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Terrarium (and Nina) pics

So just bear in mind that it's a work in progress.

Here's the terrarium as a whole: 

Posted by mr_subjunctive at 2:30 PM Labels: animals, Nina, site-related wormandflowers said...

Awww, she's so cute and she looks so happy! I think the terrarium is great!

April 10, 2009 at 2:34 PM Paul Anater said...

For what it's worth, the wild anoles here stay active at temperatures over 50 degrees. Much cooler than that and they go sleep it off in the leaf litter. I'm sure they're more active in temps in the 90s, but that speeds up their metabolism too. She will probably live longer and need to eat less at room temperatures between 60 and 75. The anole fans with correct me if I'm wrong, all I'm doing is reporting what I see on my patio every day.

April 10, 2009 at 2:42 PM Kenneth Moore said...

She IS cute! I love the little gold flecks and the white strip along her back. Although that might just be the angle and the camera. A very nice home, in any case. :-D

April 10, 2009 at 3:39 PM 
Go ahead and cram it with plants. You don't replant it if they grow too large you just give everything a haircut. You can get sheets of coco coir for the background that you can attach small plants like air ferns and mosses to.

Looks like fun. I've been "working" on building one for two years now. But never get past the cleaning the aquarium stage. :0)

April 10, 2009 at 8:51 PM our friend Ben said...

She does look happy, Mr. S.! Such a cheering sight! And I'm totally intrigued by the idea of putting a coir sheet in back and growing plants on it. How totally cool!!! But of course then you'd need excellent lighting to make sure it didn't get too dark for her...

April 11, 2009 at 6:18 AM CelticRose said...

She's adorable! :-)

That terrarium does look a little sparse -- needs more plants.

I'd leave the water dish in there -- she may be drinking when you're not looking.

April 11, 2009 at 7:01 AM The Fern and Mossery said...

I love it! And the plants just look freshly planted- give them 5-6 mos. or so and you may be surprised how much they fill out.


April 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM 
She's so adorable! I miss having them! I think the plantings will work out just fine.
 idalingi said...

ahh nice! MrBrownThumb, you are not alone. I've been "working" on mine also. ;-) Got a couple small aquariums via freecycle 6 months ago and am still airing them out in the backyard! :X

April 12, 2009 at 12:06 AM 
If I may suggest, J?

1)Plantwise you might consider some of the various Selaginellas. There are some very nice types out there that would make decent ground cover and their light needs tend to be low compared to many plants.

2) Give her more things to climb on ... either dead branches or live plants

3) As you have discovered, crickets are incredibly stupid creatures. In order to reduce the number of drowning victims, put a number of pebbles/rocks in the waterdish up to the edge. This will allow the stupid things to crawl back out of the dish when they fall in. Nina doesn't need a 'pool' from which to drink. She can lick the moisture off the pebbles or slip her tongue down between pebbles to lap at the water there. She will likely also appreciate licking water droplets off the plants if you mist them every so often.

4) A low wattage incandescent can be used to heat her basking stone if you wish.


April 13, 2009 at 7:47 AM Water Roots said...

She's adorable. And very lucky to have ended up under you care. So cute...

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