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prettykttkat
at Sun Dec 6 13:21:27 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by prettykttkat ]
I also plan to use cork bark sheet to cover the back wall and sides. When I first got my monitors I had researched different cage ideas and I saw the steel trough kind. I had originally planned to convert a used shower stall for a cage. I thought it would be perfect for all the humidity plus it has a drain. I have changed my plans though because I was going to have help building a cage from someone but now I am not. I have never built one before so I wanted to just do the easiest cage type I can think of. I also could not find a used shower stall I liked as far as dimensions went. All the ones I found were too small IMO. I wanted a 38 or 36 inch corner stall at least. So now I have a friend that lives in another state that has built wood cages for his reptiles(including BRNmonitor)that is going to try and talk me through building one for myself. I know what you are saying about the bottom being wet and the wood. I was planning on putting 5 layers of polycrylic on the wood and in addition for the floor I wanted to line it with tile and line the bottom walls with it too. I also want to seal all the cracks with sealant. After that I am going to put the cork bark on the walls. I hope this will be ok for a few years or so. After building this first cage I hope I can be comfortable to build more by myself and get better at it. I'm so nervous about doing it by myself it's not even funny. Really I should have built a cage by now but I kept putting it off out of fear that I am going to forget something or mess something up.
I don't know where to buy large cork tubes. I wish I did because I'd like some too
Oh, BTW I know what it's like to live in high humidity and low humidity. I was born in Miami and currently live in Colorado. I have lived mostly up and down the east coast though. I've never been this far out west before till now. To be honest I don't like it. I miss trees and water, lol! It's also too freaking dry here!
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RE: Thanks!!!...... - prettykttkat, Sun Dec 6 13:21:27 2009