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mark_w · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:45 pm Post subject: Bank of vivs

I'm planning a couple of new banks of vivs. I haven't decided on the overall height as yet - anyone got any comments?I was thinking of having five x 18" high vivs, making 90" total. Does anybody have anything similar - is it a pain in the a$$ working with the top viv at that height?

Mark.

goldenburm · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject:

how much width do u have? what are you considering keeping in them?
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Thomas Shanta · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject:

I don't think enough people consider the width of a viv,I think long narrow vivs look crap and don't do alot for the animals feelings of security.

mark_w · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:24 am Post subject:

The vivs will be 120cm long and either 50 or 60cm deep, giving dimensions of 120 x 45 high x 50 or 120 x 45 x 60cm. They are for blue tongues.

I was just wondering if anyone with tall banks of vivs had any observations, you know "If I built them again I'd....".

Cheers,
Mark.

Scott W · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:14 am Post subject:

I used to have 5 vivs high, each 15" tall. The top and the bottom were a pain, the bottom being the worst as I had to really climb in.

Also, it's the depth that is the biggest pain, especially the high ones. My current vivs are all 30" deep and 18" high, I need a stall to access the back of the top bank but the rest are fine.

If I were to rebuild my vivs again, I would make them slightly lower, probably 15" (brings the basking area down a bit) and make them not quite as wide but I would stick with the 30" deep.
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mark_w · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject:

Cheers Scott Very Happy

. Just got to find the time to do this now...

Mark.