#shoatgeep

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

.: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

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!

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