Thanks for the kind words about the DIY project, ya'll. I'm pretty proud of it...especially considering I've never built a piece of 'furniture' before.

It's made, completely, of oak plywood. Took me about two days to build (and six trips to Lowes to get all the materials i wound up needing).

The setup was PERFECT for my cornsnakes...with no worries about ambient temps to be concerned about. Now that I've taken the turn toward BPs, I need some expert chime-ins to help me figure out if I have to 'tweak' it for the new condo tenants.

If ya'll are EVER inclined to build one - go for it. It was a ton of fun to fabricate it, and the pride of ownership is through the roof.M

That said ------ MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE!!!!!

I found that out the hard way.

The plus side being - I've got enough spare material to build a single 36" x 18" x 15" vivarium.....