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Ladies and Gentlemen,

Part of the fun of keeping my herps is putting time and effort into providing the best housing possible for them.

During the summer I would like to build a home for my herps. I currently have tanks spread out in my room and would like to simplify it all to one unit.

I am thinking about a bookcase design with 3 levels. One for a BCI, one for a pair of BPs, and one for a BRB.

Right now I imagine something 5ft x 4ft x 2ft, with the top unit being 2ft tall, and the bottom two being 1 ft tall each.

I have all summer to work on this, so no rush, but any starting advice would be great. I don't want to waste anyone's time.

Ultimately I'd like something cheap, self-heated, able to handle moisture and humidity, and that doesn't weigh a ton.

Can anyone point me to any guides or provide me with a good starting point?

My plans are just ideas, I can be very flexible here.

Thank you all.
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Imans House of Herps

you can use this for a design just alter the numbers to the number that you need according to size. as far as self heating and all, good luck there will have to be soe kind of heat source inside the cage.

materials as far as wood.

2-20x20 (sides)
2-20x38.5 (top and bottom)
1-38.5x18.5 (bottom)
1-3x40 (bottom lip)
for one big door.
2-2x40 (top and bottom of door frame)
2-17x20 (sides of door frame)

All of this you should be able to get from one 4x8 sheet of the wood fo your choice. assemble the top and bottom of the cage with the side to the outside, not the on the top and bottom of the side. then take the piece that is the back and place it inside the rectangle you just built. i do this for stability so you dont have to brace the cage. then add your bottom lip to the bottom outside of your rectangle. after all this is cut you can do what i do and get the left over wood cut into 2 inch strips for the frame for the door. you can either go with two doors or one big door that folds down. get plexi glass cut to the length you need to install it on the door. this is all out of my head so i dont know if it will work but i am trying it this weekend i will let you guys know how it goes and try and take some pics of assembly.

well if you guys think this will or wont work let me know. i think it will.

ken
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Do you want this to be a single unit or made up of individual stackable cages?

If you want stackable cages I may suggest some dimension changes.