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Building a cage...

beardielover13 Mar 10, 2005 07:11 PM

I have 2 bearded dragons that are 2 and 4 years old. I want to build a cage that can be rolled outside and inside during bad weather. I want to have a removable divider so that I can allow them to be together for a short period of time or i can add dividers to seperate babies and put the adults in their indoor cages. I have 2 pieces of plywood, one is 8' by 4' and the other is 4' by 4'. I want the overall cage size (with divider removed) to be 6' by 4'. I want to give them plenty of space. How would i go about building this cage. I would also like to put a 5-6" piece of melamine or other solid material along the bottom to kepp crickets inside the cage. Thanks for any help.

Replies (2)

Bighurt Mar 11, 2005 03:04 PM

Your question is kinda vague if you give us more info perhaps we can give a better answer.
IE deminsions of doorways it would roll through, does it need to role, summer location temp, winter indoor temp, substrate, heat source. All are going to be major factors in the cage construction. If you want them outside for the sunlight you don't want the cage made of glass cause then you are just baking the lizards. Let us know.

beardielover13 Mar 12, 2005 04:40 PM

My outdoor summer temp gets between 95 and 110. I just want a cage that i can use for indoor during the winter and outddor in the summer. I want it to be wire on the sides and some sort of solid surface (not glass) on the bottom 6 or so inches to keep crickets in. I hope that this helped. also, I need to be able to place a heat lamp on top during the winter and a strip UV light on top. Length doesn't matter.

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