Hi!

I can understand & relate to your wanting to build such a sophisticated enclosure. I don't want to discourage you from attempting it but I do wnat to encourage you to really think everything all the way through.



You're gonna run into one alteration after another in the planning stage. Everything within a cage needs to work together, in unison, for the benefit of the captive. Most of the time personal desires will take lead over the captive's needs.



The mental aspect of the planning stage, alone, if done right, will most likely overwhelm just about anyone, no matter how strong the passion. That's quite a complex system you're considering. Very few make it past the planning stage of such complex systems.



If you were to survive the planning stage and then the building stage I'm confident that cage maintenance will practically kill you and won't last long. Even the simplest "display" setups are a booger to maintain and don't last long at all before the keeper goes back to plain ol' newspaper substrate, water bowl & heat source, period. Been there, done that. (But thankfully, you're not me & I'm not you. Ha! I realize that.)



Part of the problem with display setups not lasting comes down to most of us not having enough onlookers to boost our morale, pride, enough to keep pressin' on. In an office or store front the motivation is usually there, but the task is still daunting.



I don't mean to sound so negative but I don't want to see you or anyone else get too overwhelmed without having at least considered everything.



Whatever you do, try to keep the captive's needs as the main goal and work personal desires around them. It can be done, but not without a heavy price.



Best wishes to you! If/when you come down to needing input on specific things don't hesitate to start a thread here, and/or in the Cage & Habitat Forum. There are some really good people with lots of material & application knowledge over there.



Have a good one!

HH
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