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I'm still a long ways off from actually building a cage, but I'm trying to gather ideas.

I was thinking that if I can't find any sort of acryllic to lay down on the bottom, would linoleum be able to stand up to his scratching? I'd put substrate over top of it, of course. I'm just trying to find something to protect the wood below.

I'm pretty dumb when it comes to this sort of thing, so this could be a completely foolish idea, but I figured it was worth asking.

if you havent started building it yet, id try to get a hold of a moving company and ask for an over seas moving crate (their 8x4x3). you can go to lowes or home depot and buy acrilic paint to seal it or theres a type of thin (about 1/8 inch thick white plastic) its called tile something, its in the bathroom section. you can always add doors and windows to it. hope this helped you out, justin.

I would suggest at least 3 coats on the insides and let it air out thoroughly before putting any animals in it. Below is a pic of Squishy's current cage, but it's too small for him and I will be building a new one in the next couple of months. I will follow this post with another pic of a cage I just built for my fast-growing Water monitors. Both are sealed with polyurethane. Billy

>>I'm still a long ways off from actually building a cage, but I'm trying to gather ideas.
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>>I was thinking that if I can't find any sort of acryllic to lay down on the bottom, would linoleum be able to stand up to his scratching? I'd put substrate over top of it, of course. I'm just trying to find something to protect the wood below.
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>>I'm pretty dumb when it comes to this sort of thing, so this could be a completely foolish idea, but I figured it was worth asking.

Squishy's next cage will be based on this design, but not quite as big. This was designed and built to hold two Water monitors until they hit the 4-5' mark. Billy

>>I would suggest at least 3 coats on the insides and let it air out thoroughly before putting any animals in it. Below is a pic of Squishy's current cage, but it's too small for him and I will be building a new one in the next couple of months. I will follow this post with another pic of a cage I just built for my fast-growing Water monitors. Both are sealed with polyurethane. Billy
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>>>>I'm still a long ways off from actually building a cage, but I'm trying to gather ideas.
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>>>>I was thinking that if I can't find any sort of acryllic to lay down on the bottom, would linoleum be able to stand up to his scratching? I'd put substrate over top of it, of course. I'm just trying to find something to protect the wood below.
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>>>>I'm pretty dumb when it comes to this sort of thing, so this could be a completely foolish idea, but I figured it was worth asking.
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