Hello all,
I thought I would post this to help those thinking about doing their own cage.
We have 2 corns 1 miami phase M and 1 albino F gotten from breeders. Sorry no pics dont have camera yet. Anyway these 2 are about the same age and almost a year old. Here is what we are finshing for them.
Wood 3/4 birch plywood 5'L x 2'D x 3'H divided down the middle with a removeable divider. Floor is covered in peel and stick tile squares 12' x 12" and then 3 " up the sides. Whole cage is sealed in polyacyrlic no stain I like the birch color. We are going with radient heat panels on the ceiling since snake like high areas when basking. There will be some different height shelving/ basking areas plus good branches for climbing. No UTH it is not needed for room temp is never below 70. Lights will be minimal for alby since she is light sesitive the male with have a flouresant stick on light.
Since we did not have all the tools we needed we went to a woodshop to have the door frames cut and routed. Cost us $10 for that and was well worth it. All other wood was cut at home depot when we bought it. The doors open out to the side like cabinet doors and will have plexi as the glass. All in all it has been alot of fun doing this cage. Total cost just under $200 for everything wood, sealer, hardware, and tools we could buy and store.
Nice thing about the polyacrylic it does not take long to dry and comes in 3 different finshes. We chose satin for this cage next cage we will try another maybe. It is very easy to brush on and it it not thick at all. Even comes in spray cans but I do not suggest them unless indoors.
I hope to have pics in near future.
Tamara
I thought I would post this to help those thinking about doing their own cage.
We have 2 corns 1 miami phase M and 1 albino F gotten from breeders. Sorry no pics dont have camera yet. Anyway these 2 are about the same age and almost a year old. Here is what we are finshing for them.
Wood 3/4 birch plywood 5'L x 2'D x 3'H divided down the middle with a removeable divider. Floor is covered in peel and stick tile squares 12' x 12" and then 3 " up the sides. Whole cage is sealed in polyacyrlic no stain I like the birch color. We are going with radient heat panels on the ceiling since snake like high areas when basking. There will be some different height shelving/ basking areas plus good branches for climbing. No UTH it is not needed for room temp is never below 70. Lights will be minimal for alby since she is light sesitive the male with have a flouresant stick on light.
Since we did not have all the tools we needed we went to a woodshop to have the door frames cut and routed. Cost us $10 for that and was well worth it. All other wood was cut at home depot when we bought it. The doors open out to the side like cabinet doors and will have plexi as the glass. All in all it has been alot of fun doing this cage. Total cost just under $200 for everything wood, sealer, hardware, and tools we could buy and store.
Nice thing about the polyacrylic it does not take long to dry and comes in 3 different finshes. We chose satin for this cage next cage we will try another maybe. It is very easy to brush on and it it not thick at all. Even comes in spray cans but I do not suggest them unless indoors.
I hope to have pics in near future.
Tamara
