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| I drew the design of this cage myself and hired a carpenter to build it in the fall of 1998. Until then, changing the water was hard work for me, often causing me back pain. Now it is easy to change and takes just ten minutes every morning! | |
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| The cage is 70 cm ( 2 feet 4 inches) in depth,170 cm ( 5 feet 7 inches) in width
and 90 cm ( 3 feet) high. The bottom half of the cage is made of wood, like a
low shelf. The top half of it is a metal screen which is removable. The cage is
separated in half. Now I have 2 sets. |
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 This is the top view. It has a UV, fullspectral and basking light; a heater and so on. Self-timers turn on all the lights at 6 AM and off at 6 PM. The place where they dry themselves is covered with wire netting, so the air stays fresh and dry. I put an extra screen around the top of the cage, so they can't fall off as long as they don't do chin ups. Also, it's easy to use clip lights, thermosensers and so on. |
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 I don't like the cords hanging all over the place,so I tried to hide them
as much as I could. Can you see the slit in front of the cage for that? |
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 This is a picture with the door open. The bottom of the tank can be seen, and water drains into the bucket when you open the tap. I dump it into the toilet every day. This is the tap viewed from the bottom.  |
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| This is the backside of the cage. Plugs can go through the holes and then be slid out of the way. | I've installed true-lights like this. |
 This is a thermostat for the basking lamps. I set it at 30 degrees Celsius. . |
 This is a basking lamp covered with heat repelling metal which is used for astronauts clothes. |
 This is a heater lamp (20w) for nighttime. |
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| This is a temperature recorder. It usually shows temperatures as low as 23 degrees Celsius and as high as 28 degrees Celsius. | |
 This is a water heater with a thermostat. |
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