After seeing the rock wall viv thread, I showed it to my daughter who wants to do a canyon viv for her Mexican black king snake.
Today, I pulled some birch lumber I put back and started the project. Bear in mind that this is going to take some time as this is my first attempt and a project that my daughter and I will be doing together. I fully expect it to take most of the summer. I'll update as I go along but bear with me.
The foot print of the entire enclosure is going to be 36" x 36". The height of the walls are 24". Using a 2 inch hole saw, I cut three vents in the upper back panel as seen in the pics below. I also cut one 2 inch hole in each side panel down low towards the front and installed louvered covers. I'm not sure if this will be sufficient ventilation or not so any input on this from you guys is greatly appreciated.
I'm looking at options for heating the enclosure. I intend on using sliding glass or plexiglass doors on the front. We're looking at using LED's for the lighting and a heat panel or pad on the bottom or underneath. I need guidance on this part as well guys.
I'm also going to install the temp and humidity monitoring systems in the "rock" face to make it look better.
The doors will be 18" high and elevated off the floor with a bracing panel that will hold the track.
Here is what we have so far...
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