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Dragon Strand cages are hand built and there is a time element that comes with that. There is presently a lead time for new orders. To inquire about the status of the particular build your order is in please email me at bill@dragonstrand.com for an update.   

Dragon Ledges ship each week

Mountain Dragon are in stock!

Large Hybrid Atrium (with Drainage Tray) Inquire for shipping schedule

Tall Hybrid Cage System (with Drainage Tray) shipping June 23

Tall Screen Cage System (with Drainage Tray) Shipping June 30

My name is Bill Strand. I wanted to make cages specifically for serious chameleon keepers/breeders and I found the most experienced chameleon cage makers that had not yet had their business taken overseas. With Dragon Strand you can have cages that were hand made in the US by a team that was creating cages before there was such thing as mass market cages. The challenge with that is there is a certain flow that can be maintained. Therefore we often have a backlog of orders. We try and be as transparent as possible and the above schedule is usually pretty accurate. Unexpected things happen, but we try to communicate when this occurs. Let me know if you have any questions via email or phone!

Bill Strand

Top level summary: The Large Atrium Enclosure measures 46.75″ wide x 48″ high x 23″ deep and gives your chameleon the horizontal living space they enjoy. It comes with the features you need in a cage and usually have to figure out after you get the cage. The Large Hybrid Atrium has solid sides and acrylic front with a ventilation panel in the front to work with the top screen to provide ventilation via the chimney effect.

What are the features and what do these features do for me?

1. Dragon Ledges. These are the brackets you see on the sides. These allow you to mount branches and plants up in the middle and sides of the cage where the chameleon needs them. There is a strategy to get the most out of your Dragon Ledges and I have laid that out on this website and on YouTube. I will make sure you get it!
2. Drainage tray. Mist, fog, or dripped water ends up somewhere and that somewhere needs to be under the cage with a floor panel physically separating it from the chameleon, poop, and escaped feeder. A substrate tray is what is usually available with cheaper cages (that is because substrate trays can be made cheaper). substrate trays go inside the cage and this is actually the opposite of what we want. Water needs to get out of the cage, not contained in with the poop and escaped feeders! You egt a Drainage tray included standard with each cage.
3. Hydration Mounts and Fogger input. I include three hydration mounts that will hold standard Mist King and Cli-Mist mist nozzles and I include a fogger input that accepts the standard 22mm fogger hose. I don’t want my customers to get their mister and fogger in and then have to figure out how to attach to the cage. So I took care of it for you. Even if you are not sure if you will use certain parts they are there as you develop in your husbandry and may, one day, want to use them.
4. Two Floor Panels Standard. I include two floor panels. One is a solid plastic floor panel incase you want to put potted plants ont he floor. It gives you strength. If you use the Dragon Ledges for all your pots then you can use the screen floor for maximum drainage. No better eway to make sure you don’t have puddles on the floor!

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There are no additional shipping charges for orders of the Large Hybrid Atrium System within the continental US

This cage will have a build once a month for the amount of orders. Please inquire here bill@dragonstrand.com about the current schedule.

Top level summary: Dragon Strand cages are designed to provide chameleon keepers the features they need and be as all-inclusive as possible. The goal is that I include the accessories you need and often don’t realize you need until you buy a standard cheap cage and then have to spend money adding to it. I am a lifelong chameleon keeper and so I have included what we need to make a cage functional.

What do these features do for me?

1. Dragon Ledges. These are the brackets you see on the sides. These allow you to mount branches and plants up in the mid section of the cage where the chameleon needs them. There is a strategy to get the most out of your Dragon Ledges and I have laid that out on this website and on YouTube. I will make sure you get it!
2. Drainage tray. Mist, fog, or dripped water ends up somewhere and that somewhere needs to be under the cage with a floor panel physically separating it from the chameleon, poop, and escaped feeder. A substrate tray is what is usually available with cheaper cages (that is because substrate trays can be made cheaper). substrate trays go inside the cage and this is actually the opposite of what we want. Water needs to get out of the cage, not contained in with the poop and escaped feeders! You egt a Drainage tray included standard with each cage.
3. Hydration Mounts and Fogger input. I include two hydration mounts that will hold standard Mist King and CLi-Mist mist nozzles and I include a fogger input that accepts the standard 22mm fogger hose. I don’t want my customers to get their mister and fogger in and then have to figure out how to attach to the cage. So I took care of it for you. Even if you are not sure if you will use certain parts they are there as you develop in your husbandry and may, one day, want to use them.
4. Two Floor Panels Standard. I include two floor panels. One is a solid plastic floor panel incase you want to put potted plants ont he floor. It gives you strength. If you use the Dragon Ledges for all your pots then you can use the screen floor for maximum drainage. No better eway to make sure you don’t have puddles on the floor!
5. Solid Backs. Yes, you expect the Hybrid version to have a solid back, but I also designed my screen version with a solid back. This does NOT impede your ventilation. But it does protect the walls of your house and furniture from getting mist overspray. Yes, I use my own products and that is why they have all the features they do!

Summary of the Tall Cage System . The Tall Cage System comes in two styles – a Screen version and a Hybrid version. These cages have been designed to provide keepers of arboreal reptiles with a higher quality experience and to aid us in creating the proper environments. Both versions come standard with a Drainage Tray, white PVC floor panel, and a Screen floor panel.

The Screen version (23.75″ x 23″ x 46″) is made for applications where high ventilation is desired. This screen cage is unique as the back is solid to protect house walls from mist overspray, but with all other panels being screen, ventilation is retained.

The Hybrid version (23.75″ x 23″ x 48″)is for keepers who want more control over the hydration and humidity in their caging environment. With both sides and the back solid PVC humidity gradients may be created and a more rigorous mist coverage can be handled to accomodate a denser planting strategy. The front main door and top front panel of the Tall Hybrid are acrylic for clear viewing, humidity retention and to create a chimney effect. The chimney effect is where the warm air near the top screen panel rises and pulls air through the service door under the main door. This produces a subtle, but constant, air circulation through the cage.

All Dragon Strand cages, including the Tall Cage family members, have been upgraded to have the following:

Solid white PVC back. As most cages are up against a wall, this protects the house walls from mist overspray and reflects light back into the cage. The Hybrid system extends the PVC to both sides.

Patented Dragon Ledges. Dragon Ledges are anchors that allow you to easily mount horizontal branches and potted plants. They are standard with all Dragon Strand cages. The Tall Cage Systems come with two for each side and two for the back.

Hydration Mount. This included mount allows the installation of Mist-King and Cli-Mist nozzles and also a grommeted input for 1/4″ tubing. This tubing input can be used for installing a plant watering drip system. Both the Tall Screen and Tall Hybrid Cage versions come with two Hydration Mounts.

Drainage Tray with Screen Floor. Each cage includes a drainage tray which is placed under the cage. The cage rests on the tray and the water from the cage flows into the tray. The major benefit is that waste water is physically separated from the inside of the cage where the poop, water, and escaped feeders can combine to create an unhygienic bacteria pill for the chameleon. A screen floor is also included which allows you the option to switch out the solid one. If you have plants on the floor then the solid one is good to use for support. If you use the Dragon Ledges to create a floating garden style in the air with the bottom clear, then use the screen floor for 100% drainage of the water.

There are no additional shipping charges for orders of the Tall Hybrid Cage System

Shipping June 23

There are no additional shipping charges for orders of the Tall Screen Cage System.

Shipping June 30

Dragon Ledges are a patented accessory designed to allow keepers of arboreal reptiles the ability to mount branches and potted plants on the sides of a screen cage. You can learn more here:

Select the size based on how wide your cage side panel is. The most common application is the ZooMed Reptibreeze cage line.

For ZooMed Reptibreeze XL (24″x24″x48″) use 24″ Dragon Ledges

For ZooMed Reptibreeze L (18″x18″x36″) use 18″ Dragon Ledges

For ZooMed Reptibreeze M (16″x16″x30″) use 16″ Dragon Ledges