This is a cage I built that is legal for venomous in Florida (with proper labeling, etc.)
One of the unique features is the ventilation I used. That and the fact that it is doubled, inside and out. Florida requires vent holes to be screened. I used some perforated metal sold at Home Depot for continuous ventilation for soffits. It cuts easily with a saber saw or tin snips. It’s got a good lip along the edge that I covered with the quarter round molding. I used liquid Nails and an air gun to nail it all together and caulked it too.
Another slightly unique thing is that the long vent in the back is along the lower part of the back wall instead of up higher, as in most designs. Then there’s another vent on top.
Another of the back vent.
Here’s a pic of the top
From inside, light shining through so it would show up better
Detail of the top. I could have made it fancier with some more detail to details, but I ain’t no carpenter!
The door is actually two layers of acrylic that totals just over .25 inch thick. If one layer cracked, it’s still got another layer. I cut it on a table saw. The door is .75 x 1.5” Douglas fir (I think?) I ripped a groove in it with the table saw, glued, nail gunned and caulked too. It is a permanent thing, if I had to fix it, I’d have to make another one (can’t replace the glass this way).
I used four hinges for extra security, the lock hasp and two slide bolts. It’s a pretty tight fit with no flex.
The whole thing is just painted with Kiltz or whatever it’s called. I’ll put some stick on tiles on the floor inside, and maybe put a coat of actual paint on it. Pretty simple, easy project. The soffit vent metal was eight foot long, I used all of it, and it was under eight bucks.
Enjoy! Thanks to all who inspire me to try new things, keep it up!
