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I have a water monitor that I now keep in a 4 foot Rubber maid container with a hold on the top for a flood lamp. While its suitable and keeps the heat and humidity in, I cannot see the lizard unless I take him out. I would like to buy or build an enclosure, but I am limited. For one, I live in an apartment so buying all the raw materials and cutting them, would be expensive to rent all the equipment to cut the wood. I dont mind buying an already made enclosure, but I cant find any online that are worth buying.Either they are cheaply made or they are made for cosmetic beauty and cost 3 thousand dollars. Any suggestions. I dont want a Vision cage. I dont think thats suitable for a water monitor. My water monitor is now about 12 inches and is growing. Any ideas for a simple, yet proper enclosure that is suitable for a water monitor. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated

Hears a cage you can easily do at home with a few tools and limited skills, I call this my dollar-store cage. You can do them the size you need, this one is 24-24-24 and cost about $15 total providing you have the tools already.
Materials are; correlated plastic sheet, sold in 4-8feet in red, blue, yellow, white or black at $9.99 pr sheet. Next plastic corners (these have double face tape) sold in 8feet $1ea. Sliding door plastic rails at $1. mounting tape and a glue gun you will find at the dollar store at $1ea, last but not least (glass) I take all my glass free in the garbage container at a glass shop near me, however a glass cutter is $3ea, but will last you a life time.

Eventually you can build a very large cage using larger corners and thicker sheets; the cost is $39 per sheet and corners $199ea. No monitors or snakes of mine have escaped or damaged these cages in the last five years.

Where are you getting your glass track for $1?
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hbailey

0.1 argus monitor

very nice looking, My guess is that you can get the plastic sheet at Home Depot? If not where do you get yours?
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0.1.0 BCI, 3 yr old
0.0.1 Ridge Tail Monitor
0.0.1 ArgusXflavi Cross monitor
0.0.1 Leoperd Gecko, Juvi (My girlfriends)

yes home depot, U tracks are $3-4ea sold as 8feet set, I usualy make 4 cages with them.

I used the 1/4 inch aluminum plywood track sold at lowes in hardware. it works nice but costs like $15 for an 8' piece, and since you need to double it up for sliding doors you need 8' just to do a 2' cage.

Hello
Where did you get the plastic sheets? Thanks

Some places like Home Depot will cut the wood for you. They may charge a little bit to cut it, though. You could screw or glue the wood togther. Then screw hinges on a piece of pre cut plexiglass for the door. The only tool you would need is a drill.

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Buy a big clear rubbermade type box.

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Buy a large aquarium and put a solid top on it made from plexiglass that Home Depot cuts for you.

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Cut a window in your rubbermade and silicone pre cut plexiglass to it.

or

If you lived in NC I could build an enclosuer for you. If you don't live in NC, someone may be able to build you a custome enclosure.
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Ed