided the top and bottom of the glass front in half with a strip of wood so that the top half is just a pane of glass and the bottom half is sliding glass doors. This design means that I should be able to clean the substrate and bottom of the enclosure out easily without disturbing the gecko's and minimising the risk of them jumping out.
Below the sliding doors I've included a few inches of wood so that I can put plenty substrate in, and above the top pane I've also put a few inches of wood so that you dont get dazzled by the UV light thingy.
I'm going to fix a shelf inside it too I think, its almost done, just got to get the glass made up and then get a thermostat and test the humidity and temperatures, then I can move my little babies in............its so big though I'll not be able to spot them in there while they are so tiny, they are only about 5cm long atm........cute [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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