saximus
Almost Legendary
This is my first attempt at one of these; all of my other enclosures are made from scratch. It is going to be for my albino Darwin so I wanted something a bit fancier that is all black to contrast with her colours. I cheated with the "paint" and went for pond sealer. It has small particles in it so it gives a really cool rough texture and it's the perfect mixture of gloss and matte for my taste. It also means I don't have to use another sealer afterwards to make it water/poo proof.
So here it is. I hope you guys like it.
Before I started mutilating it:
After a coat of paint and a litter dam:
Added the top basking shelf:
Added the lower basking shelf:
Shower drains make quite nice looking air vents:
A couple of coats of paint for the shelves and the front frame, installed the heat emitter and some glass tracks:
Some LED strip lighting all the way around the inside:
The (almost) finished product:
I just need to bribe a friend who works with glass to make me some doors and it will be done.
Total cost: about $250 including heat emitter and using scrap melamine and dowel I had from old projects.
So here it is. I hope you guys like it.
Before I started mutilating it:
After a coat of paint and a litter dam:
Added the top basking shelf:
Added the lower basking shelf:
Shower drains make quite nice looking air vents:
A couple of coats of paint for the shelves and the front frame, installed the heat emitter and some glass tracks:
Some LED strip lighting all the way around the inside:
The (almost) finished product:
I just need to bribe a friend who works with glass to make me some doors and it will be done.
Total cost: about $250 including heat emitter and using scrap melamine and dowel I had from old projects.