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08-31-2006, 05:51 PM
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Well, I need to buy my rtb a new cage; I recently moved, and an unmentionable idiot broke it between houses! And they called me paranoid for putting my snake in a seperate, smaller cage, she might have been killed! Anyways, she's about 3 3/4 feet long, and is in a tiny cage that is only about 2 feet long, about one foot wide, and a foot high. I have the money to buy a 4 1/2 foot long, 1 1/2 foot wide, 2 feet high cage, it's relatively cheap and has those front sliding doors that I prefer. This would cost me about $220. Can I make my own cage, bigger, for this much, a little more, or a little less? She loves to climb still, never dropped that habit, and I was thinking I could install some planks or something in a plexiglass cage. Anyways, I want advice on price and if it's not too expensive ideas for building a cage. Photos with creative terrariums would be appreciated  |
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Forgot to add, if I build one I know it will take a bit, a friend offered my one of their cages for that time. I just can't keep it.
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08-31-2006, 08:17 PM
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Forgot to add, if I build one I know it will take a bit, a friend offered my one of their cages for that time. I just can't keep it.
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I am getting ready to start making a tank for my RTB and so far, supplies have cost me around $60. I got a 8x4 sheet of MDF, nails, wood glue, sealant, chicken wire for the top, and need a few other things needed
it will be 4'x2'x2'
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08-31-2006, 08:32 PM
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Chicken wire for the top? Won't that hurt the snake if it rubs against it too much.
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08-31-2006, 09:36 PM
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Chicken wire for the top? Won't that hurt the snake if it rubs against it too much.
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just like screen tops, just a little wider
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08-31-2006, 09:50 PM
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talk to adrya webb and take a look at her cages...there great and very simple as far as materials go and the build up. I just built a 4x2x2 with her design and with everything cost be around 60 i think. so you could build a larger one with no problem on that budget without going over.
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08-31-2006, 09:58 PM
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id just buy a boaphile lol
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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704
just like screen tops, just a little wider
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i would can the screen top. just use more material for the top, add circle vents that are really cheap n made of plastic ( from hardware store ) for the following reasons.
-humidity
-nose rub
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09-01-2006, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by stu
Chicken wire for the top? Won't that hurt the snake if it rubs against it too much.
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yep!! my burm was in a cage with 1cm spaced wire screens before i got it and it was so tore up andits been a year now and i can still see where the nose rub was, chicken wire is a big no no!!! i agree just buy a boaphile its worth it
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