SewerGator
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Hello my fellow tegu enthusiasts! Still kinda new here but I've done the most of my research on this site. Just put together an enclosure for a hatcling I'll be purchasing from Mr. Irwin as soon as his eggs hatch. It's a sterilite tub, cant remember the dimensions but its close to a 40 gal breeder in size.
I used a dremel to cut out half of the lid and used a half inch screen glued on with lock tite. For the lighting I'm using a 160watt zoo med solar glo (heat/uvb), and for night heat a zoo med 50watt infrared heat bulb. Temp on the basking stone is a nice 110 and goes down to 74 on the cool side. For substrate I'm using a mixture of 70% eco earth and 30% said soil mixture from the local state park (lots of tank janitors in there) and topped off with a layer of cypress mulch. I used about a foot and a half of plastic air duct under the substrate as a makeshift tunnel and I put a bunch of holes in it so some humidity can get in there. I wound up having to move the water dish and lowering the basking stone to adjust the heat suitably and I'll have to get a smaller dish so I won't inadvertently drown my gu.
Thanks in advance for your feedback and all criticism is good criticism!
I used a dremel to cut out half of the lid and used a half inch screen glued on with lock tite. For the lighting I'm using a 160watt zoo med solar glo (heat/uvb), and for night heat a zoo med 50watt infrared heat bulb. Temp on the basking stone is a nice 110 and goes down to 74 on the cool side. For substrate I'm using a mixture of 70% eco earth and 30% said soil mixture from the local state park (lots of tank janitors in there) and topped off with a layer of cypress mulch. I used about a foot and a half of plastic air duct under the substrate as a makeshift tunnel and I put a bunch of holes in it so some humidity can get in there. I wound up having to move the water dish and lowering the basking stone to adjust the heat suitably and I'll have to get a smaller dish so I won't inadvertently drown my gu.
Thanks in advance for your feedback and all criticism is good criticism!