DIY ,things you have made !

[bohdi13]

those pics are amazing mate you have really good hands on ya!

[Reptar859]

Looks tops wat r the hides made out of I'm keen to give it a go. And wat paint should I use

I made the hides from of styrofoam. They have been grouted.painted ,then varnished. The best paints are non toxic water based acrylics. Have a go at it its not that hard and there are plenty of good video tutorials on youtube. Good luck.

[CameronWright]

just finished my first rat rack!!
i used 1"x2" for the top wire mesh things and 2"x2" for the frame waiting on the watering system to come

[bohdi13]

thats sweet !

[JrFear]

Here's a few

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They are old tv cabinets the I sanded back, revarnished, sealed. Carved the background out, grout, painted and sealed. Same with the matching hide and cut some wood to size.

Its very soothing to build and create stuff

hey where did you get the vines from and how much were they ? or did u make them?

[o-Lara-o]

hey where did you get the vines from and how much were they ? or did u make them?

Bought them from a pet shop. It was about $60 for a really long one that I cut down to size.

[thomasssss]

JrFear , if you get out into the bush in a nice sort of rainforest area you can find that same vine( dont know what its called) in abundances just look around trees but once you cut it up and let the pieces dry it becomes really light weight and you can screw it up like o-lara-o has

[Masonwells]

I had a spare hour today so I finally built a enclosure for a rock wall that been sitting in the shed for about a year.

[Venomous_RBB]

This is a bar/hatchy rack I made for a frend, I put a silky oak slab on top and miniorb on the front it has 1 x 9m heatcord
and fits about 3 clic clacks in each section, sorry I dont have a pic of the end product I have to get it.



These are some cages I made for a frends tree snakes, to go with his plastic ones.

Now that would be a hatchy rack I would use, that looks superb

[woody101]

My new Diamond cage Made from pine / sanded and stained. 1500 x 1300 x 900

[kr0nick]

just finished my first rat rack!!
i used 1"x2" for the top wire mesh things and 2"x2" for the frame waiting on the watering system to come

Are those tubs deep enough for the rats to be able to stand upright?
I have heard that it is extremely cruel if they do not have enough cage height. If they get some out of the tub time I guess it won't matter

[crocka79]

Have just finished redoing this enclosure, was a twin now triple. started off as a bare 4ft glass aquarium.

[DarwinBrianT]

Thats very cool crocka79! Well done. I like it.

[davobmx]

[Trouble]

My 5 bay enclosure set up that my dad & I built last year -
Mum showing how tall the enclosures are (she's 150cm)




- our helper (R.I.P Jetz)





Cabinet/Bookshelf conversions







and Olive python enclosure in progress


In the planning stage, 2 level Bearded Dragon enclosure with storage




Just a heads up - this is why I don't use heat mats, and never will again!