craaaazy idea!
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The walk in was already there I put down vinyl tile then poly plastic sheets then ply wood then sand
Jeox;3929542; said:
When I was still keeping pyxie frogs the idea of trapping house sparrows to feed the frogs crossed my mind a few times
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question, where the heck did the birds idea come from?
To clear it up a bit, i was only thinking of this as a good way to see my monitor (black throat) forage for food, its boring chuckin in a mouse and him just waddle up to it and chomp it. I wanted to throw in fish, crabs, snails, a snake or two, and some crawfish etc, so he can eat what he feels like that day. my little albig, already tries to dive and eat the midas cichlid i have in the pond right now, but can't catch it, sence it's the only fish in it. but I know, he loves crawfish, bass, crabs, and most of all snails and worms. So I wanted to throw these in there.
birds might be a good idea, he's eaten a couple in the passed (hit my window and died..)
anywho, other reptiles are a no no, and so are scorps then?
ok, iverts and crustations are always good
enclosure size is only a 12'l by 6'w by 6'h enclosure, and "Reptar" my alnig is only about 33" give or take, so i thought it would be fun for him to scavenge for food for a few days on his own...
To clear it up a bit, i was only thinking of this as a good way to see my monitor (black throat) forage for food, its boring chuckin in a mouse and him just waddle up to it and chomp it. I wanted to throw in fish, crabs, snails, a snake or two, and some crawfish etc, so he can eat what he feels like that day. my little albig, already tries to dive and eat the midas cichlid i have in the pond right now, but can't catch it, sence it's the only fish in it. but I know, he loves crawfish, bass, crabs, and most of all snails and worms. So I wanted to throw these in there.
birds might be a good idea, he's eaten a couple in the passed (hit my window and died..)
anywho, other reptiles are a no no, and so are scorps then?
ok, iverts and crustations are always good
enclosure size is only a 12'l by 6'w by 6'h enclosure, and "Reptar" my alnig is only about 33" give or take, so i thought it would be fun for him to scavenge for food for a few days on his own...
I still don't see why a lizard/bird enclosure wouldn't work, provided the enclosure is big enough. Would there be any harm in just getting like one zebra finch and seeing how it goes for a while?
EDIT: Although if OP doesn't want birds, there's no reason to continue that train of thought...
EDIT: Although if OP doesn't want birds, there's no reason to continue that train of thought...
yeah id def go with fish in the pond and snails/worms in the enclosure, especially if the enclosure has a nice dirt bottom, then you could put a bunch of worms in there right after he has gorged himself so they have a chance to burrow down and then they reproduce pretty quickly so should be able to maintain a breeding colony within the tank for him to eat and dig for
Your setup has some falls starting with the sand. Its never a good idea to use colored sand or another substrate in a cage where live animals are going to live, the paint that sand has enventualy starts to degrate and releases quemical residues that at the very least can be harmfull to your animals and even you if hinaleted, eaten,etc. Thouse kinds of sands are the kind of thing that are made to decorate but with litle though in their long term safety, get rid of it, play sand its much safer! Next I hope thouse rocks are safely glued together by some way, sulcatas are complete bulldozers (I herd they are strong enough to pull a PIANO) and yours cernatly can do the same to thouse rocks. He is too big already to harm himself but he can cause rocks to fall and seriously harm one of the lizards he is housed with, your uro wich are lizards that like rock crevices its particulary at risk. Also this setup is already to small for your sulcata and because its indoors and a desert kind of enclosure it lacks many things sulcatas like, such as grazing, taking a bath, digging a hole, etc all day. Your sulcata needs to be outdoors! Its like you trying to keep a small cow permanetly indoors, he needs to roam and do sulcata things. Finaly its never bad to remenbar you were really lucky with your bearded dragon! Bearded dragons are sensitive to many organisms many other herps have naturaly on their guts and both sulcata and uros are full of it! Thats why its not recomended to house beardys with any other reps. In your case your beardy has proven it can do well on the setup, so it would be passable if you took the sulcata out and inproved the conditions in for the 2 lizards.coreyweinkoetz;3933172; said:
