Hi All
I have expanded a bit on my collection this year and decided to build a second snake room from my lizard’s mostly and maybe one snake rack. The room will not be Hugh but will be fine for now. It will be 6m long, 2.7 wide and 2.6m high, so there is enough space to build upwards.
My question is.
Seeing that I am building the snake room, why not just spend a bit more and build proper cages for my lizards with bricks. I want to build cages that are 1500x700x1200 for my lizards. I have always used super wood but with my lizards, it is always an issue and I am never happy with the outcome as the wood always looks rather cheaply after a few months and building new cages every 6months have cost me a few bucks, so the above sizes have been tested, and I am happy.
My lizard collection incl. Chinese water dragons, Australian water dragons, basilisk, iguanas and borsch monitors, all of whom need big cages, high humidity and a lot of water in their cages.
So can somebody give me some info and tricks on this build please. I will build the cages with face bricks, tile the bottom of each cage and use bison board tops for the roof (very strong, wide and I will be able to screw my lights in.
For air vents, I will build in some air bricks which should be fine. The "swimming pools" will be tiled for easy cleaning and big filters will be installed.
I just thing that being a proper brick cage, my temps will be easier to regulate and hopefully, help to save a bit on Eskom juice..
Any tips or info will be appreciated. How has done this and how is it working out?
Please do post pictures...
Thanks
Michael