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where is a good place to get backgrounds for cages? We just got a bearded dragon and have it in a 4' long by 1' deep by 1.5' tall cage, and we want to get a background for it (and for our other cages too) Cages by Design has a lot of options, but they are very very expensive. Are there any out there cheaper??
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-David

1.0 ball python (Pandora - don't ask)
1.0 argentine boa (Prometheus)
0.1 hogg island boa (Andromeda)
0.0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (Inara)
1.0 kenyan sand boa (Diablo)
1.0 normal corn snake(Cypress)
0.1 amery. corn snake (Morgan LaFay)
0.0.1 banded cali. kingsnake (Cain)
1.0 tangerine honduran milksnake (Narcissus)
0.0.1 snow corn snake (Valkyrie)
1.0 amazon tree boa (Pegasus)
0.0.1 colombian boa (Athena)
0.0.1 sandfish skink (Slick)
0.0.1 fire skink (Phoenix)
1.0 dog (Luke)

the wife's pets:
1.1 ferrets (Ares, Enyo)
0.0.1 betta fish (Captain Morgan)
1.2 cats (Galahad, Ripley and Sassy)

Well, I'm no real help there since none of my cages had=ve backgrounds, have you saked the question in the caging forum? Several peeps there who woud be more than glad to help!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

i suggest the smae background that blackjungle.com shows you how to do. it is just driftwood(of some type of wood that is native to high humidity to prevent rotting) expanding foam and silicone and cocobark. it's cheap if you can find a cheap driftwood source
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-Jasmine

1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
(Mercutio and Kajika)

many aquarium supply stores will have backgrounds. Though most are aquatic in nature, many have desert and jungle themes as well. Or, you can make your own backgrounds, if you have some artistic ability. Or a good printer and some software that allows you to make pararamic style pictures (usually the software comes with pararamic cameras).

For bearded dragons, I know people have actually build their own 3-D backgrounds using foam, texture paint/grout and other stuff. The bearded dragon forum has threads about this, a search should bring up all the pictures. Check the photo gallery under 'enclosures' to find pictures of this.
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PHLdyPayne