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    Which UVB fixture is preferable?

    I am sure you have already made decisions, just providing for input. I am a big fan of having a separate UVB flourescent fixture, and then creating a basking spot from multiple lower wattage flood lights. It makes it more easy to control total ambient temperature in the enclosure and create...
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    Dubia colony for sale

    I have a fairly large colony of dubia and a lot of sleeping lizards that means I need to reduce the total population significantly. Someone had contacted me to buy a starter colony with 2000+ dubia including a large number of adults which fell through so I am looking to offload those. It...
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    Early design thoughts

    I will post materials up here - sorry been MIA here due to flooding in Boulder. My house was not hit as bad as many, but my basement was flooded and I have a major cleanup/renovation project underway. Thankfully all the reptiles are upstairs and I got pumps in place prior to having too much...
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    Early design thoughts

    Sorry been away for a few days and catching up - I'll pm you and will pull out my drawings that I used. Thinking I can modify those and scan them pretty easily. I'll also post the drawings along with the materials list.
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    Early design thoughts

    Thanks for the comments! As an enclosure it has worked out very well. I can certainly list all of the materials if that is what you are looking for, and I guess create a step by step walk-through of how i built it. It took me a while to put it all together, partly as I was in no rush initially...
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    Vacuum sealers for frozen food items?

    Thought I would just post an update on this for anyone interested. I purchases a Foodsaver 3880 from Costco (have to love Costco warranty on these types of devices!). The device works well and is simple to use. My only real comment from a functional standpoint is that if you have an entire...
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    Early Hibernation

    Over the last few weeks shadow has been out less and less. Feeding slowed down, and she now has not been out for 5 days. I think she has decided to hibernate early. This seems odd as last year it was the end of October before this occurred. It has been a somewhat unusual summer weather wise...
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    My new yearling is a handful..

    I initially went with feeding in a bin outside of the enclosure, but found that this caused my tegu stress, and she actually ate less than tong feeding in the enclosure. I found tong feeding very successful and a good way to have your tegu associate you with positive things. I also never saw...
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    Vacuum sealers for frozen food items?

    I suspect many of us buy food in bulk for our tegus. I struggle a bit with keeping the food fresh for longer periods of time in the freezer, and am considering investing in a vacuum sealer. They are a little more expensive than I was expecting and was just wondering if others had any comments on...
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    Course ground from Hare Today

    Just thought I would mention this for people considering buying course ground whole prey from Hare Today. The difference between course ground and fine ground is very significant. I ordered a couple of different course ground products and upon inspection came to the decision that I needed to go...
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    Can someone please help me, im very confused of how im supposed to seal my enclosure.

    I lined the base of my enclosure with FRP. It is actually very easy to work with and provides a watertight lining that is very durable. Take a little time getting the sheets cut to size and do a dry run of fitting everything if you are using the corner/edging kits as those typically require you...
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    Kids...

    It is somewhat hard to comprehend the change in size and growth rate :), I am constantly amazed at the sheer volume of food that Shadow puts down daily, in one end and out the other.....
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    Kids...

    Shadow is developing a very casual attitude around my boys...which hopefully is a good thing. She often climbs over them if they are in the way, but otherwise seems to mostly ignore them.
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    Digging is tiring work!

    Shadow really likes to dig, eat, and sleep, that is about it! This is after Shadow decided to dig a new deeper hole in one of the front corners. I have been very impressed with how well the substrate holds the burrows. He - well actually I'm starting to think female is one year old now and...
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    Early design thoughts

    Lessons learned: From a design standpoint building the enclosure in separate pieces worked very well. Both in terms of portability and flexibility. Being able to slide the lid off to work on electrical stuff without having to be inside the enclosure is very handy, or slide it off to stand full...
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