Update on Chuckie enclosure

tdachel · **Joined:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 112

OK - the camera is charging now, but I did get one shot to post. This is the rear left quadrant. I'll post more soon. This is only temporary until the fake wall is built.

Spyral · **Posted:** Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:18 pm

Those rocks look great! I love the clumps of grass... very realistic!

tdachel · **Joined:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 112

Thanks Spyral - I appreciate it.

Here are a couple new pictures and then I begin the fake wall. I have a 6x3x3 frame built and about a million tons of styrofoam...

camel · **Joined:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:47 pm **Posts:** 126

Nice natural looking enclosure really like what you did with the seperate rockpiles and the grass!! Also like your dimensions!

gr. Kamiel

tdachel · **Joined:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 112

Kamiel,
Thank you for your kind words, very much appreciated. It was important that there were multiple rockpiles and that they were sread out a bit so there was some open space for them just like their old home. I think it would much homier (new word) for them with a pair of desert iguanas in there with them. By the way - I like the style that you used on your enclosures.

tom

Vers · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:09 am

First of all, awesome stuff, Tom! Secondly, are those imitation rocks/grasses?

tdachel · **Joined:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:35 am **Posts:** 112

Thanks Vers, I appreciate it. The rocks are (real) limestone (at this time.) The grass was found growing wild here in Minnesota. I boiled it for about a half hour to kill all bugs and stuff. I tied the grass togeter and buried it in the sand. Uros and Chucks can be like bulldozers, but up to this point, they have not messed with the grass much. When the fake wall goes in, I want to try some real grass (Carex) and see how that works. I have found no issues with it being dangerous to Chucks or Desert Iguanas. In a perfect world I would put some creosote in the enclosure. I think the roots may be an issue though - still, I'm going to do some more research on it.

Are you going to post pics of your new enclosure?

Vers · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:12 am

Very nice. I wish I had room for this type of enclosure but alas, if I were to build one like it I think the other half would have me living in it. Anyway, yes I will post images of my new enclosure, which I just brought in last night

Santa Fe Steve · **Joined:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:56 pm **Posts:** 17

Great job!!!!!! It's fantastic to see that your going the extra mile to make a healthy environment. Cograts.

Vers · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:21 am

Tom, can you grab a shot of the exterior? I'm curious as to how you've got it constructed.

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