I've been keeping my eye out for cages since Shen is going to grow out of his current tank pretty soon, and while wandering around a used furniture store I saw this:



It's the perfect dimensions, 46Lx15HX18W, and has heavy sliding glass doors on front. It's fairly cheap too, only $70.

I can see it needing a few tweaks, sealing the sliding glass doors better, knocking out the shelves/divider, and cutting some vents/cord ports, but my main question is whether or not the material would be suitable for a BP habitat. It's made out of heavy laminated particle board, and even if I plastered it with laminate/vinyl flooring and sealed the holy heck out of it would it still hold up against the humidity/occasional spilled water bowls of a ball python cage? I can't say I've ever used particle board in such a setting and have much experience on the matter....other than it's kind of cheap. Also, would you put a UTH on a particle board base? I'm nervous enough about putting one on wood in general, although realistically even set to 130'F it's still not hot enough to catch wood on fire....

I like the idea of turning a piece of furniture into a cage, aesthetically it's more appealing to me than the PVC cages or the tubs, yet not as expensive as some of the custom cages out there + shipping! Also, my wood-woorking skills aren't exactly going to create a work of art.

What do you guys think? Anyone had success with a kind of modified laminated particle board cage?