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Hello.. I have come to love this board and decided I would share pics of a smal project I completed in the last two days. Saturday I went to a reptile show and picked up a baby burm.(normal phase). I went to Home Depot in the morning to get started on building a cage for my new pet. I am no carpenter by any means, but tell me what ya think of the pics please. I used Orchid Bark as substrate(baked it for 10mins on 400) and tom. I am going to buy a zoo-med heat emitter, have a red zoo-med bulb atm though. The duct tape is also temporary until tomorrow(I have two metal locks on each side). I used plexiglass as front door, and the cade itself is actually one of the larger cubby holes in a Huge bookshelf.(Look up top of 1st one and you'll see my pet tarantula "Angel Selenium"

Cage looks nice, now for some photos of the baby! Only thing I'd suggest is making a few vents for good air circulation, and covering that lamp up a bit, he will def try and climb all over it. Goodluck with everything.

Okay - first off, welcome to the forum. Let me just forewarn you that this forum can be, let's just say, somewhat less than pleasant at times. Really, it is a shame, but still there are a number of well informed and very nice individuals who visit this forum that make it worth the while.

I'm sorry to welcome you with such an apparent unwelcome reply to your post, but it seems to me that keeping a burm in a bookshelf is, forgive me, but somewhat laughable. But then I'm sure that your new baby burm isn't much more than 24" or so, and I might guess (and hope) that you have solid plans to soon start construction of a new cage - one much bigger and more appropriately sized to house a growing burmese python. Yes?

Perhaps you could share some photos of your new burm with the forum; as well as any ideas you have for the future of keeping your new python.

Regards,
- Mark

>>Hello.. I have come to love this board and decided I would share pics of a smal project I completed in the last two days. Saturday I went to a reptile show and picked up a baby burm.(normal phase). I went to Home Depot in the morning to get started on building a cage for my new pet. I am no carpenter by any means, but tell me what ya think of the pics please. I used Orchid Bark as substrate(baked it for 10mins on 400) and tom. I am going to buy a zoo-med heat emitter, have a red zoo-med bulb atm though. The duct tape is also temporary until tomorrow(I have two metal locks on each side). I used plexiglass as front door, and the cade itself is actually one of the larger cubby holes in a Huge bookshelf.(Look up top of 1st one and you'll see my pet tarantula "Angel Selenium"

A baby, yes I am going to keep in a book-shelf. The picture doesn't really show the size well, but that cubby is 48inches long, 30inches deep, and 20inches high. I think that's plenty room for a baby burmese. But I do have bigger plans of building one more suitable for him in upcoming months. Thanks for input, and do you still think the idea is "funny"? The whole shelf is 7 feet wide and 6 feet tall. I'll try to get a couple of pics of the animal later. He just ate a mouse earlier so was going let him rest a bit.

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The enclosure looks really cool (the tape is a bit tacky but you said you were going to change that). I am sure you know that enclosure should house your burm until spring so since you obviosly have some creative ideas, you will be spending time this winter on the "real" enclosure. The bookshelf will make an AWESOME arborial setup though so dont feel like you wasted time for the few months you can house your new animal. Just change to the heat pad asap so no snake gets burned on that lamp. I would then go out and get a really nice green tree python, emerald tree boa, or even an amazon tree boa. They should be able to stay in there about their entire life. I personally like the amazons the best since they are most likely to hold onto color and there is such variety out there. They also have such an alert personality. Good luck and I look foward to seeing what you do with your skills and new snake(s).