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Message: <blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 167234" data-attributes="member: 3872">Granted that's is nearly impossible to replicate a natural environment in a small glass box, what in your experience is the optimal Avic housing scenario if you have a few animals/enclosures that you'd like to display rather than cloister away in a cabinet or special room?My T enclosures are in one part of my house, not a dedicated room, and it's not economical to heat the entire house. A space heater is a possibility but the area is not enclosed and will likely prove inefficient.I understand airflow is important for an arboreal species and constant temperature in nature is a myth.I live in SoCal where the lows do get down into the mid-40s F, albeit not often or consistently, and average ambient temps indoors are easily in the low-to-mid 60s in the winter. Summers are warm as you can imagine, I only have air-conditioning in the bedroom, not where the Ts are.My final housing of choice is the Exo Terra Nano (tall) or similar/larger as the species requires, space-wise. For juveniles I was planning on 4x4x8 amac boxes with holes drilled on all sides and top. Fewer on the top. Similar to this, maybe with even more holes on 2 sides.[ATTACH=full]44184[/ATTACH]All input is appreciated!</blockquote>