anyone on hear have a room sized cage? im about to build one that will be 8ft x 7ft. it will be more of a pen then a cage. im going to use sheets of melomine for easy of cleaning. it will be a big box with small gate for me to get in and out to clean. and a seperate 3ft x 8ft tortoise pen up top.
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room sized cage ???? anyone????
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I would line the bottom surfaces (that hold the substrate) with vinyl flooring (over plywood) and seal the corners with silicone. Once the melamine is scratched moisture will get through and make the particle board swell, causing more damage.
ya i was thinking of that, like using a linolium floor panels. good thing is it is for my rhinos and they like it pretty dry, ive never seen the female drink in 6 yrs. they have just a small water bowl, so moisture isnt a real big problem i made a tortoise pen a yrs ago with the floor panels over plywood and it worked great. pen lasted 12 yrs. this cage will be indoors. thanks
well its pretty much done. im still working and changing lighting but it is built and came out great. big cage is 10ftx 12ft and tortoise pen is 8ft x 3.5 ft with 2ft extra for sleeping quarters. some step by step pics.
room before cage just painted...
built before turtle pen
and pen.
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room before cage just painted...
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Awesome, what did you end up making it out of? Melamine?
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THAT is just too awesome!
Boy you really got my wheels spinning about my enclosure to come!
I too have a spare room AND my bedroom is about the same size as my living room only different arrangement. I'll need 2 like that before it's over so yeah. Hmm...how much did you wind up spending on all that if you don't mind sharing. I'm thinking my next bonus is going to be shot already on some such! :mrgreen:
THAT is just too awesome!
Boy you really got my wheels spinning about my enclosure to come!
I too have a spare room AND my bedroom is about the same size as my living room only different arrangement. I'll need 2 like that before it's over so yeah. Hmm...how much did you wind up spending on all that if you don't mind sharing. I'm thinking my next bonus is going to be shot already on some such! :mrgreen:
yes i went with melimene, and vinal flooing. but one of the goals i had with this cage was to make it out of recycled materils, i got the melimene from a office building that they were redoing all of this was going to the garbage. the vinal flooring i got at home depot in the $5 bin not really recycled but close. and the caulk i had to buy, the 2x3 i had here from another project. all cost me about $40 including paint for walls wich was also in the $5 bin. but i did price it all out before i made cage and it came to around $250 wich is pretty cheap for such a large cage. i stayed away from the whole glass thing to expensive and plexi scratches to easy so i came up with the pen idea. if u need any help let me know this was so easty to make.
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Wow alot larger than I thought it would be, the animals should like it, just add a TV on animal planet and they should be set!
