Monitor lizard cages

[Ryan Wunsch]

This first cage is very basic, but very easy. It is made out of 1’’ melamine (very heavy stuff that is) and simply screwed together like a box. 8 x 4’ sheets for the top, back, bottom and front, and one more cut in 2 for the ends. 2 doors with windows, and 2 more windows in the front were added.





We used a bathtub as a water pool (for the water monitor)





These pictures were taken when Vanan and I moved this cage to my basement. Katt found it quite roomy, but we had to let her out to put the water monitor inside.





Here is a partial picture of the large cage I built in, intended for a pair of crocodile monitors. I couldn’t back up far enough to get the whole thing in the picture. It is 8' tall, 13' long, and 7' deep.

[Ryan]

I always loved that built in cage at the Zoo, I'm planning something similar that I'm going to build down in the basement. Dimensions won't be quite as big though, lol.

[joeysgreen]

ooh croc monitors.... didn't think you were allowed the bigguns... nice to know indeed

[Ryan Wunsch]

Yes, we are allowed croc monitors. The croc monitors I were to get, "fell through". Still my favorite monitor and some day I will keep a pair.

In Saskatchewan, we are allowed to keep all lizards (komodo dragons to gila monsters), and all crocodillians (Niles and Salty's included) but not kenyan sand boas, ball pythons, or childrens pythons.

Ryan