is the actual tank higher than it looks in the picture?
Dry and small,....looks like reptile wholesale. Cincinnati seems to have some very questionable reptile exhibits.
is the actual tank higher than it looks in the picture?
Dry and small,....looks like reptile wholesale. Cincinnati seems to have some very questionable reptile exhibits.
is the actual tank higher than it looks in the picture?
Dry and small,....looks like reptile wholesale. Cincinnati seems to have some very questionable reptile exhibits.
you can see where the top of the tank is from where the surround curves inward at top right of the photo, as well as the rear edge at the back of the tank. It is tiny, especially for an arboreal lizard!!
I like your phrase "some very questionable reptile exhibits". That is dead right. One or two in a reptile house is forgivable, when the majority of the tanks are like this it is despicable.
you can see where the top of the tank is from where the surround curves inward at top right of the photo, as well as the rear edge at the back of the tank. It is tiny, especially for an arboreal lizard!!
I like your phrase "some very questionable reptile exhibits". That is dead right. One or two in a reptile house is forgivable, when the majority of the tanks are like this it is despicable.
The height of the tank is shown by direct comparison with the length of the lizard on the front glass. It is less than twice the lizard's body-length, far too low for an arboreal lizard. It is like keeping a gibbon in a dog-run.
The length of the tank can be seen by again directly comparing the lizard's length (the position of the left side of the tank is shown by the internal face). It is roughly two and a half times the lizard's body-length.
The front-to-back depth can be fairly readily seen by the distribution of furniture within the tank. It is, at most, the same depth as the length of the tank (i.e. a square).
No you are not. You are looking at a photo of it. Pictures sometimes change dimensions of the actual object itself. The exhibit goes further back and it is quite large for such a small lizard.
It does not appear to be a reasonable size at all, some photo's distort but this looks fairly accurate. When will you learn that you can't polish a turd? Cincinnati has some atrocious exhibits, this is one such exhibit.
No you are not. You are looking at a photo of it. Pictures sometimes change dimensions of the actual object itself. The exhibit goes further back and it is quite large for such a small lizard.
Phelsumas are large in the fact that they are so active.
I wouldn't even keep a Lygodactylus or Hemidactylus in such a low exhibit. It is not that the exhibit is too small for size, it's that it is way to short. This can cause many problems with phelsumas. An exhibit being Too dry, too wet, air quality is too poor, and UVB too radiated, will cause multiple problems. Stuck sheds and blocked eyes are the most common problems and are seen way too often in tanks like these.
I do love the Cincinnati Zoo and can't wait to visit but even I must admit that some of the Reptile House exhibits are too small. Sorry Moebelle, but every zoo has its faults and Cincy's are the Reptile House and the bear exhibit.
