Building a Cage

I just started working on my new cages. I am about 1/2 done. I wanted to post pictures to get some feedback to see what I need to do and see if I was on the right track. It is 5 feet high, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. Each level is about 11 inches tall with a 5 inch space at the bottom. I plan to heat it with flexwatt and a t-stat. I am going to stain it and put a polyureathane clear coat over everything.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/2/8/9/9/cage.jpg

Looking good. Now get them tub in there and I'll help supply the snakes.. LOL

I am actually going to put doors on each level. What snakes do you have? I only have two that will go in it at the time and I am looking for a few females.
Thanks
Trey

No one likes my cage except for Freakie. I was hoping to get a little more feedback.

Trey

I think your doing a good job! well there is one problem...................i only see you making one , if you didn't bring one for everybody , thats not fair!! :mad:

I wish I could make a few more. More room for more snakes!!!

I think it looks great!!! I will contact you for one when I get a few more snakes LOL I could never build something that nice:)

how much do you have invested in it? if you don't mind me asking. and what size tubs you using? looks great so far.

I have about $135 in all the wood and hardware. I plan on putting doors with glass windows so I can see inside. I still have to buy the glass and everything to heat it. I figured I would have about $300 total in everything. So 300 for 5 snakes is not that bad. I got a little nicer plywood for the sides so I spent more than what i had expected on wood.

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Originally Posted by jar2476

how much do you have invested in it? if you don't mind me asking. and what size tubs you using? looks great so far.

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Correct me if im wrong but it looks like its going to be actual cages, not a typical rack.... again, I may be wrong.

Its looks very awesome. You just gave me a idea also!!!!!! I am really going to think about doing this to save even more room and still be able to see them in plain veiw. It will also be easier than messing with glass screen tops.

Whats the demensions for each cage?

It is not a rack. It is cages.

Each level is 2' deep by 3' wide. It turned out that each door is going to be made out of a 1x10(really is 9 1/4 inches tall) with a 5" by 28" window. I used 3/4 plywood for the whole thing. You could probably use thinner plywood in some places.

I kind of want todo somthing similar except for length I would do 4.5'Lx2.5'Wx1'H since I want to start working with some what larger snakes (not huge.)
Great idea and it looks GREAT! :sweeet:

is there going to be circulation/ventilation holes?

or are they needed?

How are you planning to make the doors? i have made pretty much the exact setup, acouple times now. But i went with alittle diffrent materials ,and the stack of 4 cost me about 150 including light and heat
As for vent have you decided what you will do?
What i did was made a gap all around the door for venting,and seems to work fine

I plan on using 2 2" round vents in each level.

$300 also will include a thermostat.

What did you use to cover the heat mats? I have thought about putting flexwatt down and then covering the whole floor with a piece of vinyl tile. Would the flexwatt hurt the vinyl? Is this a smart thing to do?

Thanks
Trey

In my wooden racks I routed an area deep enough to run flexwatt and then cut and laid vinyl tile over it so it was flush with the rest. I did this so that the sliding bins didn't wear on the flexwatt and it has worked fine for me.

Rick

Moved this thread to caging forum! :colbert2:

Nice looking.. I would recommend making the doors both slidable, because if one were fixed, it'd be hard to clean that side.. I have a sliding door cage for my boa and it is awesome.

I got a BP, Would it hurt it if I made the cage out of Plywood, like the back,sides,bottom plywood and the front plex-glass