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fantasyxbabygurl
at Mon Sep 24 21:37:55 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by fantasyxbabygurl ]
picture of my rough design included (i wouldnt mind seeing other peoples custom built enclosures as well)
5 ft boa in larger, 2 adult corns in bottom....is it possible to introduce another boa with the first or keep them seperate? does size matter also, even with the corns?
im still having problems figuring some things out since this is my first enclosure to be built. Also ive chnged the design a bit to include a pool 1/3 of the boas enclosure on the side opposite the lamps, it would dip into the storage. I also thought about cutting the length to 4 ft instead just for the convience of moving.
1st.
is reinforcement, someone suggested to me that with a cage so large it would need some reinforcement. it does come apart in the middle. I already planned to reinforce the bottoms of each enclosure but should i reinforce the back or just the base of the entire thing? Im assuming that i do need to do something?
2nd.
isthe heat. id like to know ahead of time how many lamps im going to need to heat each enclosure adequately. i cant seem to find any kind of equation to find out how many lamps is needed to heat a certain area to a certain temperature. i understand differant materials would make a differance though. if anyone has an enclosure the same size as either in this design let me know. or if you have any ideas on how i should heat them differantly from what i have.
substrate & walls- ive decided to use cheap laminate flooring on the entire inside of each cage, and i liked the idea of cocoa bean shells as substrate if there arent any objections to that i did get the idea after hearing it being used in a reptile enclosure and i can get it cheap where i work.
problems i havent gotten to are the little details such as hinging dors and loc king the plexiglass doors, (i dont really want to frame them) but i want the over all picture to look like a nice peice of furniture when completed, also the moldings and stuff where would i get that?
thanks so much
-Tanya-
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 enclosure design needs help - fantasyxbabygurl, Mon Sep 24 21:37:55 2007 
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