DYI Snake Enclosure Finally Finished

[Moko]

Ok i finally finished my enclosure..... phew....

I started out with a display cabinet.......

 

[Moko]

Then i got some foam + L brackets + thermostat and fitted them to a ply background that i cut to fit where i took the mirror out.

 

[Moko]

Now I got some Vents + Expanding foam from bunings and a branch from Rookwood cemetary and you get the drift ..... And also had some spare pine around and built a hide box which i fitted to the top of the L brackets......

 

[pete12]

pine........ is this for a snake if it is i wouldent use pine it has harmful oils in it

 

[Moko]

Then i got some coloured grout and covered the whole background as pictured.....

 

[Moko]

Ok ..... Then i got water based non toxic wood glue , like aquadear , i used " wellbond " watered down and sealed the pine box and the background. Then i got black + white non toxic water based paint + painted shading on the background and pine box . After that sealed it again several times with watered down Wellbond. Also covered pine box with clear contact inside .

 

[Moko]

Ok .... Finally i added some plants , cages , lighting and vines , wired it all up and voila....

 

[notechistiger]

Wow, that looks good. What's going in it?

 

[Moko]

Wow, that looks good. What's going in it?

Thanx , My Beautiful Ivory + Black Jungle Python ... 11 months .... He loves it already...
He hibernated for the first 2 days in his box , Now he's never gone back in ....

 

[Carpetcleaner]

WOW!!! That is amazing. Good stuff!!!!

 

[ravan]

wow! what a great job.

 

[funcouple]

nice job. well done

 

[Chappy]

Looks Awesome Moko all the hard work pays off when its fully finished and Up and running. Well done.

 

[Tim.Arm]

Great job mate. Looks awsome.

 

[Luke1]

WOW!!! thats sweet!!!! you got any pics with the snake sitting on the branch or facing front on?

pine........ is this for a snake if it is i wouldent use pine it has harmful oils in it

pete...tis only if the pine is treated....

 

[pythons73]

Looks great Moko,a bit of work,payed off bigtime,very nice indeed....

 

[i_LoVe_AnImAlS]

wow soo cool

 

[ogg666]

Goes to show what a little bit of know how and crafty hands can come up with..Very attractive enclosure well done

 

[Carpetcleaner]

Roughly what did it cost you to do all up?

 

[Moko]

Roughly what did it cost you to do all up?

Somewhere between $750 + $900 from start to finish with all the vines , plants , thermostat , lighting , cages and products . And of course the display cabinet.

Thanks to Brian @ http://herpshop.com.au/ for lighting , thermostat , cages + fittings.
and my patient girlfriend for all the crap in the lounge room for a month or so while i fiddled about completing it.

Thanx for all your responses also , greatly appreciated.