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RE: outdoor enclosures

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Posted by: reptoman at Thu Aug 24 08:18:28 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by reptoman ]  
   

As an alternative to everything people do for enclosure, if you live in the country or by a country store that carries water tanks for animals etc. You can buy a bottomless stock tank off the internet that is made of heavy gauge galv. and is many different sizes, but the 6 ft x 28 inch high stock tank is excellent, Then sink it slightly in the dirt about 4 inches or so and fill the center with your substrate plants and what ever and put p-gravel around the inside edge of the stock tank. They can never get out, the metal sides are far enough away from center not to be a heat issue, if you take 1/2 piece of plywood and sink it in the ground at a slight angle with large rocks under it so it's like a deep cave and then put substrate and plants over it the animal can go down deep to hide or lay eggs or whatever. You make a 2 x 4 stud top for it with 1/4 inch wire to keep out the critters and you got one heck of a nice outside containment center and this will not look bad with the landscapinbg either. Check out bottomless stock tanks on the internet.........Cheers!!!
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