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Originally Posted by mo9e64
Wayne, a lot of what you learned making your adult cage,was i would imagine helped by what you did right or wrong on your first cages.Reading about things is not the same thing as experiencing them-beginners will still need to work through issues when setting up their cages whether big or small.
And as far as a start up cage being a waste of money,it's the mere fraction of the cost of an adult cage.Anybody who is thinking about keeping the medium to large monitors shouldn't have money issues-it's expensive.
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I still think the single biggest factor being overlooked, and I have brought this up a few times before.
It's human nature to procrastinate stepping up the cage, "It's OK for now" until "for now" turns into 3 years with an animal stuffed in a box that's too small to accomidate it's needs.
I have no "study" to cite, but I would be willing to bet at least HALF of the people who start out with a smaller cage never get around to building the big one.
I have talked to a lot of people on a lot of forums for quite a few years, and I have read every excuse from "I let it roam all day" to "It's OK, he only sleeps in there"
If I had faith that everyone that started out with a cage too small to support an adult would actually follow through and build that bigger cage they keep on telling the forums that they will "one day" get around to building, I would feel a lot differently than I do about this.
And yes Moe, you are correct, much of what I learned is a direct result of my failure with Chomper, so now you know why this subject has such a powerful grip on what I tell people. I tell people what I do, so their lizards will live longer healthier lives than Chomper did.
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