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chris_harper2
at Mon Dec 8 19:03:56 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chris_harper2 ]
With this cage I took a 50 gallon Sterilite and decided to make an arboreal cage. Sorry for the condition of the interior. This cage was submerged under water for a day during a flood (fortunately no animals were inside) and that scratched it up a bit. Also, my friend just had to put a Corucia zebrata and her baby in here (I know, not enough room - it's temporary) and they messed it up pretty good by scratching and exploring.
In this case I used real pine to make a face frame rather than cutting holes out of plywood. It is still sealed with epoxy.
Once again, this is just an experimental cage to test and refine my ideas before I finally get to building for myself.
Commenting on the durability, the epoxy withstood the above mentioned flood perfectly.
The box and the joint between it and the face frame are very strong. I was able to put my 40 lb. nephew in the box and carry it around by the face frame. The face and the box flexed slightly but the bond never failed.
Wish I had someone take a picture of that.
This was after the flood which, if anything, would have weakended the structure.
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50 gallon cage - chris_harper2, Mon Dec 8 19:03:56 2003