greggles91
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Hey Every one,
Being a UNI student and loving my reptiles i find it hard to spend 30-60 dollars on lamps, reflectors etc id prefer to spend it on quality food and bigger enclosures. I'm sure I'm not the only one who struggles to part with their money on such things especially when we need so many of them and constantly having new reptiles coming in.
so attached i have some pics of the ones i have made from empty soft drink cans. They aren't anything special and were just something that i made up really quick and i must admit a bit rough
BUT they work! The temps are higher with these on compared to the light just on-top of the enclosure facing down.
if any one is wondering why the two at the top of the enclosure are just a can straight up and down and not flared out it is because the top of the enclosure is glass with a relatively thing section of mesh running through the middle, so the can actually fit in nicely forcing all heat down and through the mesh.
as for the UVB reflector it seems to work great and is a great little add on. As for how much UVB it reflects i have no idea but it is for a common tree snake so don't need to much UVB as some keepers down even use it at all.
Very simple hope you all like it and maybe even get inspired to think of better ideas.
tell me what you think
Being a UNI student and loving my reptiles i find it hard to spend 30-60 dollars on lamps, reflectors etc id prefer to spend it on quality food and bigger enclosures. I'm sure I'm not the only one who struggles to part with their money on such things especially when we need so many of them and constantly having new reptiles coming in.
so attached i have some pics of the ones i have made from empty soft drink cans. They aren't anything special and were just something that i made up really quick and i must admit a bit rough
BUT they work! The temps are higher with these on compared to the light just on-top of the enclosure facing down.
if any one is wondering why the two at the top of the enclosure are just a can straight up and down and not flared out it is because the top of the enclosure is glass with a relatively thing section of mesh running through the middle, so the can actually fit in nicely forcing all heat down and through the mesh.
as for the UVB reflector it seems to work great and is a great little add on. As for how much UVB it reflects i have no idea but it is for a common tree snake so don't need to much UVB as some keepers down even use it at all.
Very simple hope you all like it and maybe even get inspired to think of better ideas.
tell me what you think