Why aren't reptile enclosures designed this way?

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Originally Posted by Reinz

The OP wishes to use a Display set up

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I Display mine every time I pull one out of the tub.....

J/K :P Just messin' with ya!

Heh, I totally understand about manufacturers having better things to do than design a better mousetrap. I own a small manufacturing business myself (not pet related at all), do a certain amount of custom work, etc, but get questions and comments and requests from all kinds of people wondering why I don't "just" do [insert idea I really have thought of already, but didn't implement for whatever reason].

I wouldn't pay someone to build this for me - if I decide I really want it, I'll build it myself. I like projects and I think there could be lots of ways to do this. I was just a little surprised it didn't already exist since it would combine the appearance of a tank or other enclosure with the ease of cleaning of a bin in a rack... or wondered if maybe there was some other reason I'd completely not thought of. :)

I'm still picturing a rack with an acrylic box instead of a tub.

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Originally Posted by Coluber42

You wouldn't keep anything out of the bedding and tray, you'd put everything in it just like you normally do on the bottom of the enclosure. It would basically just be a removable bottom to make it easier to dump and wash, instead of having to scoop everything out. A liner of sorts, I guess you could say.

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ahh okay so you'd take the snake and decorations out before sliding the tray out. The only snakes I have on a loose substrate are in glass aquarium/cages, I do agree that dumping a glass aquarium style enclosure is a PIA.
Good luck with your design! I hope you can make it work.
:)

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Originally Posted by Kokorobosoi

use a shop vac. Solves most problems.

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Works like a champ !!!!

I've actually seen something similar to this where there was a tub built underneath a display type cage with a hole built in the floor of the upper display cage. The snake would use the tub underneath the cage as a large hide. I suppose you could widen it out so that the opening to the tub was the size of the entire tub. Still might have trouble with cleaning though, I know my snakes seem to like smearing their crap on the sides of the tub, they'd probably do the same in a cage just have more room for their fecal graffiti

I have a build idea for a melamine viv. Build a normal cage without a bottom but in the front under the glass doors, leave two inches under the glass doors and then leave 5-6" off the bottom. So there is a gap in the front where you can slide something in. Measure the interior perimeter and make a 5-6" "tray" out of melamine. That tray will slide in from the front. Then water proof everything. I think that would work. The side and back walls should be able to support the cage properly.

0.1 Super pastel

if you like the ease of dumping like a rack but want to display the animal like a nice enclosure look into freedom breeder racks. expensive but they have a nice window in them for viewing.