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11-08-02, 12:32 PM
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My Carpet Pythons New Home
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11-08-02, 12:35 PM
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Is that just pressure holding them up? (I know NOTHING about bulding, tools, wood, dowels, anything) lol. You mentioned wanting to be able to remove them later, which is what I am looking for right now.
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11-08-02, 01:02 PM
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I used silicone to attach the plastic bracketts to the glass.
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11-08-02, 01:16 PM
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Where I have been failing. I was using hot glue, but it seemed to fall after a few days under the heat, and I would find the dowel on the ground. I am missing that plastic white piece! I will try that with silicone. thanks
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11-08-02, 02:23 PM
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The silicone is really strong and is holding up well so far. The plastic white pieces are closet rod holders I purchased at home depot. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything better that fit the 1 inch dowel rods. So I used end caps from the plumbing section on the ends of the dowel rods so everything fit.
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11-08-02, 04:16 PM
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Looks good 
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11-08-02, 05:44 PM
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Looks great !
Good job 
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11-08-02, 07:03 PM
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awsome job
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11-08-02, 09:08 PM
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See, now this was a person who was THINKING when they made their cage. Look at all the subtle things that were done to accomplish so MANY different husbandry requirements:
Heat tape on a vertical wall. Awesome!! Carpets are arboreal!! Why have a heater under the tank? Great stuff.
Dowling in 2 different places (back to front). Excellent, as the snake can now choose to be closer to the heat tape, or super far from the heat tape. VERY important to let the snake choose!
Aquarium with NO SCREEN LID!! I never understood why people used screen lids for cages! You might as well put your snake in a food dehydrater!!!
TWO thermometers for accuracy. Answer is obvious.
Only thing I'd change is to offer 2 hide boxes (one cool, one warm).
Great cage, I look forward to seeing that snake grow!!
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11-09-02, 12:14 PM
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Re: ...
Quote:
Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
See, now this was a person who was THINKING when they made their cage. Look at all the subtle things that were done to accomplish so MANY different husbandry requirements:
Heat tape on a vertical wall. Awesome!! Carpets are arboreal!! Why have a heater under the tank? Great stuff.
Dowling in 2 different places (back to front). Excellent, as the snake can now choose to be closer to the heat tape, or super far from the heat tape. VERY important to let the snake choose!
Aquarium with NO SCREEN LID!! I never understood why people used screen lids for cages! You might as well put your snake in a food dehydrater!!!
TWO thermometers for accuracy. Answer is obvious.
Only thing I'd change is to offer 2 hide boxes (one cool, one warm).
Great cage, I look forward to seeing that snake grow!!
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I will take your advise about the two hides I like that idea.
I'm actually using a 12 x 4 inch strip of flexwatt under the tank also. The strip on the side doesn't seem to keep the tempatures constant enough. I've also found that if I use too much reptibark that it keeps the uth from doing it's job.
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11-09-02, 02:38 PM
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No problem using the strip underneath as well to increase the ambient.
Well done!
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11-10-02, 01:30 AM
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Hey liquid, Did you get ahold of some rubber feet so you could raise the tank off of that strip of flexwatt so there isn't a lot of pressure on it. I've got some here just ask for them and I will drag them out for you.
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11-10-02, 06:32 PM
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the reason sometimes that people have screen lids is because they cannot afford a different enclosure at the time. such as myself. my initial boa cage was a 20 long with a screen lid. although i did cover as much of the screen as possible with a piece of plexi-glass. i now have front opening melamine and glass enclosue though as the humidity is much better now then ever.
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11-10-02, 07:11 PM
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Up here in Canada, a piece of plywood is waaaayy cheaper than a fabricated screen top.
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11-19-02, 01:06 PM
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Aquarium with NO SCREEN LID!! I never understood why people used screen lids for cages! You might as well put your snake in a food dehydrater!!!
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I've never made snake jerky....
I have been using screen tops for years with NO problems with humids or heat etc...
The only problem I have had was a fiberglass screened lid on a tank I got for free. A BP pushed through it and I easily converted it to screen.
The way to control humidity is proper set up from the bottom up. For my higher humidity needy animals, I use either the coconut fiber mulch, or a layer of river gravel topped with some plastic sheeting then topped with coconut.
On the screen, I cover part of it with foil.
I have to open the tank to see good inside due to all the humidity and I don't use a fancy mist set up either. A spray bottle a few times a day does nicely.
Oh yeah, Liquid, you may want to scuff the rods up quite a bit and get the slickness off of them....
A fall from a slippery stick can injure or kill your animal.
Last edited by The_Omen; 11-19-02 at 08:15 PM..
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