Hello all, I'm new to the site so my apologies if this is wrong for whatever reason. Anywho, my uromastyx is getting a bit too big for his current home, and I would like to build a new terrarium for him. I've a basic idea of what to do, but I'm not so sure about some of the materials. I figure I'd just use wood for the basic frame work and such, but with the heat lamps is there something I should do to treat the wood so it doesn't crack? Also for the terrain I had intended on simply building it in, and I've heard good results from people who carved Styrofoam and then poured cement over it...but most cement is abrasive so is there some kind in particular I should use?
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Looking to build a new home for my Uro.
OddballJester
Mar 27, 2005 01:07 PM
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kylesa
Mar 28, 2005 07:53 AM
you might want to post this in "cage & habitat", but, from what I hear you shouldn't use cement. What's wrong with bird seed or sand or something?
Other than that, I'm not sure of what to stain the wood with, there are companies that make non-toxic sealers and stains, that would probably be the best. And I know that Pine and Cedar are both toxic to reptiles. I'm not sure if they are toxic in solid board form, but you can always get oak to be safe. Be careful that there isn't too much ventilation in the enclosure too, because heat can escape. I just finished building my own enclosure out of oak board. It's really fun and rewarding, you should totally do it. Just look around the cage and habitat forum and ask questions there.
And figure this.. I made a 4' x 2' x 2' enclosure (even though I had to position my lights much lower) and only spent about $50 on materials. And deer fern farms carries these awesome ceramic light fixtures. They're small and compact and screw to the side walls.
And use furniture grade wood, or melamine.
purduecg
Mar 30, 2005 01:59 PM
The cage building forum is a great place for info. Here is some information on the cage that I built.
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~echarris/archcage/
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~echarris/archcage/
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