Still here, lurkin, but playin daddy is right. What time I do have I have to keep up on a growing collection in the middle of breeding season. Thant and the Holidays are tough when you boss works you to the bone, un-necessary 12hr days suck!

Anyways, I didn't catch the captive user of the enclosure but melamine is a good base material for a carcass. However with certain inhabitants you may need to consider an additional layer of protection on the inside floor.

You are correct melamine does have an easy to clean surface but so do some of the more expensive laminents, as well as a properly sealed wood front.

I used melamine for all my carcasses, and natural wood fronts for all my cages.

I also use safety glass for all my snake enclosures and I keep everything in a heated room so I just use supplemental heat. RHP's are defenetly the best for snake enclosures but some types of dirinal lizard may require more umph than a single RHP.

Would like to help, but heres an idea.

Best of Luck.




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Jeremy

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow RTB's
1.1 Hypomelenistic RTB's
0.2 Pastel Hypo RTB's
2.0 Double Het Stripe Albino RTB's
0.1 Suriname RTB
0.1 Anerthrystic RTB
0.0.10 Red Bearded Dragons
1.1 Rhinoceros Iguana's
1.0 Green Iguana
1.0 Ball Python
1.1 Cream Golden Retrieviers
1.0 Pomeriaian
0.2 Catus Terribilis
0.1 Spouse
1.0 Child

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• I'm trying to build my first cage - bsg915, Tue Dec 19 19:12:25 2006
• RE: I'm trying to build my first cage - chris_harper2, Wed Dec 20 12:25:56 2006
• RE: I'm trying to build my first cage - bsg915, Wed Dec 20 12:31:40 2006
• RE: I'm trying to build my first cage - chris_harper2, Wed Dec 20 12:50:22 2006
• Listen to Chris....... - rainbowsrus, Wed Dec 20 13:05:45 2006
• RE: I'm trying to build my first cage - bsg915, Wed Dec 20 18:18:36 2006
• RE: I'm trying to build my first cage - chris_harper2, Wed Dec 20 22:05:00 2006
• RE: I'm trying to build my first cage - HappyHillbilly, Thu Dec 21 00:46:54 2006
• Still Here............ - bighurt, Thu Dec 21 05:14:31 2006
• RE: Still Here............ - bsg915, Thu Dec 21 21:04:28 2006
• I would go with glass................ - bighurt, Fri Dec 22 08:26:38 2006