I put together this enclosure today for some new spengleri females I will be babysitting very soon. Our male is about as randy as they come, and given the shortage of spengleri males out there, his services should be offered for other lone females. A friend has four females, which will all spend time with our male, using this new enclosure for that time. Life is beautiful indeed.
The four females will be kept together in the large tub to the left. Our male resides in the grey tub and our female in the blue tub. Females will be placed with the male one by one, and his food intake will be increased during the time surrounding this busy period.
For the new, bigger enclosure, I made a hole in the center, which was covered with screen and egg crate for drainage. The tub was then placed on the lid, so excess moisture will collect there. The first layer of substrate was LDL (Lightweight Drainage Layer) material from neherpetoculture.com. On top of that, we have a mixture of peat moss, topsoil and cypress mulch. I added clumps of substrate from the two established tubs, complete with worms, and all sorts of creepy crawlys. Two large cork round hides, some Korean rock ferns, pothos, live moss, and a large peace lilly were also added. All was purchased from neherp, a great place for herp supplies. I will add a couple small water dishes and a few small pieces of clay pots tomorrow.
Sorry :-/
Wouldn't let me upload all the photos. Those were the smaller tubs I already have.
Here is a better shot showing all 3 tubs next to each other.
The four females will be kept together in the large tub to the left. Our male resides in the grey tub and our female in the blue tub. Females will be placed with the male one by one, and his food intake will be increased during the time surrounding this busy period.
For the new, bigger enclosure, I made a hole in the center, which was covered with screen and egg crate for drainage. The tub was then placed on the lid, so excess moisture will collect there. The first layer of substrate was LDL (Lightweight Drainage Layer) material from neherpetoculture.com. On top of that, we have a mixture of peat moss, topsoil and cypress mulch. I added clumps of substrate from the two established tubs, complete with worms, and all sorts of creepy crawlys. Two large cork round hides, some Korean rock ferns, pothos, live moss, and a large peace lilly were also added. All was purchased from neherp, a great place for herp supplies. I will add a couple small water dishes and a few small pieces of clay pots tomorrow.
Sorry :-/
Wouldn't let me upload all the photos. Those were the smaller tubs I already have.
Here is a better shot showing all 3 tubs next to each other.
