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#2276919 Mason12 View Profile	Awesome Basking Stacks This is a post i found on the reptile report about this basking stack that has a range of different temps in each slot that allows your monitor to choose their preferred temp. Im thinking of trying this out Link
08/15/12  07:11pm
#2276920 Mxracer View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2276919  Awesome Basking Stacks People call them retes stack’s cause im pretty sure FR came up with the idea. they work good for smaller species like ackies and other dwarf monitors, but not so well for larger species.
08/15/12  07:16pm
#2276922 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: Mxracer   In reference to Message Id: 2276920  Awesome Basking Stacks Yeah retes stacks is what their called. Pretty cool concept.. it would work for my baby sav for the time being but true def wouldnt work too well for larger monitors unless you could make it big enough
08/15/12  07:22pm
#2276926 Varanus_odom View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2276922  Awesome Basking Stacks Not practical for a large monitor, even if bigger. You should have an enclosure setup to already offer a wide range of temps for a large monitor.
08/15/12  07:42pm
#2276931 Mason12 View Profile	Message To: Varanus_odom   In reference to Message Id: 2276926  Awesome Basking Stacks I’m not saying i dont have a wide range of temps already, cuz i do, just like this idea thought it was pretty cool. Wouldn’t use it for a bigger monitor totally agree
08/15/12  08:13pm
#2277073 Krusty View Profile	Message To: Mason12   In reference to Message Id: 2276931  Awesome Basking Stacks That concept actually started a long time ago with snake keepers as wild snakes are famous for hiding in scrap tin and wood piles layered like that, but use of them with thin wood and Monitor lizards was shown to REALLY do well with Frank Retes in the 90’s and he kinda standarized it with his trough cages and wood like that so he could produce a lot of Monitors in a cheap, repeatable way. Bury the stacks into deep dirt and make them tight fitting if you use them. Don’t make a Jenga block thingy that is open and dry.
08/17/12  10:09am
#2278191 Infernalis View Profile	Message To: Mxracer   In reference to Message Id: 2276920  Awesome Basking Stacks Quote: People call them retes stack’s cause im pretty sure FR came up with the idea. they work good for smaller species like ackies and other dwarf monitors, but not so well for larger species. Frank did NOT come up with that idea, Stacks were already in use in Europe before Mr. narcissist decided to attach his name to it. Success, Ha! cheers to you sir.
08/28/12  10:01pm

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