Hello
Marley has new additions to his enclosure! I know that they don't like changes but it seemed essential. As I discussed in my other threads, Marley seemed to be pretty bored with his surroundings. He kept trying to climb up on the corners and "escape". This resulted in him flipping over quite often, and he couldn't get up on his own. We were concerned about him being flipped over for a long period of time so we made changes. There were several suggestions given to these problems. [Thank you!!]
First, we added stones/pebbles around his enclosure to help him get up if he falls down. We haven't seen him do this yet.. he fell asleep after walking around the table while we were changing his enclosure. But hopefully, it will give him the support that he needs when he flips!
And we also added fake plants. We thought about getting live ones but decided to go with the fake ones. We bought them at Michael's (it was in one of the suggestions). The material is hard to cut off so I'm not too worried about Marley eating them. We created a shade sort of thing for him on the corners. We also placed stone/pebble on the corners in case he attempts to climb again. We're pretty satisfied as of now to how the enclosure came out.
Marley also got a new hide/bridge. Sigh, we wanted this for awhile but it was a bit pricey. We ended up buying it because it seemed to be perfect (in our minds) for Marley. As of now, he seems to like it! He hid under it right away and sort of burrowed when he got in. He also got a new water dish! And stones were added into these as well to help him get up if he falls. We checked to see that he could climb in and out of the bowl on his own
These all mean nothing without pictures!
The cool side with plants on the corners.
The hot side with water bowl and new bridge/hide (ooh maybe even good for basking!)
The entire view.
Marley under his new hide. I'm sort of sad I can't see him all the time but I guess he needs his privacy.
Another shot
Now all we need is his food dish. We like the idea of the block tile so we will probably get it when we go in to buy play sand. His substrate needs to be changed soon too I used reptisand/bed-a-beast but I want to try the play sand/bed-a-beast on the next one to see how that works out.
Anyways, that's all. Suggestions, comments, critiques are all welcome. And thanks for all the help provided for my problems !
- M&M
PS: Marley's going to be 3 weeks old tomorrow! I can't believe he's already 3 weeks old.. he was only 3 days old when I got him! Time flies. haha .
Marley has new additions to his enclosure! I know that they don't like changes but it seemed essential. As I discussed in my other threads, Marley seemed to be pretty bored with his surroundings. He kept trying to climb up on the corners and "escape". This resulted in him flipping over quite often, and he couldn't get up on his own. We were concerned about him being flipped over for a long period of time so we made changes. There were several suggestions given to these problems. [Thank you!!]
First, we added stones/pebbles around his enclosure to help him get up if he falls down. We haven't seen him do this yet.. he fell asleep after walking around the table while we were changing his enclosure. But hopefully, it will give him the support that he needs when he flips!
And we also added fake plants. We thought about getting live ones but decided to go with the fake ones. We bought them at Michael's (it was in one of the suggestions). The material is hard to cut off so I'm not too worried about Marley eating them. We created a shade sort of thing for him on the corners. We also placed stone/pebble on the corners in case he attempts to climb again. We're pretty satisfied as of now to how the enclosure came out.
Marley also got a new hide/bridge. Sigh, we wanted this for awhile but it was a bit pricey. We ended up buying it because it seemed to be perfect (in our minds) for Marley. As of now, he seems to like it! He hid under it right away and sort of burrowed when he got in. He also got a new water dish! And stones were added into these as well to help him get up if he falls. We checked to see that he could climb in and out of the bowl on his own
These all mean nothing without pictures!
The cool side with plants on the corners.
The hot side with water bowl and new bridge/hide (ooh maybe even good for basking!)
The entire view.
Marley under his new hide. I'm sort of sad I can't see him all the time
but I guess he needs his privacy.
Another shot
Now all we need is his food dish. We like the idea of the block tile so we will probably get it when we go in to buy play sand. His substrate needs to be changed soon too
I used reptisand/bed-a-beast but I want to try the play sand/bed-a-beast on the next one to see how that works out.Anyways, that's all. Suggestions, comments, critiques are all welcome. And thanks for all the help provided for my problems !
- M&M
PS: Marley's going to be 3 weeks old tomorrow! I can't believe he's already 3 weeks old.. he was only 3 days old when I got him! Time flies. haha .
