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Decoration: To
keep a few collared’s you will need a large enclosure.
For a pair, an enclosure of 100cm x50 cm x50 cm is certainly not too large.
As substrate you can use sand. Calci-sand from T-rex is, in my opinion,
the best. The name sais it all, it will give an extra supply of calcium
whenever the animals eat it. It is also a bit rougher in texture and
causes less eyeproblems. Be smart and don’t use playsand or other kinds
of sand from your local store. It often contains particles that can harm
your animals. Provide an abundance of climbing options, hiding spots or
“ hang-out” spots using rocks, branches or other desert-like materials.
Cacttus’ are also fun as decoration but don’t over do it. Keep in mind
that these animals need a lot of space. The
sides and backwall can be decorated with sturdy materials like: cement,
plaster, flagstones or limestone. I myself made the walls with cement and
the occasional flagstones. This gives them more places to climb and it
makes very good look-out places. The
enclosure shown on picture above measures 250cmx60cmx60cm and contains
approx. 10 collareds. When you want to keep a colonie of collareds you
have to make sure they like each other. It is therefor important that they
each have there own place when they want.
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Lighting: Place
UVB-TL-beams not too high or make sure that the animals can get
very close (30 to 40 cm). With UVB-spots it depends on which ones you’re
using. Talking about UVB-lamps…. A lot of spotlights are sold with the
remark that they emit UVB. That is not the case. It was actually shown to
me with a UVB-meter. Most so-called UVB lamps do not even emit 1/5 of what
a UVB-TL-beam emits. So don’t be fooled !!!!!!!! Temperature:
Directly
underneath the spot the temperature can reach between 45 en 55° Celcius,
while in the colder parts of the enclosure it may drop to approx. 28°
celcius. At night it should be approx. 15°. If possible try to get the
heat from the lamps. Preferably don’t use warmth-mats. That also means
at night.
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