Okay sorry to keep everyone waiting and I know this is going to be a longer read but wanted to give some info., I have been insanely busy and I had to wait for decor to ship and come in and etc. Long story short, yes Cato now lives in his big enclosure because my dad was shifting the old tv stand and dropped it and it fell apart. So my 12 inch tegu is living the high life in his 6x4 enclosure. I know its not the fanciest looking on the outside but it serves its purpose Small little note.. I purchased a cute little log cabin dog house for the hide for when he's bigger, and it hasn't arrived yet and I'm not sure i'll put it in yet because he isn't big enough. I also ordered several ropes of fake ivy to hang from the ceiling to give it a jungly/foresty/canopy look, but I didn't realize it said it'd take 17-28 days to ship, so I am waiting for those. Basically one half is finished and the other is bare and waiting for the dog house. It's all a work in progress.
*** For those wanting to comment about lost floor space, I am sadly aware of the fact that a lot of decor is going to take up floor space, but I also wanted to let everyone know that I will be removing things as he gets bigger due to the fact that I've heard they rearrange the cage a lot. Right now with a giant cage in my room I want it to look fairly nice inside. Also Cato comes out of his cage twice a day for half an hour each, when he gets older he will have free roam of my room most of the time, so I'm not too concerned with taking up a little room in his cage.
*** ALSO, I just learned that the breeder I got him from probe sexes the babies so Cato for sure is a boy, which I am excited about
*** one last thing. Anyone with a closed chamber enclosure, I HIGHLY recommend getting the ExoTerra large waterfall with fogger combo. I ordered mine from LLL and it keeps the humidity perfect in my giant cage! I don't have to worry about spraying the mulch down, which cuts down on bugs greatly, plus it adds a beautiful decoration in a cage to make it more eye appealing.
For those wondering about taming, we are coming along amazing! He has grown and beefed up a good amount for only being 7 weeks old. The pic of him I took, was from tonight while we were watching tv together. He loves to get out and roam but always comes up next to me to get his back rubbed. He's such a great tegu, so glad I lucked out and didn't get a tail whipping monster lol. Thanks for lookin!
Full front view of cage
Inside full view
Finished side of cage w waterfall
Right side unfinished where dog house will go
Dog house hide for when he's an adult
Growth progress of Cato
*** For those wanting to comment about lost floor space, I am sadly aware of the fact that a lot of decor is going to take up floor space, but I also wanted to let everyone know that I will be removing things as he gets bigger due to the fact that I've heard they rearrange the cage a lot. Right now with a giant cage in my room I want it to look fairly nice inside. Also Cato comes out of his cage twice a day for half an hour each, when he gets older he will have free roam of my room most of the time, so I'm not too concerned with taking up a little room in his cage.
*** ALSO, I just learned that the breeder I got him from probe sexes the babies so Cato for sure is a boy, which I am excited about
*** one last thing. Anyone with a closed chamber enclosure, I HIGHLY recommend getting the ExoTerra large waterfall with fogger combo. I ordered mine from LLL and it keeps the humidity perfect in my giant cage! I don't have to worry about spraying the mulch down, which cuts down on bugs greatly, plus it adds a beautiful decoration in a cage to make it more eye appealing.
For those wondering about taming, we are coming along amazing! He has grown and beefed up a good amount for only being 7 weeks old. The pic of him I took, was from tonight while we were watching tv together. He loves to get out and roam but always comes up next to me to get his back rubbed. He's such a great tegu, so glad I lucked out and didn't get a tail whipping monster lol. Thanks for lookin!
Full front view of cage
Inside full view
Finished side of cage w waterfall
Right side unfinished where dog house will go
Dog house hide for when he's an adult
Growth progress of Cato
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