Building enclosure

[isdrake]

We want to build a new enclosure for our Argentine B/W Tegu. We have had her/him for about two weeks now and it's time to build a prober home.

I admit that's it's not going to be huge, but I think it will be pretty good. ^^
I will post a picture of a simple 3D model I made. It's actually 3 terrariums. The lower is for the tegu. The upper will be divided into two terrariums. One for our beared dragon, and one might be used to breed quails... or for some other lizard... We haven't decided yet.

The bottom surface will be 4,5 square meters.
L 3m D 1.5m H 1.2m
About 0,3 meter will be used for substrate.

The bottom surface will be 14,7 square feet.
L 9,8 feet D 4.9 feet H 3,9 feet
About 0,9 feet will be used for substrate.

Hopefully my boyfriend will start to build somewhere after Christmas/Yule (I'm with my parents during the holidays). We will post photos as soon as we have anything to show.

 

[isdrake]

I'm not home right now but my boyfriend and a friend of his started working on the new terrarium today. It's going to be big.

 

[isdrake]

Another photo on the terrarium for the tegu/tegus...

And this a smaller terrarium that will stand on top of the bigger one. This one will be used for our bearded dragon Zelda.

It's 1,5 x 1 x 0,9 meter

That's about 5 x 3 x 3 feet

 

[Dom3rd]

Looks great so far

 

[pitbulldc]

man thats going to be a great setup. post some pics when its done

 

[isdrake]

I came home last night... I know the terrarium they have been building is big... but it's HUGE!!!

I asked my boyfriend to take a photo while I was inside. And I'm a pretty big girl...

 

[isdrake]

We have both been very busy lately. But we are finally coming somewhere with the small terrarium for our bearded dragon.

1,5 x 1 x 0,9 meters
about 5 x 3.3 x 3 feet (L D H)

 

[isdrake]

It's starting to look like a terrarium now. Moisture barrier, glass, air gaps, lamps. Also managed to get it on top of the large enclosure. It was hard I can tell you. :drool

 

[lazyjr52]

Looks great! Make sure you post pics of the finsihed product

 

[amon60628]

Wow you guys are doing an excellent job.U think ur boyfriend can give me any tips on how to build a proper terrarium?/ :-D

 

[txrepgirl]

Wow. You all are doing a great job with that enclosure . What is that white material you are using inside the enclosure or is it just white paint ?

 

[isdrake]

Thanks for the comments. I will post more photos along the way, and off course then it's finished.

Wow you guys are doing an excellent job.U think ur boyfriend can give me any tips on how to build a proper terrarium?/ :-D

Haha, I'm afraid not. We are just a bunch of noobs, this is our first enclosures that we are building ourselves.

Wow. You all are doing a great job with that enclosure . What is that white material you are using inside the enclosure or is it just white paint ?

I dunno what's it called in English. But it's an special paint that works as a moisture barrier. It's used in bathrooms.

I know it's probably unnecessary for a bearded dragon. But I wanted to be on the safe side, and besides, it makes the cleaning easier.

I'm a little concerned how we will make a good moisture barrier for the Tegus though. Since they burrow a lot and has big claws. The problem is that whole enclosure must able to break apart.

 

[laurarfl]

I wonder if it would be like Kiltz paint here in America? It is a beautiful enclosure!

 

[Pikey]

to make a water proof bottom for big lizards(w/ big claws) is to do that paint you're using then tile the floor & up the sides a foot or 2

 

[TanMan57]

Or you could just use shower board and caulking

 

[isdrake]

Today I tried to make a fake rock. The goal is to make some sort of good looking background. But I'm starting small so that I will get used to the materials.

I'm pretty pleased with the result considering it's my first attempt. It's made of polyurethane resin, sand and paint.

 

[isdrake]

And another one.

 

[TEGUASAUROUS]

Pretty awesome rock I must say. Rocks are very hard to copy because they are so unique and individual, but it looks like a rock to me! There is a material out there called Boulder Image that is real fun to work with and its as strong as real concrete only its very light weight. I will be posting pics tonight of some, I built almost my kids entire enclosure out of it.

 

[isdrake]

Pretty awesome rock I must say. Rocks are very hard to copy because they are so unique and individual, but it looks like a rock to me! There is a material out there called Boulder Image that is real fun to work with and its as strong as real concrete only its very light weight. I will be posting pics tonight of some, I built almost my kids entire enclosure out of it.

That sound like an awesome materials. I would love to see some photos.

 

[isdrake]

Here comes some updates. Now it actually looks like a terrarium.

Front view.

Side view.