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Hey all! Finally completed the little one's new cage and here it is. 7.5' long, 3' high and 35" deep. Made out of 3/4" sandeply (presanded) and has 3 coats of polyurethane on the inside and 2 coats on the outside. It is also on wheels for easy moveability. It has about 8" of good ol' Florida dirt in it right now, but with the litter dam I can add another 5 inches or so as he/she gets bigger. The basking shelf hits 133 under the bulbs (2-85 watt indoor floods). The shelf itself is about 12" away and the mexican tiles deduct another 2" or so. On the right side is a 150 watt, 40" Helix radiant heat panel that keeps that whole end of the cage around 90 at the ground up to around 100-110 12" below it on the ramp. Nightime lows on that end are around 84. The cool end (under the basking shelf) stays around 84 during the day and I don't allow it to get below around 77 at night through use of the little space heater you see on top of the cage (I turn off the floods at night). That little thing keeps the whole garage around 80 or all night! Savane has been in it since Sunday and seems to be really enjoying his/her new "castle". I think it'll be good until around the 5' mark. Enjoy!
Billy

>>Hey all! Finally completed the little one's new cage and here it is. 7.5' long, 3' high and 35" deep. Made out of 3/4" sandeply (presanded) and has 3 coats of polyurethane on the inside and 2 coats on the outside. It is also on wheels for easy moveability. It has about 8" of good ol' Florida dirt in it right now, but with the litter dam I can add another 5 inches or so as he/she gets bigger. The basking shelf hits 133 under the bulbs (2-85 watt indoor floods). The shelf itself is about 12" away and the mexican tiles deduct another 2" or so. On the right side is a 150 watt, 40" Helix radiant heat panel that keeps that whole end of the cage around 90 at the ground up to around 100-110 12" below it on the ramp. Nightime lows on that end are around 84. The cool end (under the basking shelf) stays around 84 during the day and I don't allow it to get below around 77 at night through use of the little space heater you see on top of the cage (I turn off the floods at night). That little thing keeps the whole garage around 80 or all night! Savane has been in it since Sunday and seems to be really enjoying his/her new "castle". I think it'll be good until around the 5' mark. Enjoy!
>>Billy

Hey, is that a TL 1000 R or a TL 1000 S ?

Its a 97 S. Total hooligan bike! I bought it back in 00 with just 1787 miles on it and she now has 17000. What a blast! Do you ride? If so what? Billy

>>Hey, is that a TL 1000 R or a TL 1000 S ?

Yes I do ride, I had a 99 CBR F4. Before that I had a 94 Katana, which I called "Can-Tuna". Right now I have no bike. I sold it for my PPG (Powered Para Glider) I love flying, but I do miss riding too, all my friends rev their bikes up when they pass my house, just to rub it in. Are you into wheelies? peace, f>N>

That PPG Sounds pretty cool! Yeah, I do wheelies, but just the garden variety sit-down type. I'm too old and like my body and bike too much to do any tank wheelies, high chairs etc. I am working on doing stand-ups in 2nd though! Haha - I'm a 35 year old hooligan! Billy

>>Yes I do ride, I had a 99 CBR F4. Before that I had a 94 Katana, which I called "Can-Tuna". Right now I have no bike. I sold it for my PPG (Powered Para Glider) I love flying, but I do miss riding too, all my friends rev their bikes up when they pass my house, just to rub it in. Are you into wheelies? peace, f>N>

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Scott,
Proud owner of Porker the savannah monitor (currently 17 inches, 450 grams)

Without the heat panel (about $140 shipped), it was under $200 for the whole thing. I had Home depot cut the top, bottom and sides and then used a circular saw for the rest. Overall, pretty easy job. Billy

>>np
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>>Scott,
>>Proud owner of Porker the savannah monitor (currently 17 inches, 450 grams)