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17-Apr-06, 09:12 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Gold Coast , Queensland | | | Enclosures Would you rather
Hey i just would like to see whether people prefer to make their own enclosure or buy one . |
17-Apr-06, 09:15 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | what some people want and what some people do are 2 different things. i would love to just buy cages but the reality is its cheaper to build to how i want it done in the first place rather than changing a cage to how i like it. or need it
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17-Apr-06, 09:21 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-05 Location: hunter Gender:  | | | | build i reakon, build how you want, the size you want, materials you want, and most importantly for the reptile you want |
17-Apr-06, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Ricko what some people want and what some people do are 2 different things. i would love to just buy cages but the reality is its cheaper to build to how i want it done in the first place rather than changing a cage to how i like it. or need it | totally agree
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17-Apr-06, 09:27 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Gold Coast , Queensland | | | | yeah i agree with bulding the enclosure also it almost always cheaper and you can make it however you want |
17-Apr-06, 09:34 PM
|  | Sponsor | Join Date: May-04 Location: Melbourne | | | | I love building my own enclosures.
I think Herps inspired my interest in cabinet making ;-)
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17-Apr-06, 09:39 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | I don't have the time to build them. Besides, there are some pretty cheap ones going on here usually, made by people who know a reptiles needs very well, it can't be that much cheaper to build. I wouldn't go to a pet shop for them again but I intend to keep buying them.
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17-Apr-06, 10:11 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Melbourne Gender: | | | | though i have onli bought them i would like to have a crack at building one with my brother some time !
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17-Apr-06, 10:19 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-05 Location: wide bay queensland | | | | i love to make my own enclosures but not always possible. salvos and st vinnies are great place to pick up sideboards with sliding glass doors and cabinets, you only have to look and use your immagination.
cheers.
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18-Apr-06, 06:12 AM
|  | Ford loving Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Penrith, NSW | | | | i also don't have the time to build one as im a shift worker. I would love to build one as i really enjoy creating something i want or need and design it but hey i might just build one for a lizard one day soon |
18-Apr-06, 07:23 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-05 Location: NSW Central | | | | Ide rather build my own, thats only because I have the time and equipment.
Building and selling is another hobby that keeps me busy |
18-Apr-06, 10:08 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Figtree, NSW Age: 32 | | | We just made a couple of melamine enclosures- one 3ft and one 2.5foot...the wood cost us $44.95 for BOTH (and that included cutting-go figure!).
With the other bits and pieces (Screws etc) its probably cost us maybe $60 all up for both -without glass. Am going to make some enquiries about that in the next day or two 
They're neat enclosures, and we learned a few lessons when building them, next time we'll use something other than laminate. Now we're just adding little bits and pieces to get it ready for whatever reptiles we need. We were considering selling one of them to a guy we know who owns a 1 metre adult stimsons- its currently kept in one of those exoterra glass enclosures- the tall one, not the wide one. I don't think that theres enough room for him at all, but he was told by a reptile dealer that it would be sufficient, but the snake looks sssoooo cramped- he's a lovely snake- but he spends all his time curled up because he's got nowhere to stretch out- not even halfway! He has one log to sit under. Thats it.
*Takes a deep breath*.
Anyway- we are finding after having to adapt the enclosure we bought, that it was easy enough to build these enclosures to how we want it. Simple!
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18-Apr-06, 10:43 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Sydney Age: 25 | | | | I like my enclosures to look as impressive as my snakes, and I know that I won't be able to acheive that by making it myself, so I buy them. sure, it might be considered expensive, but it's worth it for a solid and attractive enclosure which can be used for the life of your snake. |
18-Apr-06, 11:32 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | Quote: |
build i reakon, build how you want, the size you want, materials you want, and most importantly for the reptile you want
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Simply not true.
I want my cages made of molded plastic therefore I cannot build them.
Unfortunately i cannot buy the ones i want in Australia either so I'm in a lose lose situation.
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19-Apr-06, 08:17 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Gold Coast , Queensland | | | | lol got some really interesting answers ans so far build the enclosure is winning at 67% and buy enclosure is 33%
with a total of 31 votes keep em coming | | |
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