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I'm now starting to design the cage for a savannah monitor. It will be 8x4x4. Here's a rough design I made, I didn't draw the screws in, but the wooden pieces are all there plus the "glass".
I would think its easier to use plywood with regards to retaining heat and moisture as opposed to only boards and support beams. Maybe just make the dirt box with board and a simple frame with plywood, insulation in the middle.
so are you planning on just using boards then? no plywood or OSB? if you are as was mentioned above you will have a lot of cracks between those boards and it will be harder to keep your humidity correct in there you will have to line the inside with something no matter what. with the glass, make sure its thick because it will break easily
so are you planning on just using boards then? no plywood or OSB? if you are as was mentioned above you will have a lot of cracks between those boards and it will be harder to keep your humidity correct in there you will have to line the inside with something no matter what. with the glass, make sure its thick because it will break easily
hey guys I'm kinda confused. Trying to make a good cage this time so gotta get it right.
Each piece of that cage is gonna be made of 4ftx1ft planks as shown in the video. What material it is I don't know yet I just know it's gonna be some kind of wood from home depot.
So you mentioned boards and blanks and OSD, etc I have no idea what we're talking about(I'm not very handy at this point). So please educate me, and make no assumptions of me knowing anything.
and yes I'll be lining that with something for water proofing etc..
hey guys I'm kinda confused. Trying to make a good cage this time so gotta get it right.
Each piece of that cage is gonna be made of 4ftx1ft planks as shown in the video. What material it is I don't know yet I just know it's gonna be some kind of wood from home depot.
So you mentioned boards and blanks and OSD, etc I have no idea what we're talking about(I'm not very handy at this point). So please educate me, and make no assumptions of me knowing anything.
and yes I'll be lining that with something for water proofing etc..
thx
Considering what I just read, I too am a lousy carpenter, I can tell you from experience, plywood (sheets of wood) is easier to build a box from than planks are any day.
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Considering what I just read, I too am a lousy carpenter, I can tell you from experience, plywood (sheets of wood) is easier to build a box from than planks are any day.
cool. So if I could find sheets of plywood that is 4ftx2ft then I could spend less time making each face of the box.
I'm thinking of lining the soil parts of the cage with heavy duty plastic sheets for water proof. Then cover each side with a hard plastic material to prevent the monitor from ripping the lining.
cool. So if I could find sheets of plywood that is 4ftx2ft then I could spend less time making each face of the box.
I'm thinking of lining the soil parts of the cage with heavy duty plastic sheets for water proof. Then cover each side with a hard plastic material to prevent the monitor from ripping the lining.
I assume transportation of 8 foot long sheets is out of the question?
Anyway, yes.. Home depot (and many places) will cut the sheets down smaller for you.
As much effort as you are putting into sealing the bottom, why not just use a paint on resin sealer? it will last for a lot of years.
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At the very bottom of my cage, I covered the wood with aluminum sheets, sometimes at night I can hear the sounds of claws against metal. It's persistent (they don't give up easily) so my feelings are, anything that goes down there has to be resistant to a constant barrage of little digging claws repeatedly trying to break through.
We have to remember, we are only giving them a fraction of the depth they could achieve outside in the wild where the ground has no bottom, so there instinct is going to be to try digging further.
(especially when we have indoor heated enclosures, the dirt is heated too, unlike outside where the dirt gets progressively cooler at depth.)
They can rip through soils that would make our fingers bleed, so I would imagine they could easily shred plastic.
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Hm... I got a problem with chem coatings. I got my temp cage setup in the basement already so the sav is there. For me to build a 8x4x4 cage I need to build it in the basement, at least assemble it there. And coating that stuff in the basement will be bad for the health of the lizards, and people who are down here too. If I coat the new cage else where, I won't be able to move the cage through the door to the basement as the cage is too big..
Can a monitor claw through plexy glass? Maybe I can use that to protect the lining, so each face of the box, starting from the outter later would be
1.) Wood
2.) Heavy duty plastic lining
3.) plexy glass
4.) soil
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