Three New Enclosures

Postby **Scincoides** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:50 pm

I needed new caging for some of the Northerns, and a very close friend who also conveniently own a small reptile shop, offered to build some for me. We went down to his workshop today and had a blast hanging out and building cages. We spent ten hours with him and his family, and ended up with three awesome cages for less than the cost of one of my vision cages. The cages measure 50 inches long x 28 inches deep x 32 inches tall. I know the extra height wasn't necessary, but Richard C. swears up and down that Northerns will utilize vertical space if its provided to them, so i figured, why not give it a shot. The stack weighs a ton, but they look nice and i think the skinks will love them. These new cages will go to Lisa, Ronan, and James Wilsons 2012 baby Darwin when she gets here. Ill post a few more pics tomorrow when the silicone dries and i can set them up and get the doors mounted.

Dakota · Postby **Dakota** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:01 am

Awesome!

Mimo · Postby **Mimo** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:16 am

looks really nice ^^
and i also think they use vertical space though i'm not an expert yet :p

Just bought my bluey saturday and i already saw him/her climbing to a cave on the top right i made.

Postby **Richard.C** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:35 am

nice looking bank,double floorings a great idea,person in top cage shows how big they are

StaceyLeigh · Postby **StaceyLeigh** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:10 am

Very nice!

Postby **Scincoides** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:35 am

Thanks. We were trying to eliminate as much heat transfer as possible with the double flooring, it also gave me the ability to hide all the power cords and run them through the back into the timer. I'm going to try to attach some cork to the back and offer lots of climbing options within the next few weeks. See if big fat T.s.I will climb if given the opportunity.

lucasrusinak · Postby **lucasrusinak** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:03 am

Valley Reptiles wrote:Thanks. We were trying to eliminate as much heat transfer as possible with the double flooring, it also gave me the ability to hide all the power cords and run them through the back into the timer. I'm going to try to attach some cork to the back and offer lots of climbing options within the next few weeks. See if big fat T.s.I will climb if given the opportunity.

thats a great idea! nothing is more obnoxious than having a huge mess of chords hanging out. especially with such nice looking cages like those! they came out great! i built mine too at the end of the summer. not as nice and clean as yours, but definitely an improvement from the old 55 gallon and i had a great time building it!

I have a 3-4 month old northern and i dont think i've ever seen him climb much. but then again, hes still a shy little guy

bluetonguerocks · Postby **bluetonguerocks** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:10 am

very nice, good job!

Dakota · Postby **Dakota** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:13 am

I have always wanted to build a cage like this, seems too difficult (I'm a vegetable).

bluetonguerocks · Postby **bluetonguerocks** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:18 am

and I'm a vegetarian (watch out, Dakota! :tasty:

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Postby **Richard.C** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:42 am

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took kids to melbourne zoo the other day,always get ideas in my head after leaving the reptile house,lol

this cage has centralian blueys,hosmer skinks and frillies,the centralians were climbing all over raised area,the only lizard that dropped to low area was a female frilly,now where can i find some room,lol

Postby **Scincoides** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:45 am

Ok well I know what I'm building next. That looks amazing. Now I just need to find some centralians

Postby **Richard.C** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:11 pm

haha,thought u might like it,its one exhibit that keeps me going back to look at and get crazy ideas,normally it just has frillies and hosmers,but centralians usual exhibit was getting refurbished ,probably for something else

Toria Dawn · Postby **Toria Dawn** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:04 pm

Wow those look great. Must be pretty sturdy! I can't wait to see them all set up with skinks in them!

bluetonguerocks wrote:and I'm a vegetarian (watch out, Dakota! )

Postby **Scincoides** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:08 pm

They should be pretty sturdy. The stack weighs far more than I do. I'm a massive human being (i look like a slightly less hairy Sasquatch) and I still destroyed my back trying to get it in the house. Even with help.

Kurt · Postby **Kurt** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:59 pm

Awesome build! I wish I was handy enough to build my own enclosures.

Postby **Jeff** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:21 pm

Very nice! What kind of doors are you going to put on them?

Postby **Scincoides** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:24 pm

The doors are just framed tempered glass with piano hinges. I actually just got them on, but since I'm exhausted and not handy at all, they are a little uneven.

Postby **Jeff** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:29 pm

Lol! I still want to see pictures. Also, was trying to figure out how to say your wife and baby are beautiful without sounding creepy. That Shannon guy concerns me a bit though. :wink:

Postby **Scincoides** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:33 pm

Haha well thank you, and Shannon is kinda creepy, but he's good natured creepy so its cool. Hes a forty year old man that looks like he's fifteen. I'm taking pics now, they should be up in fifteen

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