geckoguy make sure if you are doing it like me, and putting a wood board accross TWO metal shelves, that you put a piece of cardboard under one end. The middle ridge between the two metal shelves will make the board rock like a see-saw otherwise. I didn't realize that till the ig started walking on it.

That turned out awesome! Give the little guy some time to settle in, my iguana took about a week before he was exploring his cage.

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replover,

Very nice enclosure! I would personally put the food and water on the bottom as it would be easier to clean and give your iguana pleny of exercise.

Steve

I'm too much of a pushover to put Dizzy's food down low, i'll put it down there for a day or two and he wont climb down to eat so I feel bad and put it back up on his shelf for him....he's got me trained pretty well!

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What a noce place for your baby to live.Lots of room and all. I wish I could have built Hercule's that big.But his does just fine for him being handicapped.And your fisrst time at building wonderful job.

Moshpitrochick, I have the same problem, I tried putting his foood in the lower levels for two days and it don't eat at all and now its back on the basking spot...

It may take a while for the ig to adjust to the change in feeding location. Trust me he will not voluntarily starve to death with food in the cage. The main problem with putting the food in the basking area is the heat from the lamps will rapidly dry it out and the higher heat will enourage mold and fungus to grow on the food. Captive igs tend to suffer from not getting enough water. Since most of their water comes from what they are eating, if the food is dried out you can see the problem.
I feed in the bottom of the cage. This also makes the ig, lazy creatures that the are, move around and get a bit of exercise. If everything is delivered to him in one spot he will be quite content to lay there all the time.
You will be creating the ultimate couch potato!

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Excellent job!

On the subject of fake plants, I use them and have no problems. When my Igs first saw them, they tried to bite a leaf, figured out that it wasn't real and wasn't gonna rip off and have since left them alone, lol.

Hello,

Very nice enclosure, especially for your first. It looks kinda plain to me though, maybe add a branch or two?

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0.1 Yellow-Bellied Slider (Buz)

I like it. You will quickly find that it is easier to keep this type of layout clean than it is to keep one with a "natural" look. Shelves like this are also safer and easier to secure than branches.

One question -- what do you have under the newsprint? While newsprint is great to clean, cheap, and safe it is not water tight. If you don't have something to protect the floor from the liquids they can quickly ruin the floor.

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