Posted by:
molonowski2
at Tue Sep 25 14:42:41 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by molonowski2 ]
Here's a couple of suggestions.
I would build a stand first then place the cages on top of that. Having a cage directly on the floor is a pain. Take my word for it I did it and would not do it again. It's difficult to clean, feed, observe etc..
Make each cage have a seperate door. It looks from the picture that you were gonna make one large door (i may have misinterpreted it). Yopu don't want to open one door and have three snakes with access to escape.
I would build each cage individually, or at least the boa one seperate and corn snake same as the boa with a divider in the middle. It will be lighter, easier to move, rearrange etc. Mount the fixtures inside the tank and wire it so you have a plug, switch etc on the outside.
I framed my glass, I thought it looked better this way. It can be probably be done w/o framing but I felt it added to the overall look of the cage.
As far as looks go, it is possible to have it look very nice. Expect to buy a high quality plywood, cabinet or furniturte grade. This plywood can be quite expensive. You'll have to stain and seal it as well. Here's a pic of some cages I built that are approximately 4x2x2. Similar to what your looking to build.

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