Here's a shot of the new reptile enclosure I just finished up for my wife's Bearded Dragon "Kilroy", and my new, as yet unnamed, male poss. 66% het albino BP (visible in the lower half of the picture).

The enclosure measures app. 48" long, by 18" deep, with two levels each about 12" high. Each "floor" is equipped with a UTH. The top of the enclosure is a 1/4" mesh hardware cloth, permitting unrestricted shining of heat and UV light for the beardie (who needs UV light, unlike our BP's). The enclosure is framed in the better quality 2X4's, with 12" x 24" sliding glass fronts secured with "display case" locks. I'm not really worried about locking the fronts per se, but the case locks were the easiest and most secure method of latching the sliding glass closed. The floors of each level are "white board", providing a reasonably strong and water resistant surface. The back is enclosed with 1/8" Lauan plywood, and the ends are closed off with 1/2" pine shelf wood, which can be quickly removed if needed by removing 4 screws (for such things as feeding electric cords through).

The lower level is as yet unlit, though I will probably install a small light bar for easy viewing. I'm using a 9" glass pie plate (bought from a thrift store for 99 cents) for his water dish/soaking "bath". Currently, he has the log to hide behind, but sometime tomorrow I'll pick him up something a little more enclosed for him to crawl under.



Not a real good shot of the new boy, considering I used the flash through the glass front of the enclosure. 2 of his siblings were albinos. He's about 4 months old, feeding on F/T rats, with nice color, a healthy girth, and a friendly disposition. I bought him from "Reptile Fanatics" out of Flagstaff. They had some possible Het Axanthic females, but those were a bit out of the price range, and the ONLY young females at the show.

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