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i have been building this over the last week, its made out of scrap wood. I dont think it looks bad for a 15 year old armed with a jig saw, drill, sander, and a dremel. Do ya like it.

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Corns 0.0.3
0.0.1 03' Amel
0.0.1 03' Normal
0.0.1 04' Ghost
Rats
Yellow Rat 0.0.1

my lil sisters under my supervision
0.0.1 Green water dragon ---- "Dragon"

it has a mahogany stain on it

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Corns 0.0.3
0.0.1 03' Amel
0.0.1 03' Normal
0.0.1 04' Ghost
Rats
Yellow Rat 0.0.1

my lil sisters under my supervision
0.0.1 Green water dragon ---- "Dragon"

wow thats classy looking. how hard was it to make? was is cheaper than buying a wood/glass tank?

well its wasnt to hard, acually it was really easy. I have no carpentry skills, im only 15, and all i used was a jig saw, screw driver, dremel tool, hammer, tape measure. Really i think any one could do it. I figured the cost out roughly to a total of around 65 and some change. I used 3/4 inch ply wood at around $30 a sheet if you make the cage a few inches smaller you can get two cages out of that. as for the comparrison two glass tank its really a matter of taste i think a cage like this looks good anywhere in the house where as a glass tank may not. heres the run down on the price its all rough ill get an acual price on the next cage.

3/4inch ply wood 30 dollars
nails free
2 bottles of wood filler 10 dollars
can of mahonangy stain 5 dollars
can of primer 5 dollars
plexiglass 10 dollars
6 hinges and 3 locks 5 dollars
1 sweet looing cage that you made from scratch PRICELESS
(sorry for the dumb humor) but thats about what i spent on it all really this cage only costs like 60-70 bucks but look like a 100-150 dollar cage.
RV
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Corns 0.0.3
0.0.1 03' Amel
0.0.1 03' Normal
0.0.1 04' Ghost
Rats
Yellow Rat 0.0.1

my lil sisters under my supervision
0.0.1 Green water dragon ---- "Dragon"

What are your dimensions on that? I'm in the process of building a stacked cage just like that one, i'm going to be making it out of 1/2" birch, however. what are your dimensions? i'm making mine 6'x2'x2'I noticed you stained the inside...put yourself a good 3-4 coats of poly over that.
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Current snakes:
1) Female Licorice Stick Black Ratsnake - Lola
2) Neonate Black Ratsnake (Het for Lic Stk's) - Frankie
3 & 4) 2 Bairds Ratsnakes - Rosie and Jose

the dimenisons are are 36L X 16W X 12H. I used a stain polyuthrothane mix on it and put 3 coats of it one. plus the floor has vinyl on the floor and the bottom edges have angle plactic nailed and caulked in. good luck with your cages i think mine will end up being the top part of a 2 high stack

RV
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Corns 0.0.3
0.0.1 03' Amel
0.0.1 03' Normal
0.0.1 04' Ghost
Rats
Yellow Rat 0.0.1

my lil sisters under my supervision
0.0.1 Green water dragon ---- "Dragon"

Very professional...wish I could do that!

--Vicki