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dodgedakota09
at Sat Feb 21 09:42:59 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dodgedakota09 ]
For the tree, I basically drew out and idea of what shape I wanted and the diameter. For my ig, i have a 1 year old male and built a cage he can grow in to, so I used all 4" pvc. Home Depot or Lowes should have all that you need including the pvc glue and the caps for the ends. I used a toilet bowl floor mount to mount the tree to the floor. Construction of the tree is pretty straight forward. Measure out the legnth of the limbs and the height of the tree (don't forget that you need about 1.5" to 2" for the joints to fit together) and cut. I used a table saw, if you had extra hands you might be able to pull it off with a saws-all or jig. Once cut just piece together, I mounted it to two 2x4's just to let it dry outside the cage. Then sprayed with plastic flat black paint. For the straight edges I cut to fit astro-turf (also from lowes) and used 14" zip-ties to attach, that way if needed to replace its easy. good luck,
For the lights I don't have a good picture of the setup, and I go to school about 2hrs away from home so won't have one for atleast another week or two. But I used two 100watt heat lamps about a foot and a half off the top of the two basking shelves. One 24" UVB bulb, mounted at the top the same height away from the shelves and one night light for viewing at night (no practical use just visual). I didn't put the heat lamps in the cage per say i cut a hole in the roof and lined with mesh so that he can't climb on them and burn himself. I have to thermometers in the cage and they read about 90 on the shelves and 75-80 on the floor (this varies with the season). Here are all the pics of the process of building the cage, sorry its a lot but hopefully it sparks some ideas. good luck.
http://s380.photobucket.com/albums/oo250/xxBellxx09/Iguana Cage/?albumview=grid
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RE: Iguana cage idea? - dodgedakota09, Sat Feb 21 09:42:59 2009