My corns Enclosure

cat001 · 06-19-10, 05:34 PM

I made the interior myself for my corn, not quite 100% finished yet as I sill want to add some decoration to it but my corn seems to like it!

You can see there's a snake cave on a ledge on the right and on the upper left, a nice big ledge in the middle which JD seems to like chilling on and another rather large hide I made on ground level as well as the gap underneath the right hide.

This is JD, the resident...

Should look nice once properly decorated!

infernalis · 06-19-10, 05:47 PM

It looks great already, what you talking about?

That's a nice snakie condo.

Nafun · 06-19-10, 07:24 PM

That is the second nicest snake enclosure I've ever seen. That is one lucky corn snake.

C#@$e · 06-19-10, 09:41 PM

how did you make that?

Lankyrob · 06-20-10, 03:35 AM

That looks damn cool to me!!! Just one thing i cant tell from the picture - have you got underfloor heating or a lamp??

cat001 · 06-20-10, 06:58 AM

Thanks all!

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Originally Posted by infernalis

It looks great already, what you talking about?

That's a nice snakie condo.

I think i'm just being a bit of a perfectionist lol, it looks a little bit bare to me

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Originally Posted by C#@$e

how did you make that?

First I measured and cut out some polystyrene to cover the back and sides...also cut out holes for the airvents.

Then made the shelves with polystyrene too, adhereing them to the walls using cocktail sticks and pva glue.

Then cut out polystyrene shapes and stuck them on in the same way and used a lighter to burn in some rocky detail.

Then I used expanding foam around the edges of the shelves and joins to adhere them properly.

After that I grouted the lot with wall tile grout, painted it with water based paints and put on a final layer of waterproof PVA to seal it!

Here's an early image of it before I grouted it!
Flickr Photo Download: stage2

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

That looks damn cool to me!!! Just one thing i cant tell from the picture - have you got underfloor heating or a lamp??

Underfloor heating!

C#@$e · 06-20-10, 07:43 AM

thats so awsome, man how much did all of it cost?

LISA127 · 06-20-10, 09:32 AM

Beautiful enclosure and beautiful snake.

cat001 · 06-21-10, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by C#@$e

thats so awsome, man how much did all of it cost?

I think it cost somthing around £25 for all the bits and bobs to make it but can't remember the price of the individual products!

Lankyrob · 06-21-10, 03:58 PM

You wanna head on down to Bristol and fit out my Viv's for me?? I will pay you three meals per day and a roof over your head for as long as it takes??

cat001 · 06-21-10, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

You wanna head on down to Bristol and fit out my Viv's for me?? I will pay you three meals per day and a roof over your head for as long as it takes??

Hehe, pitty I don't drive

Maybe when I fineally getting my drivers license I'll give you a visit!

C#@$e · 06-21-10, 04:31 PM

what age do you get your drivers licence over there

Lankyrob · 06-21-10, 04:46 PM

Seventeen!! Dagnammit! Oh well they will have to have boring homes for now!

Nafun · 06-21-10, 04:46 PM

My problem is, by the time I get done *building* a viv, I look at it and say to myself "That's good enough" and go have a beer while I try to convince myself that they live in astro turf floored boxes in the wild.

I'm building a two vivs right now, one for a tegu, and one for a water dragon. I'm not half done with *one* and I'm already looking at a tree in the front yard and wondering if I can "decorate" by cutting it down, and shoving it in.

I really admire beautiful vivs like that, but at the end of the day, I always seem to fall victim to "eh, it's good enough."

cat001 · 06-21-10, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Nafun

My problem is, by the time I get done *building* a viv, I look at it and say to myself "That's good enough" and go have a beer while I try to convince myself that they live in astro turf floored boxes in the wild.

I'm building a two vivs right now, one for a tegu, and one for a water dragon. I'm not half done with *one* and I'm already looking at a tree in the front yard and wondering if I can "decorate" by cutting it down, and shoving it in.

I really admire beautiful vivs like that, but at the end of the day, I always seem to fall victim to "eh, it's good enough."

I think we all occasionally fall victim to that way of thinking, that's exactly what I think about my uni assignments "yep...good enough"