Posted by:
HappyHillbilly
at Tue Dec 16 10:44:00 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HappyHillbilly ]
Hi there!
There are many cage material options. It depends on how much you want to spend and what you want it to look like. Usually, the lower the cost the easier it is to build.
From lowest cost to most expensive:
* Plywood - painted, polyurethaned, gel-coated, laminated with formica, or something comparable.
* Melamine
* Expanded PVC, sintra, and other types of plastic.
Heating:
Depends on preferrence of belly heat or overhead heat.
* Heat tape (Flexwatt) - takes a bit more work to install but is inexpensive and eliminates loss of space inside the cage from overhead heat sources.
* Heat mats.
* CHEs (ceramic heat emitters) - consumes aproximately 7 - 8 inches of overhead space inside the cage.
* Radiant heat panels - a bit pricey but said to be energy efficient and they don't take up much overhead space. They also don't increase the ambient temps by much, if any at all.
Hope this helps!
HH
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- NEED HELP - cpayne3, Sun Dec 14 21:19:59 2008
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