The interior wood (maple) is already prefinished. It's a product I use throughout the cabinets I build, all zero formaldehyde. Exterior is also maple but that I had my painter laquer with another job. The entire thing is somewhat of a compromise. Practicality would seem to call for tubs, but for an 8 year olds pet snake that wasn't going to fly. A fish tank without a stand and enclosure of some kind to house all the heaters and controls seemed strange to me as well so I just built what I wanted, using the criteria found here and elsewhere. I'll say this: it wasn't cheap! But there also wasn't anything like it out there to buy for any reasonable amount of money.
Still wondering if I should go get a live rat and put him in there today
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