I just think you need to get her out of the bathroom. You cannot properly control her environment in a such a large space like that.
People who set up whole room enclosures, usually have a seperate heating element for that room, and run a humidifier (not the ones you can buy for 39$-the big ones) for humidity. There is also several inches of substrate in those rooms, with specially sealed flooring so that the wood and foundation does not warp. Also, with a room sized enclosure, there would be a large container of water so that it recreates the natural environment.
I'm telling you now, its not the right environment for her. And to make it the right environment, you'd have to spend thousands of dollars.
6ft by 3ft is adequate. If you are taking her out daily and interacting with her, she will have no problem spending the majority of the day in there. Since its usually just spent basking, and sleeping anyways. That's 18 sq ft of space. And if you have a basking platform, that adds another dimension.
Look for threads about peoples enclosures. I believe someone just posted one that they newly fininshed for an adult male tegu. Look at what the dimensions of that are.
Keep in mind that while the tegu was free, a cage will cost between 250-700$ to make, depending on quality of materials, aesthetics etc. If you are not up to it, there is no shame in finding her a new home. You saved her life, finding her in the woods. But if you don't think you can give her what she will need to live hapily for the next ten years, its not a bad idea to rehome her.
Especially since most colleges won't allow pets on campus. Its why I pay through the nose for an apt and live a couple blocks away from school. But I do pay for it....
But she needs out of the bathroom, asap
People who set up whole room enclosures, usually have a seperate heating element for that room, and run a humidifier (not the ones you can buy for 39$-the big ones) for humidity. There is also several inches of substrate in those rooms, with specially sealed flooring so that the wood and foundation does not warp. Also, with a room sized enclosure, there would be a large container of water so that it recreates the natural environment.
I'm telling you now, its not the right environment for her. And to make it the right environment, you'd have to spend thousands of dollars.
6ft by 3ft is adequate. If you are taking her out daily and interacting with her, she will have no problem spending the majority of the day in there. Since its usually just spent basking, and sleeping anyways. That's 18 sq ft of space. And if you have a basking platform, that adds another dimension.
Look for threads about peoples enclosures. I believe someone just posted one that they newly fininshed for an adult male tegu. Look at what the dimensions of that are.
Keep in mind that while the tegu was free, a cage will cost between 250-700$ to make, depending on quality of materials, aesthetics etc. If you are not up to it, there is no shame in finding her a new home. You saved her life, finding her in the woods. But if you don't think you can give her what she will need to live hapily for the next ten years, its not a bad idea to rehome her.
Especially since most colleges won't allow pets on campus. Its why I pay through the nose for an apt and live a couple blocks away from school. But I do pay for it....
But she needs out of the bathroom, asap
