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new melamine cage

striggs Apr 10, 2007 12:41 PM

It's the first one of three. 4'x2'x18". This one will be for my blood. Just gotta get the light guard iron on the edging and vents. I'm just gonna solder some holes in the plexi for vents though. Not as pretty as others but it worked for my tegu's cage and it's ez.

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tmshaffer Apr 10, 2007 02:14 PM

I would love to see the bulb guard. I found some through a dealer in europe. But would love to see what you come up with.

striggs Apr 11, 2007 09:20 AM

I just put this on. I've never seen my blood stretct to the top of her tank so hopefully she doesn't bother the light. I was thinking about the metal wire bulb cover by bigappleherp but was worried it'll get just as hot as the bulb. If I see her getting too close to the bulb I might wrap some kind of screen around the plastic.

SnakeFreak Apr 16, 2007 10:15 PM

Where did you get the light fixture and the bulb guard? I've found at least 20 sites from the UK and Australia that have bulb covers, but I can't find any in the US. And do you have a link to the wire mesh cover on bigapple? I can't find it on their site.
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striggs Apr 17, 2007 04:25 PM

I can't find the link either. I got the light fixture & guard from home depot. Here's the bulb guard I made outta screen.

SnakeFreak Apr 18, 2007 12:24 PM

Do you have any pics of the cage with the blood in it? I'm building a cage pretty much identical to yours for when my blood gets a little bigger. I still can't find any bulb covers in the US, might have to make one like you did.
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LONG LIVE METAL!!!!

MY COLLECTION:
1.0 '04 Columbian BCI
0.1 '05 Blood Python
1.2 Ball Pythons

MY WISHLIST (I turn 18 on June 16th ):
A Northern Blue-Tongue Skink
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.1 Hogg Island Boas
1.0 Salmon BCI
0.2 Columbian BCI
1.1 Sumatran Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Borneo Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Dumerils Boas
1.1 Suriname BCC
1.2 Spotted Pythons
2.4 African House Snakes
1.2 Rubber Boas
2.4 Bearded Dragons
1.2 Rankins Dragons
2.6 Crested Geckos
1.1 purebred Dobermans
0.1 black German Shepherd
2 ferrets
A Senegal Parrot
A Sun Conure

SnakeFreak Apr 18, 2007 12:26 PM

Never mind, just saw the pics in the blood forum, lol
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LONG LIVE METAL!!!!

MY COLLECTION:
1.0 '04 Columbian BCI
0.1 '05 Blood Python
1.2 Ball Pythons

MY WISHLIST (I turn 18 on June 16th ):
A Northern Blue-Tongue Skink
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.1 Hogg Island Boas
1.0 Salmon BCI
0.2 Columbian BCI
1.1 Sumatran Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Borneo Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Dumerils Boas
1.1 Suriname BCC
1.2 Spotted Pythons
2.4 African House Snakes
1.2 Rubber Boas
2.4 Bearded Dragons
1.2 Rankins Dragons
2.6 Crested Geckos
1.1 purebred Dobermans
0.1 black German Shepherd
2 ferrets
A Senegal Parrot
A Sun Conure

railrider1920 Apr 11, 2007 10:46 AM

Looks good.

>> I'm just gonna solder some holes in the plexi for vents though.

Instead of doing this, why not just drill the holes? It'll probably look better and you won't have any burnt edges.
Rob
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0.0.1 Normal corn
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striggs Apr 11, 2007 05:08 PM

true true. it'll be faster too.

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