Product Review
Vision
Visionarium Caging
Various
Reviewed by: Gerold Merker
I have had a chance to use these cages for the past year and am very impressed with their design. These cages come “knocked down” for shipping and are easily built with the instructions provided. In fact, it took me about fifteen minutes to build one (I am have zero handyman capabilities). The cages I purchased came with the optional incandescent light fixture. This fixture was easily installed via a pre-formed hole (covered with a plastic cap if you don’t want to use the fixture). The Visionarium® manufacturer recommends using only a 25-watt light bulb in these fixtures, which may make heating some species of lizards adequately problematic. We have tried 50-watt bulbs and have found the bottom of the cage becoming hot and even melting slightly, when no substrate was put in the cage. The sliding front glass doors work very smoothly and rarely get bound up with sand. If too much sand is trapped in the track, it is easy to vacuum out (just make sure you take the cage inhabitant out first!). Also, a very nice feature of these cages is the fact that the cages seat one on top of another for easy stacking. There is even a knock out on the bottom of the cage for the wire of the light fixture on the bottom cage to safely exit the bottom cage. Also, these cages have venting on the side to allow for very nice airflow.
I have used these cages with small collared lizards and a young Sudanese Uromastyx. Both species thrive in these enclosures. I use the “stacking” feature of these cages for a very nice display cage on my desk. I can imagine a breeder using these cages for a display case for animals at a reptile show. This type of set-up would be less expensive than many of the display cages available and truly do a great job at providing a prospective buyer with a look at the animal inside. The cages also come with an optional divider that would allow even more animals to be displayed.
I cannot say enough nice things about these cages….they are easily built, reasonably priced, and very attractive. Another plus is that every part of the cage can be purchased separately and replaced should the need arise.
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PROS:
Great design. Very affordable. Stacking possibilities. These cages
would work well as display cages at shows. They are designed with
replacable parts and modifications such as cage separations.
Lighting for lizards is also possible.
CONS:
Difficult to put higher wattage lights into the cage without melting
(or at least softening) the plastic cage bottom.
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