@@wofncsfan7045 4ft wide by 3ft high by 2ft deep. 3ft high enclosure would normally be a bit high for ackies but the 3d background with ledges made it possible
@@wofncsfan7045 It will be good enrichment but I find that they can be very content living without deep burrows. Can be difficult to manage so much substrate, inevitably you won’t be able to do a deep clean as regularly as you should. I’ve given them deeper substrates in the past and they just didn’t seem to use it
@@Varanibae interesting, some say theirs love digging others say they only dig when nesting. Gilleni question - do gillens monitors need to be kept together like egernia skinks or will they do well kept alone?
@@AlanSeman I’ve seen sold most of the baby freckles, held back 5 for myself and they’ve now grown into subadults. Currently raising a few scalaris hatchlings
@@wofncsfan7045 In my experience they’re just as hardy as any dwarf monitor on the market. They don’t seem to be sensitive to less than ideal conditions as long as it’s not prolonged. Not having heat for a day or two, not spraying in a few weeks etc will not cause them to go off food/ sulk
Hi I love your video, I recently set up a woodroach colony, but after two weeks, I notice some dead woodies in the bottom of the container, is that normal or there's something wrong? mine is 120L container, have heat mat, dry and carrot, I bought nearly 1000 mixed size of woodies as starter as I wanna feed my reptile earlier.
@@yumingjiang3861 The set up and feeding sounds good. Having dead ones down the bottom of the container is normal. I’d try not to feed the reptiles from the breeding colony for as long as possible
when its night time and its really cold do you just leave your lace monitors be and let them find where the heat or do you put them in the nhide or leave the basking lights on?
I try to replicate what would happen in nature as much as possible. I don’t use basking lights at night as that will mess with photoperiod and it’s not a natural type of night time heat source anyway. Putting them in the hide is not a bad idea especially if the temperature drops rapidly, I’m aware that this is not natural but neither is the hide box itself
My understanding is if pine has been dried and treated it gives off minimal toxins, on top of that sealing it with paint/ polyurethane would make it safe. Also more of an issue in a small poorly ventilated enclosure
Could you let me know all the materials you used for this? Wanting to build close to the same thing like pond, how much wood, screws, paint etc.. thanks!
Hi Austin, 90x45 h3 pine. 12mm structural grade plywood, pocket hole jig and screws, fencing paint, right bond wood glue. Let me know if you have anything specifically you want to know
@@Varanibae Thank you! I can definitely see myself doing something like this for my more mid sized lizards like my bearded dragon, skinks, uromastyx and amieva!
This is awesome! How large will this specific monitor get? I’m currently looking into how to build an enclosure for a black throat monitor! What is the size and dimensions of this one here?
I keep them at about 27c. No plants is a personal choice. I used to keep a lot of planted tanks and wanted a change. A lot of American cichlids would also rip out plants and being sand sifters I can’t really plant anything into the sand
I’ve tried raising hatchling monitors in larger enclosures but there’s always one or two that never do well because they hide far from the hot spot and never come out to eat. More room can be given when they are older and more established.
@@markanddayatonellato6969 Sorry for the late reply, I've been developing an improved version of the lock to rectify some design flaws i came across, the new video is out and the product is now officially available for purchase. Instagram is varanibae
