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im planning on building my own cage very soon and was hoping that everyone that could and would, would post pictures of there enclosures. also it would be really nice to see pictures of homemade cages but company made too. thanks

I use vision cages exclusively. I don’t love the company, just the cages. They are lightweight and very easy to clean and disinfect. One cage is a lot easier to take care of than 50 so maybe that factor isn't important to you. It has a recessed spot for heat lamp and the UV fixture goes in a good spot. They could be a lot better but as far as I know it’s the best thing going. Also, bypass doors make it easier to work with so nobody runs out.

If you build your own, remember... STAY AWAY FROM CEDER!!! It smells nice but will kill your herps dead! Unless wood is treated it will also absorb germs and odor.

good luck
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Bennett

www.beardiedragon.com

This is a great site if you are going to build a cage.
http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/cages.html
Dragons!!

Here are a couple pictures of the new cage I built for my dragon. The one below is before I set up the inside lights.

this next one shows how I arranged the insides and hung the lights. The flourscent lights contain a Repti Glo 8.0 UVB bulb and a full spectrum bulb (not sure if this produces uvb light at all but in the future when I replace the repti Glo, going to order two and have both up there). The basking light is just a large spotlight bulb.

The ends are made of plexi glass and the small panel running along the bottom of the front of the cage. I had intended to use playsand as a substrate but decided against it after getting the cage made. The ideal was to have the third door to make it easer to brush out the sand and the plexi glass would prevent sand from getting kicked outside of the cage.

What I decided to use instead of sand is plastic table cloth. It works great...though I have to find a way to stick it to the bottom of the cage so it won't move around so much. Going to use either sticky stuff you can use instead of tape to hold posters on the wall, or double sided tape.

Another view from the end, this time with Splatt on his new log.