Outdoor Monitor pen is nearly done FINALLY.

[wolfy-hound]

Yep, it's taken months of work off and on and zero help from anyone else. I've done all the construction myself. The wire is 1/2 x 1 inch WELDED galvanized wire to stand up to monitor lizard boredom. The wire and frame is put together with all screws, no nails. I'll protect the plywood on the inside with lighter weight wire so she can't scratch it. The floor is not only brick, but a layer of the same welded wire, which folds up outside the frame, sandwiched with an outer pinning board.

The roof is similarly, wire, folded down outside the frame and pinned in place with an outer board. I used over 6 POUNDS of screws putting it together. It's been designed and built for the purpose of containing a big annoyed monitor. Moggie should be pleased with it.

The substrate will be dirt, vermiculite and mulch mixed, a large tub she can soak in and logs. I still will build a hide box that will have a heat bulb installed(wire separating lizard from bulb of course). In winter I will be able to hang heat lamps inside and cover the entire outside of the pen with plastic. Since it's Florida, I don't have nearly as much worry over cold weather. She's lived outside before in a similar pen.

I have a lot of pictures of the building if anyone is interested. But for right now, I thought I'd share because I'm excited it's almost done. If it were not raining today I'd have the last board in place.