first enclosure build! FINISHED!

[DeesBalls]

i finished my 1st 4x2x2 cage. my beardie is in it now!! here are pics!

http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1655.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1656.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1665.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1667.jpg


http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1670.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1673.jpg

THINGS I WILL BE CHANGING....
1. sand, that will get replaces with either reptile carpet, or 1/2 reptile carpet, and 1/2 sand...
2. there will be slidding glass doors if i can figure out how to make them..

i dont like my doors, but they work...

let me know what you think. thanks!

[Gungirl]

Looks good! (I'm guessing you are going to add a hide out and a taller basking spot )

As for the doors you can order sliding tracks on ebay fairly cheep most times and that should make it fairly simple for you to change out.

[DeesBalls]

yea, i will be, i am going to make a perch with some steps for him and all that, monday i will do that... i have a wedding this weekend so i wont have time.

thanks alot !!! i wanted to do your door way, but where they are placed, i cant have dolding down (or opening) lol.

i will look for tracks tonight!

[millertime89]

I would try and eliminate the gap between the side and the door, it allows heat, and potentially food, to escape.
at least it looks like a gap in the last picture.

[DeesBalls]

The gap is about 3 cm ... i will be putting sliding glass doors in within the next week or so, so far, no crickets have escaped. Lol.

[infernalis]

The electrical wiring looks a little... well (no insult intended) um dangerous.

There are other light sockets that conceal the live wires.

[Gungirl]

The electrical wiring looks a little... well (no insult intended) um dangerous.

There are other light sockets that conceal the live wires.

good catch.. doh I completely missed that! Yes look into concealing all wires!

[DeesBalls]

The electrical wiring looks a little... well (no insult intended) um dangerous.

There are other light sockets that conceal the live wires.

This is something i jeed to fix as well, my friend who is an electrician hooked thek up, but dont worry there is no way he can get up there, i now have electrical tape covering thek....... i looked for better fixtures, but no luck....



I just got some aluminum channels , i hope i can get this to work... i will need to cut thek bit shoudnt be a problem... wish me luck!!!!!

[marvelfreak]

Looking good.

[youngster]

My dad is putting the finishing touches on my custom build. I can't wait we've been working on it for like a month.

[DeesBalls]

Looking good.

thanks marvel!


My dad is putting the finishing touches on my custom build. I can't wait we've been working on it for like a month.

it took me 2 days, but i sort of rushed a lil bit, still need a few finishing touches.

[DeesBalls]

http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1682.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1683.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1681.jpg


Pics of the new sliding glass plexi glass door i put in today! very happy with the result!

[DeesBalls]

so, 3 days after i finished this cage, i started my 2nd cage, for my BRB. the begining pics are the same lol and now here are some different looking pics...

http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1732.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1733.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1734.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1731.jpg



If you see, i put a florescent light in there since im using flexwatt. it does not get hot enough to hurt her at all...

and the most obvious thing is the little square made out of lil strips of wood, this is where my flexwatt going to sit in, then i will put plexi over it. i glued it down with gorillia glue, and also took clear silicone and smeared around the exposed sides of the melamine.

letting it dry and then got holes for the flexwatt drilled (cords) and i hope this works out, i wanted to try something different... thanks for looking...



***MOD, CAN YOU CHANGE TITLE TO " MY ENCLOSURE BUILD PROGRESS THREAD'' or something like that, thankss!!!!***

[millertime89]

looks good, I'm curious to see how it turns out, I'm still toying with ideas on how to build a viv for a retic when I get one.

[DeesBalls]

its all i have been doing is thinking/sketching ideas... thanks keep us posted on your cage!

[DeesBalls]

so i upgraded my 1st cage... not really upgrade, just changed it a little bit... here are soem pics!!
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1852.jpg

http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1851.jpg

http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1853.jpg

not really too much, just added my perch, reptile carpet (2 55 gallon pieces works perfect!!) and re screwed down the lights and re covered up the electrical...


as for the 2nd cage, its finished, just need help getting it upstairs, and im a little worried about humidity and the florescent light i have in there, so i may need to get a little more waterproofing done to it... ill post pics when i have BRB moved in!

[Gungirl]

Congrats! It always feels great to set up the enclosure you have built. Make sure that Platform is solid... it doesn't really look it. Maybe add a brace between the legs at a lower level to ensure he wont knock it over on himself. Don't need him getting hurt!

[KORBIN5895]

Can definitely tell you were into construction Kate.

[Gungirl]

Haha I love construction! Its fun and rewarding.

PS.. I won't hold it against you this time but I really hate being called Kate.:sad:

[KORBIN5895]

So sorry! My phone does auto correct. I did put Kat but it isn't in the dictionary so it changed it to Kate. I added Kat so it won't happen again.

[Gungirl]

lol.. no real issue I just like to give people crap about it .

[DeesBalls]

I will add in a few weeks, I broke my hand, so won't be doing much. It is actually sturdy I know it doesn't look it, but it's good, I do want to add a ring around the bottom for a little more sturdy Ness..

[Gungirl]

Better safe than sorry. I hope your hand heals up well.

[DeesBalls]

I hope so too, after work going to the doctors...

[DeesBalls]

so the hand is all better now, it wasnt broke, it was a deep bone bruise.. it is still sore but i managed to finished up my 2nd cage!!

http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1886-1.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1884-1.jpg
http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/DGilliland22/IMAG1885-1.jpg


still want to put maybe a branch in her tank (BRB) and some more stuff, but all she does is burry and lay in her "pool"..

[millertime89]

I got one of those vines from the pet store and I see Nero climbing it every so often.

[DeesBalls]

i had a tree when she was small in her 10 gallon, but i NEVER seen her climb.. she is a burrower. lol