trailblazer295
03-28-17, 04:33 PM
Hey all
My little carpet is only a year old and I didn't really plan to acquire or build an adult cage so soon. I knew I wanted a 4x2x2 and was most likely going to build it or have a wooden one built. I thought she would be awhile before outgrowing her exo terra. Out of curiosity (maybe a bad decision) I thought I'd check the local classifieds to see what people were selling. Sure enough one of the first recent listings was this 4x2x2 cage with lots off stuff. It was built to house a burm at a local reptile zoo and sold and most recently held a bearded dragon. Some of the accessories are beardie oriented so don't have much use but for $150 for everything I had to make a move. I couldn't make a cage like this for that price or even close much less everything else. I'll swap the infrared bulb for a CHE, have to get a cover to keep my carpet off it and swap the CFL for an LED bulb to avoid glass breaking. The light will probably just be for convenience but the person that made it has independent grounded plugs. It has glass sliding doors (I had to remove them to move this thing into my basement by myself).
Please excuse it being dirty, I just quickly placed the branches in for the picture. They are being cleaned and I have to clean the cage, the wood is black veneer on the outside, the joints are not sealed so I'll be sealing the bottom area with clear silicone to prevent mold or rotting.
Right now my carpet is a worm under 100g in a 24x18x24 exo terra. I thought she would have grown faster then she has so at her current rate might be another year before she really outgrows her current cage. I have a few fake plants and stuff I could clutter the cage with. My question is when would it be okay to move her to her big home?
I still have a few things I need to do, install a stat, tweaking heat source etc.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/scottwaslenko/95163FE42945B1F94C6154E26DB0F9D4F43712CE92C72F1FB5 pimgpsh_fullsize_distr.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/scottwaslenko/media/95163FE42945B1F94C6154E26DB0F9D4F43712CE92C72F1FB5 pimgpsh_fullsize_distr.jpg.html)
My little carpet is only a year old and I didn't really plan to acquire or build an adult cage so soon. I knew I wanted a 4x2x2 and was most likely going to build it or have a wooden one built. I thought she would be awhile before outgrowing her exo terra. Out of curiosity (maybe a bad decision) I thought I'd check the local classifieds to see what people were selling. Sure enough one of the first recent listings was this 4x2x2 cage with lots off stuff. It was built to house a burm at a local reptile zoo and sold and most recently held a bearded dragon. Some of the accessories are beardie oriented so don't have much use but for $150 for everything I had to make a move. I couldn't make a cage like this for that price or even close much less everything else. I'll swap the infrared bulb for a CHE, have to get a cover to keep my carpet off it and swap the CFL for an LED bulb to avoid glass breaking. The light will probably just be for convenience but the person that made it has independent grounded plugs. It has glass sliding doors (I had to remove them to move this thing into my basement by myself).
Please excuse it being dirty, I just quickly placed the branches in for the picture. They are being cleaned and I have to clean the cage, the wood is black veneer on the outside, the joints are not sealed so I'll be sealing the bottom area with clear silicone to prevent mold or rotting.
Right now my carpet is a worm under 100g in a 24x18x24 exo terra. I thought she would have grown faster then she has so at her current rate might be another year before she really outgrows her current cage. I have a few fake plants and stuff I could clutter the cage with. My question is when would it be okay to move her to her big home?
I still have a few things I need to do, install a stat, tweaking heat source etc.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/scottwaslenko/95163FE42945B1F94C6154E26DB0F9D4F43712CE92C72F1FB5 pimgpsh_fullsize_distr.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/scottwaslenko/media/95163FE42945B1F94C6154E26DB0F9D4F43712CE92C72F1FB5 pimgpsh_fullsize_distr.jpg.html)