Okay so I have decided that as a gift to myself for my 23rd Birthday I will get a yearling South Western Carpet.
I want to get a basic vivarium set up even before I get my scaly friend who will initially dwell in a smaller enclosure such as a medium to large click-clack just so that I have plenty of time playing with the thermostats and getting lights and heating in the right places etc.
It was suggested to me that Gumtree.com was a great place to look for vivariums that are already equipped with light fixtures and the likes but it seems to me both quality wise and price wise that I may as well either go a basic DIY or just purchase a vivarium and all the fittings and electrical equipment (timers, heat lamps/pads and thermostats) as it all looks to be about the same to me.
Another alternative would be to ask if anyone here who lives in WA (Perth preferably) might be looking at selling a basic set up fit for a young adult South Western Carpet, globes/mats would not be required although fittings would make removing any error in the design due to misinterpreted instructions on my part much easier.
Yet another alternative would be if anyone could point me to any excellent tutorials here for building or converting furniture into an appropriate vivarium for a semi-arboreal python. I have taken a look around but don't quite know what I am looking at at this point in time :3
Any feed back, advice and links to decent texts will be much appreciated!
I want to get a basic vivarium set up even before I get my scaly friend who will initially dwell in a smaller enclosure such as a medium to large click-clack just so that I have plenty of time playing with the thermostats and getting lights and heating in the right places etc.
It was suggested to me that Gumtree.com was a great place to look for vivariums that are already equipped with light fixtures and the likes but it seems to me both quality wise and price wise that I may as well either go a basic DIY or just purchase a vivarium and all the fittings and electrical equipment (timers, heat lamps/pads and thermostats) as it all looks to be about the same to me.
Another alternative would be to ask if anyone here who lives in WA (Perth preferably) might be looking at selling a basic set up fit for a young adult South Western Carpet, globes/mats would not be required although fittings would make removing any error in the design due to misinterpreted instructions on my part much easier.
Yet another alternative would be if anyone could point me to any excellent tutorials here for building or converting furniture into an appropriate vivarium for a semi-arboreal python. I have taken a look around but don't quite know what I am looking at at this point in time :3
Any feed back, advice and links to decent texts will be much appreciated!