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MY first attempts at cages

second attempt

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1.0 Ball Python
"Aragorn"

1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa
"Gimli"

0.1 Australian Cattle Dog/Pointer
"Kira"

good looking cages. I like the second one better, but thats probably just because its a different camera angle.

curious... whats going in them?
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Later,
WhisQuila

Pretty life like and nice!
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Greg Holland
G&M HERPS
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gmherps@sbcglobal.net

First of all, awesome. Second, I'm curious about what you made all the "rock" out of. Some views make it look like clay or cement and others like a urethane foam.

Smacks
"I know my name"

polystrene sheets cuts and hot glued together, later i filled in the cracks with foam in a can. After it was allowed to dry for 2 hours or so, you have to make sure the polystrene is scratched or has a rough surface so grout can stick to it. Then you just put down sanded grout all over the polystrene (stuff you use in bathrooms for tile.). After everything has been covered it has to sit a day, then add maybe another coat of grout on any parts that appear weak or cracked. Then two days of drying time, afterwards apply a grout sealer, which protects the rock from high temps, and moisture. After everything was done, i coated the grout with polyacrylic paint (clear) and threw sand at the grout which gave it a different color, and in the end the sand sticks together. Now later i added sand as a substrate but i didn't have to add to much. I'm trying to eventually get away from buying a substrate. My collared loves it though, she spends all her day below and above climbing the walls after crickets and basking by a cactus i added (fake of course). Hope this helps.

you did a good jobb.i like it...
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Anthony

1.0 Ball Python
0.1 Columbian red-tail
1.0 Pastel Columbian red-tail
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tnx!