#shoatgeep

[shoatgeep]

design for a friend

[despazito]

As far as toys go, pigeons tend to like those little jingle balls for cats! They especially like the ones made of woven wood with little balls inside if you can find any, though they are less common. Bells are good too, as well as shiny things. Most enjoy mirrors too! (While most birds shouldn't have a mirror in their cage, pigeons recognize themselves in a mirror and enjoy looking at themselves, instead of thinking it's another bird. Always supervise them at first just in case though!)

i’ll look into those! i have a mirror with a bell, tomorrow i’ll look for a ball when im out, what exactly are those woven ones?

[billygnosis]

shoatgeep replied to your post: ��

I almost put androgynous along with the cherry cause I see you as masculine but not like. Hyper masculine but I didn’t know if that would make sense or if it was “against the rules” of this very important ask game

what do you mean i’m not hyper-masculine? i eat the footballs. i throw around the steaks. i screech when the sports are on the television.

[sheep-goat-child]

.:Brownie-Chan Ref:.

name: Brownie-Chan nickname(s): Chloe(lol my real name), Chlo-Chlo, Brownie gender/sex: female pronouns: she/her or they/them species: sheep-goat hybrid(geep or shoat) zodiac(normal): cancer zodiac(Chinese): sheep/goat/antelope zodiac(Burmese): lion sexual orientation: lesbian relationship status: single likes: making new friends, nice peeps(multi-color macarons(besides black) ), drawing, positivity, almost anything(idk) dislikes: negativity, rude peeps(black macarons), scammers, losing friends personality: anti-social, mellow, chill, depressed, possible joker(?) favorite color: blue favorite food: fried chicken favorite wanna try food: macarons random fact: she's a total meme queen

DON’T STEAL!!

[amazingpetenclosures]

I have a leopard gecko in a 20 gallon tank which meets requirements, but I want a way for her to have even more space if possible. Is there a way to maybe add platforms or a second story in a way that is safe and easy? I wouldn't want her falling off and getting hurt, but I'm not sure how to gradually slope everything to make it safe without taking up more space than it's worth.

Absolutely! In my opinion, the best way to add levels is to keep it simple. Leopard geckos are surprisingly capable little climbers. When building levels into my enclosure, I used a thin particleboard (plywood would work just as well) and a 5/8ths dowel rod (I say that diameter because it’s a little thicker and wont split as easy when nailing it down).

Use the dowel rod as the legs of your platform and cut it to several pieces of whatever height you want, or if you want it to slope, you’ll have to decide what you want your highest height to be and what you’ll want your lowest height to be and cut it accordingly. Dowel rod is really annoying to cut by hand, but it can be done with a handsaw. Same with particleboard, but sticking with a thinner board is definitely easier and your geck doesn’t weigh enough to need to worry about it being too thin.

Measure the inside of the tank and decide where you want your platform to be and what shape you want it to take, mark it out on your particleboard and cut accordingly. (If your tank is the kind with the sliding mesh lid, I’m pretty sure there’s bit of a lip to the black trim at the top. Make sure that, depending on the shape of your platform, you leave a little wiggle room to be able to pull it out for cleanings!) Sand down any sharp edges.

When building mine, I wanted it to run the length of his enclosure, but I cut the platform into several pieces so that I’d be able to move and reconfigure the shape of the platform to mix things up a bit when I wanted. Just like rocks and hides, there’s no reason not to be able to move your second level around.  

Leos obviously aren’t tropical, but just to help preserve the life of the wood and protect if from their poo, you might want to seal it with a water based polyurethane (I like polycyclic, it’s stood up to the 85% humidity of my brazilian rainbow boa’s enclosure for going on two years down without issue). Make sure to let it cure for a couple of days. You wont be able to soak the wood for cleanings, but it will easily hold up to a damp cloth or a spray bottle of 1:10 bleach.

After cutting and sealing your platform and legs, you can easily attach the dowel rods to the underside of the plat form with a thin drywall nail through the top of the particle board and into the dowel rod below. If you don’t want to use the nails or screws, you could try silicone to affix the pieces. If you use silicone, make sure you let it air out a few more days!

Add a ramp or a sturdy stack of rocks, or whatever you like, as easy access, and you’re done! :)

[billygnosis]

shoatgeep replied to your post: callout post

Well we stopped now

yeah you sure fucking did

[billygnosis]

🍒

4/4 so far on bein manly as hell

[billygnosis]

I think you're a cool guy and a nice friend. And your art is better than you give yourself credit for

i love you delanie