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This is just a shot of the ultrasonic humidifier sitting under the cage. The PVC pipe shoots straight through the bottom of the floor. It's on a timer that has 14 settings so it turns both (ball cage also) humidifiers on every 2 hours for 30 minutes. If the humidity gets to high, I'll adjust as necessary.

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DZ

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

I don't know how to post multiple pics in one message. I took a PVC shower drain and cut the waffling out of the top. Turned it upside down and used it as the opening for the PVC pipe. This way it's a loose fit to remove the pipe for refilling, the edge of the opening is raised from the floor to prevent urine leakage, and the PVC tube is long enough that the snake would have to lift it almost to the ceiling to pull it out. I mounted another shower drain to the end of the pipe. You can see the fog comming out from the top. The only messy part was grinding down the other end of the PVC to fit into the opening of the humidifier.

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DZ

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

I do - I like it alot. I haven't really had much of a problem with the wet spots in my burm's cage so far, but still, I think it would be nice to be able to avoid them altogether, as you are.

The only thing I might have done differently with your setup is I would have routed the piping up around the outside of the cage so that the inlet could go into the cage from the top or back somewhere. That way the available floor space wouldn't be obstructed at all.

Still, I really, reeeeally like your idea. As a matter of fact, I like it so much that I'm tempted to build a setup like that form my burm's cage - even though I just spent a bunch of money setting him up with a misting system!

I'll stick with my setup for now - but in the future (when it comes time to build him a MANSION of cage) I might just go with your idea instead.

Thanks for sharing!,
- Mark
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>>I don't know how to post multiple pics in one message. I took a PVC shower drain and cut the waffling out of the top. Turned it upside down and used it as the opening for the PVC pipe. This way it's a loose fit to remove the pipe for refilling, the edge of the opening is raised from the floor to prevent urine leakage, and the PVC tube is long enough that the snake would have to lift it almost to the ceiling to pull it out. I mounted another shower drain to the end of the pipe. You can see the fog comming out from the top. The only messy part was grinding down the other end of the PVC to fit into the opening of the humidifier.
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>>"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

For now I need the humidifier in a reachable location. The cage is on wheels but rests on carpet and moving it to reach the back is a chore. I'm in the process of building a new cage for my balls, I still laugh when mentioning that, and when complete will sit on top of my burm cage. Then the burm cage will be moved to a corner where I can get behind it without moving it. At that point I will move the inlet to the back wall. I've been using stainless steel for floor corrections so it will have support. It shouldn't be hard to move the vent when all is done.
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DZ

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell