Apropriate temporary travel housing...

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kittyhazelton

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OK, so, once again I am having to move. all my critters are coming with me (bird, cats, dog, several lizards and snakes) and most of them are able to keep in their current tanks/cages with one exception....

My Black and White Tegu needs an appropriate, but easily movable temporary enclosure. Keep in mind that this would NOT be permanent housing, but he could end up being in this for about 2 weeks to a month until his new home is constructed. I am limited in funds and space at the moment. His original home was 8' X 3' X 2' (LWH) I barely have room now for anything larger than 4' X 2' He is approx 30" long Snout to tail tip. And there would be plenty of opportunities for him to be able to get out and wander around the room so his "temporary house" would be more for when I am not home and to warm up. I have a very large dog crate that is approx 4X24X30 that I moved with him in orriginally and that seemed to work, but where I'm going now is a bit on the cold side and keeping the heat in the crate could be tricky.
I'm looking for ideas/suggestions here. Unfortunately I do not have any reptile-savvy friends I could house him with at the moment and I certainly don't want to rehome him just because of a temporary inconvenience.
 
if you have a back yard you could make him a pen
just need some chicken wire and poles and a box for him to hide in
 
I saw some really big rubbermaid tubs at Home Depot the other week. They were like 5 or 6 feet long and at least 2 feet high and deep. That might be ok for a temporary house while you're not home.
 
I have used large coolers to transport my animals before, it has worked but i did not keep them in it for more than a day.
 
You could mount a radiant heat panel on the inside of the dog crate and throw a towel or blanket over the door to help keep the heat in. If your keeping it indoors and use a thermostat this should be more than sufficient for a temporary housing. You could even get the towel damp if your concerned about humidity, but many people keep them outside and they just burrow and hibernate during part of the year. I think tegus are pretty tough and any supplemental heat you give it is going to be sufficient. Good luck.
 
keep him outside but make him a big hide box with a heat pad underneath so if he gets cold he can just go there and 75 is not to cold for them
go on tegu talk.com and ask away there
they will have all the right answers
 
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