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i saw your post about you building an enclosure for hope, i want to know more...... like how are you building it??

Very simply actually.... I am going to make a 4'X2'X1' malemime (sp?) box with a sliding glass front. To get the glass to slide I am going to install runners. I will be installing a ceramic outlet for a 15 watt lightbulb. And am building a bulb cover for that. I will be putting a 40 gallon zoomed uth INSIDE the tank under the astro turf. to have the uth in there I am going to bore a 1" hole in the side and put a wire cover in the hole. You can find these in the back of most home entertainment centers. it covers the hole and only leaves enough space for the wire to get through. My BP will have the exact same setup and my albino black rats will be exactly the same except it will be 4'X2'X2' because they LOVE to climb. Hope and Wilson are big enough to move in to them now but the black rats will need a few months before they are large enough to move up. I am building them as individual boxes. This will make them stackable and easy to move if I ever need to. Suggestions are welcome! It is a lot better to know what is wrong with my plan BEFORE I build it
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"

i want to see pictures when you finish, i might plan to build something along that line for my snakes