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CaptainHook2
at Wed Jul 4 10:09:16 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by CaptainHook2 ]
For a hook I bought a piece of straight rod from Lowe's and a piece of hardwood dowel. Bend the end of the rod and thread the other end. Drill a hole into the dowel and insert rod. Fiance a carpenter, he'll make it nice.
As for the cage, Happybilly is right. You have to be able to clean it thoroughly. Non-pourus floor and sides that go up the side wall about 6 inches. Any and all seems must be sealed or unrine will leak onto the floor. Walls need to be plywood as most solid wood ,if to narrow, will split from the humidity. As for a bowl; after several types I ended up with a stainless steel bowl that is wider at the bottom, any bowl with straight sides and they will dump it. The biggest dog food bowl I could find as they drink allot. It's not big enough for him to soak in, that's a separate bin. I'm working on a cage with a slide out hide and soak pan from underneath. I finally moved into my last house so I'm building a 11 x 4, 24 inches high. The cage will be on wheels as well as the hide and soak tub. They will slide under the cage and lock in place. There will be a 10 x 10 opening on the cage floor for him to enter these areas with a lid to secure the openings when cleaning. The entire front and back will open so I can get to the entire floor for cleaning. The ultrasonic humidifier tube will enter from the top to keep the floor free of cleaning obstructions. I'm running an additional water line for misting, filling or cleaning and possibly a drain. If not I'll be able to roll the soak tub over to the sump and dump the water. Then bring it back to the cage to refill. Adjusting vents high and low to keep humidity and temps. Insulated sides, bottom and top for efficiency. 4' x 2' radiant heat panel up top and 2' x 1' for hide & 1' for soak tub with individual thermostats. Covered light tubes (posibbly from top over glass like aquarium) on 12 hour timer and black light for night. Exhaust fan on timer to purge air once a day. And who knows what else. Most of the features are designed to make cleaning much easier, the rest are to automate. These guys can get nasty and when they're big, it's nasty times big.
This is my 4th cage and I find little things I don't like each time.
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DZ
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell
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- Newbie... - Buggzter, Tue Jul 3 19:23:41 2007
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RE: my fiance is a carpenter.... lol! - CaptainHook2, Wed Jul 4 10:09:16 2007