Category Monitor

What can we say, we’re incredibly excited to share our KINOVA Special Projects reptile room Focus Cubed Habitats enclosure build and two-day journey with you! Few people know it, but my first snakes were pied ball pythons and the little girl inside had a dream come true working with and visiting KINOVA.

Follow along with us as we unload the materials, machine, build, pack, and travel cross-country to deliver to one of the premier reptile breeding facilities in the Nation. Stephen and I drove straight through the night from Texas to Georgia, met with the amazing Summer, Justin, and crew, unloaded enclosures, and then headed BACK to Texas for another overnight drive to pick up our pups from boarding. Intense – that’s how we do it here at Focus Cubed Habitats!

Also do us a favor and go check out KINOVA’s Hetflix Episode 176 of their Special Projects room update, subscribe to their channel, and show your support to the KINOVA team!

We’re super excited to share this project with y’all after weeks of R&D with temperature testing, humidity retention, gradients, and usability for both keeper and the animal!!

As you might be able to tell from our posts – we’re huge monitor fans here! When we had the opportunity to work on an enclosure for J. Kobylka Reptiles and his new hatchling black dragon water monitor, we were determined to create an industry-leading enclosure that surpasses the standard expectations for performance and features.

If you are curious what the next-level in keeping looks like, check out Justin’s video!

And the enclosure here: https://focuscubedhabitats.com/product/pursuit/

Check out this quick-and-easy unedited video footage of frozen-thawed (F/T) feeding a juvenile crocodile monitor with human interaction for the first time. The key is to allow the animal to come to you via the food. Human interaction + food can equal a positive association.

Amidst all of the chaos of the Texas energy and winter weather debacle, we got our croc monitor, Varanus salvadorii, a few months early due to the abnormally cold weather – meet the epitome of reptile keeping – Dart!!!

The 24hr emergency design, CNC, and assembled enclosure is not quite finished, so stay tuned for lots more video! UVB and Deep Heat by Arcadia Reptile, misting system by MistKing, Vivarium Electronics 120-watt radiant heat panel for nighttime ambient temps, monitor enclosure by Focus Cubed Habitats.