cage size

[Liz]

i was just wondering why caresheets say 20G high is the least you can use for breeding pair of cresteds but alot of breeders say they only use 5g....

What does everyone here use?

[smith710]

Lol, I see alot of places say a 20g high is the minimum for one adult crestie.

[monster]

the bare minimum is 20 gallon IMO

i'm sure you could house a pair of adults temporarly in 5 gallons, and they'd probably breed. though i doubt that they'd be comfortable, happy, and overall low stress.
anthony's care sheet says 20 qt for sub-adults and smaller. according to an online conversion chart http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm, 20qt = 5 gallons

[Liz]

i think it is too small too... they dont have any room

[HzRdS]

I think the reason they say that is because people will use it in the standard way, setting it up normally. So the person writing the sheet is just making sure that there is ample climbing height along with plenty of room for hides. In my opinion if you wanted to house 1 adult and you were trying to conserve on space a 10 gallon flipped vertically would work. But for a breeding pair, 20 gallon MINIMUM, and I would suggest maybe even a little bigger that way if you get an aggressive male there is plenty of hiding room for the female(s). I have my trio in a 29 gallon.

[markNcc]

This is just my opinion...
  I would think those who say a 5gal. is big enough for a pair of adult females are the same kind of ppl that would keep a dog in a crate all day and only let it out to breed.  All they care about is making a buck off them. And this is coming from someone who is NOT an "animal rights advocate" in the least.

Mark