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smy_749
12-09-13, 05:29 PM
Was bored and didn't like the wooden shelfs I had made and all the empty bare plywood showing, so I decided to cover the cage in bark. Some 18x24 exo-terra ones, a home-made one on the right, and Michaels cork sheets on the left. Fastened them with nails along with some cork tubes and a hanging basking stack. I like the way it came out... made a bit of a mess while doing it though.

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You can see one of their tales in the top left corner in this pic, dunno how he squeezed in there but im assuming it was warm. Sleeping 4 feet off the ground :P

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Here is a pic of the basking stack although it doesn't show much of it. Its 4 hollow logs screwed into the wall overlapping eachother. They can squeeze into different parts and hang out. More natural looking basking area.

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Mikoh4792
12-09-13, 05:36 PM
Dude... that's amazing. Really nice work.

edit: Btw I never knew you made an enclosure. Did you make a progress thread on it?

smy_749
12-09-13, 05:47 PM
Dude... that's amazing. Really nice work.

edit: Btw I never knew you made an enclosure. Did you make a progress thread on it?

I didn't make it. Its 4 x 3 x 2, came with the light fixtures and everything and it cost me 100 dollars on craiglist so I grabbed it.

Thanks man. It took me a while to get all the bark up and there are some empty smaller spots because I got lazy. Gonna hide the ugly spots with more fake plants when I have the time.

Terranaut
12-09-13, 06:23 PM
That looks fantastic! !

murrindindi
12-10-13, 11:12 AM
I like it very much, well done, and more to the point, I think the monitors will "like" having it, too!

smy_749
12-10-13, 11:25 AM
Thanks guys, the new female is in there. Haven't seen either female today other than when I put her in though. I'll shoot some pics when they come out of hiding !