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HappyHillbilly
at Fri Oct 26 01:18:42 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HappyHillbilly ]
Here's a temporary monitor cage I've been working on in my spare time (what spare time?).
I've been pretty much winging it as I go, keeping in mind that it's only going to be temporary for my 2 savannah monitors. I designed it so it can be assembled/disassembled so it can fit thru any doorway and also so I can modify each section (top & bottom sections) later on for any reptile I'll need it for, if I want/need to.
Overall cage dimensions will be 6ft (L) x 4ft (W) x aprox. 5ft (H). It will have a bottom section, top section, that will bolt together, and will have a seperate face housing sliding glass doors for the top section.
I ripped 2 x 4s for the studs & main frames. 3/8-inch plywood on the inside that will be covered with FRP on the bottom section and white panelboard for the top section.
The bottom section will have 2ft of dirt substrate. I went ahead & put casters on it just in case I ever could budge it, maybe I could move it, if needed. Heck, I can always hook a chain to my truck, run it through a window & pull it where I want it. Ha!
I'm going to install access doors in the top section, one on each side. Everything is glued & screwed. Not a single nail.
I'll probably just cover the outside with T11 or something similar.
This thing isn't perfect, it's not meant to be. It's meant to be temporary housing for a 3ft female and a nearly 3ft male savannah monitor, with potential for easy modification later on.
Ya'll take care!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American
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 Monitor Cage - HappyHillbilly, Fri Oct 26 01:18:42 2007
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