Varanoidea
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
Starting this thread as a showcase/advice thread for my custom enclosure I'm building for my olive boy. Will post pics/ask advice as I continue working on it with my dad. Only have the chance to work on it on weekends as I juggle two jobs through the week. It is a corner enclosure with a base made out of structural pine with porta panels as walls, which brings me to my first question: The structural pine is internally treated for termites while the porta panels aren't. He will have a melamine floor coated with crommelins and up the panel walls so he won't be coming into contact with the structural pine. Shouldn't do him any harm should it?
Being a corner enclosure it has a few dimensions:
The two back lengths which will be on the wall are 1850 each, while the pieces that come out to connect to the diagonal are 750. Not sure about the length of the diagonal. I will be making the enclosure 1500 high. This is just the internal space and doesn't include the wall thickness/lighting hood on top. I would have liked to make it even bigger but this is the largest I can do within the house. Should still be plenty big enough though, right?
Starting this thread as a showcase/advice thread for my custom enclosure I'm building for my olive boy. Will post pics/ask advice as I continue working on it with my dad. Only have the chance to work on it on weekends as I juggle two jobs through the week. It is a corner enclosure with a base made out of structural pine with porta panels as walls, which brings me to my first question: The structural pine is internally treated for termites while the porta panels aren't. He will have a melamine floor coated with crommelins and up the panel walls so he won't be coming into contact with the structural pine. Shouldn't do him any harm should it?
Being a corner enclosure it has a few dimensions:
The two back lengths which will be on the wall are 1850 each, while the pieces that come out to connect to the diagonal are 750. Not sure about the length of the diagonal. I will be making the enclosure 1500 high. This is just the internal space and doesn't include the wall thickness/lighting hood on top. I would have liked to make it even bigger but this is the largest I can do within the house. Should still be plenty big enough though, right?