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Double viv stand?

HermesMom

HermesMom

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What's the best/strongest type of wood to use to make a double viv stand? Any particular type of wood I should stay away from for health reasons? Has anyone ever made one and if so, any tips or tricks you care to share? Was looking at the prices of these for 20 gallon longs and figure they can't be that hard to make for much less money. What about staining? Would that be bad for a corn's health?
 
Pine is toxic to snakes and I assume most trees in the pine family are as well (fir, cedars, cypress, etc.). I'm currently looking at building a 5 tier stack with dimensions of 6.6' high, 40" wide, and 17" deep. This weekend I went and got wood prices and what we're looking at right now is aspen. It's harmless to snakes as most people know and use it for their bedding it was around 40 bucks for each side of the viv so I mean it would be cheaper than that. Also most lumber stores I've been checking out also have popular, oak, cedar, fir and I want to say hickory ( hickory is a slightly acidic tree so not sure if this is a health concern as well). Oak is a good solid building material but you'll pay a heavy price for it. If you see a cheap lumber its most likely pine then from there I've seen in price its aspen>cedar>fir>popular>hickory>oak. Staining I'm not certain on so I don't have an answer on that. I imagine as long as it wasn't stained on the inside and was allowed to air out before use it would be perfectly fine.
 
To save further money if you can find a good bookcase to be the base of your building project you can get the build it yourself bookcases from most department stores that may work for you. I'm looking to expand on the size of my current viv dimensions when I build my new one so my babies will have a little more space to move about it when they reach full adult size though so I'm having trouble finding ones that are both deep and wide enough.
 
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