Its Done!

[Kain Prestwood]

Well it's took a couple of days to finish, but I have got there.





With abit of wood from B&Q and the use of my mates tools, I have built my first enclosures!

It's cost about a tenner to build, theres 3 compartments which are a foot square. It's just a basic frame with ply attached. The lids are little frames with netting for ventilation, the whoke thing has duct tape edging which I think looks pretty smart.

I must say I'm pretty damn pleased with it. I just hope my G rosea and P scrofa will too!

Kain

[Daniel Carpenter]

Wow....well...well done mate it looks amazing....just out of intrest how are you planning to heat it ? Anyways brill job.
Dan.

[Daniel Carpenter]

Dont get the wrong end of the stick, i anit being picky or nout just that...i have one like this ( just one tank ) and though i could not heat it because the wood at the back would not let that much heat though??
Dan.

[Kain Prestwood]

Well I have already tested if the heat would come through the wood at the back, and it does (heat mats) However the room the spiders are in are warm anyway.

If not I will drill small holes in the back where the heat mat will attach which will let heat through.

Kain

[Daniel Carpenter]

Cheers kain this helps me, although i should have just done what you did and test...
Cheers,
Dan.

[Kain Prestwood]

No worries mate.

We now have occupents!



P scrofa and L parahybana 3rd area is empty for now.

Temp is registering 26.C so should be ok.

Kain

[Larry Shone]

looks good, I dont think Ive ever seen a woden t enclosure before,makes a nice change.
The Ts are in there are they, I think I just see one on the left hand side.

[Daniel Carpenter]

Looks very good they have a lot of space...witch is nice.
Dan.

[Robin Johannessen]

Very nice enclosures
Do you know how the wood will react to the humidity in your tanks?

Greets
Robin

[Neil Ashby]

Ive tried keeping T`s in a similar wooden enclosure but encountered mould growing up the wood , so dont let the sides get too damp if poss !

well done in making it tho , gives you a lot of satisfaction doesnt it ?

I built my enclosure first and then had all the glass tanks made to measure from a local firm . At £9 per glass tank with lids, i thought it was very reasonable . To finish , i covered the backs with the photographic backgrounds you buy from pet shops and taped around every edge with normal black tape .

[Robin Johannessen]

I know some guys that uses a chemical on their wood enclosures that is usually used when building bathrooms. When the chemical is dry, you can paint on it. The chemical makes the wood waterproof.

[Barbara Gittings]

It's done

Nice enclosures Kain.

Well done looks like all your hard work was worth it.


Barbara

[Colin D Wilson]

looks good, I dont think Ive ever seen a woden t enclosure before,makes a nice change.

Larry, apart from the hatchling boxes that i've just started using for my breeding selection of T's, I've nearly always used wooden display cages, I've had the odd experiment with aquariums and other petpal styles but always come back to my alltime favorite.
It's a nice sense of achievement when you've made them and they're all setup with a T in them. When you have them at the correct temp, the wood insulates against drafts etc.


Top left: G Rosea / bottom left: A Geniculata / Top right: L Parahybana / Bottom right: Pandinus Imperator
Top cage Now used for Pandinus cavimanus / hatchling box had P regalis sling in it before moved to wall enclosure


Two of my wall enclosures
left: P regalis / right: A Avic
Red lights for nightime viewing (dimmable)

[Daniel Carpenter]

Both fantastic cages...i am gonna have to bulid something like this so it is all set up for when i come back from the show.
Dan