Beardcore
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I built a stand that incases a 40 breeder except in the vary front. Cats seem to be too Intrested was wondering if I could have a solid door in front of the cage to completely enclose him while I'm away.
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cat proofing!
- Thread starter Beardcore
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GJOsik
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I have the same problem. My fat cat is ripping the screen out from the lid
jellyfishrhythm
Raleighwood Reptiles
I've yet to find a way to keep my cats out of my beardies' hair other than to close the door to the room their in, keeping said nosey felines out of it. My one cat loves to lay across the UVB fixture - - - nice and warm, and my dragons don't seem to mind her being there. But it's winter, she's getting fatter...and those screen tops can only handle so much, haha.
I don't think covering the front of the tank would be a huge issue if only for a small portion of the day, but my best advice would be to just lock up the cat for that time if he/she is THAT bad. My big concern with having everything totally enclosed with a door is ventilation. Proper ventilation and heat dispersal is crucial. If you close off the front in addition to the top and the other three sides, the heat can't escape properly and could definitely cook your dragons given the right circumstances. Essentially putting them in a "box" like that is a recipe for disaster, taking into consideration maintaining a proper temperature gradient and proper humidity. If you're going to cover the front, and feel like you must, use something much more breathable than that (flame retardant, of course, if it's going to be near any overhead heating fixtures).
Hope this helps at least a little bit.
- Stephanie
I don't think covering the front of the tank would be a huge issue if only for a small portion of the day, but my best advice would be to just lock up the cat for that time if he/she is THAT bad. My big concern with having everything totally enclosed with a door is ventilation. Proper ventilation and heat dispersal is crucial. If you close off the front in addition to the top and the other three sides, the heat can't escape properly and could definitely cook your dragons given the right circumstances. Essentially putting them in a "box" like that is a recipe for disaster, taking into consideration maintaining a proper temperature gradient and proper humidity. If you're going to cover the front, and feel like you must, use something much more breathable than that (flame retardant, of course, if it's going to be near any overhead heating fixtures).
Hope this helps at least a little bit.
- Stephanie
Nick & Chelsea
New member
Or you could just either get rid of the cat, or feed it to your largest Boa, or Python.. haha!
jellyfishrhythm
Raleighwood Reptiles
I'm a cat lover and all, and my kitties are like my children, but...that made me laugh, haha.
Nick & Chelsea
New member
Yes, I was just joking... I picked up one of my Leopard Geckos from a couple who had a cat problem. The cat kept a certain spot in it's stomach reserved especially for the Gecko. Fortunately, the woman gave me the Gecko before the cat ever managed to get a hold of her.I'm a cat lover and all, and my kitties are like my children, but...that made me laugh, haha.
jellyfishrhythm
Raleighwood Reptiles
I'm just reading this now! - - - good thing you rescued said gecko from kitty prior to snack time! I'm sure if the cat REALLY wanted the leo, kitty would have had the gecko, haha. Freaking cats, man.
My cat (the one with motor function, I have one with cerebral palsy who can hardly find his way out of the litter box as well) has a certain penchant for geckos as well - - - I used to keep giant day geckos, and if you're at all familiar with them, you know they're ridiculously fast, and, to add insult to injury, amazing escape artists. Leela (the cat in question) use to catch them for me when they'd escape, though somehow she had the feline intuition to knock the rogue lizard ever-so-gently from the wall onto the carpet, and throw her body over them and meow, waiting for me to come get it from her. No teeth, no claws, no holding-onto-the-tail (and subsequently, no tail-dropping or injury) - perhaps she's too domesticated to understand the predator/prey ecological relationship?
...my cat is a rock star, I'm telling you, and is an example to all dual reptile/cat keepers that a quasi-symbiotic relationship CAN exist. I wish I had the encounter videoed, I'll see what I can do for proving proof!
...now if I only I could convince my (dumb) pitbull to stop trying to lick the beardies through the glass front of the enclosure...
My cat (the one with motor function, I have one with cerebral palsy who can hardly find his way out of the litter box as well) has a certain penchant for geckos as well - - - I used to keep giant day geckos, and if you're at all familiar with them, you know they're ridiculously fast, and, to add insult to injury, amazing escape artists. Leela (the cat in question) use to catch them for me when they'd escape, though somehow she had the feline intuition to knock the rogue lizard ever-so-gently from the wall onto the carpet, and throw her body over them and meow, waiting for me to come get it from her. No teeth, no claws, no holding-onto-the-tail (and subsequently, no tail-dropping or injury) - perhaps she's too domesticated to understand the predator/prey ecological relationship?
...my cat is a rock star, I'm telling you, and is an example to all dual reptile/cat keepers that a quasi-symbiotic relationship CAN exist. I wish I had the encounter videoed, I'll see what I can do for proving proof!
...now if I only I could convince my (dumb) pitbull to stop trying to lick the beardies through the glass front of the enclosure...