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Breeding Room

ace9916 said:
Tom have you ever had trouble or an issue with the dragons trying to touch or accidently touching the heat lamps.
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I have had babies jump off of cage furniture and and climb up on the fixtures before. But because if the 15 watt bulbs i guess it never hurt hurt him. ( i am referring to one baby in particular who did it every day). but i moved the half log away from the fixture to where he couldnt do it any more.
 
Sounds good I thought about making mine that right but then I got a little scared that they might burn themselves with the lamps. I need to make a few more I might try your height this time and see howyvit goes. Thanks
 
These are my new Baby tanks it is 5 tanks high 4 of the tanks are one unit the 5th sits on top because if I have to move it out of the house it would not fit out a door.

4' x 2' x 16"
 
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those are nice. what kind of wood did you use?

did you build them yourself or buy them from somebody. was looking to make some baby cages very soon so am just trying to gather as much info.

thanks
 
ACE i believe your referring to my cages but i house baby dragons in those cages
sorry it took me so long to reply did not realize i had deleted this thread



Your right those were yours. how many babies do you keep per side, and what wattage heat bulbs do you use.
 
HowlinGaleDragons said:
These are my new Baby tanks it is 5 tanks high 4 of the tanks are one unit the 5th sits on top because if I have to move it out of the house it would not fit out a door.

4' x 2' x 16"
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What do you use for the floor of the cages. Is it the same type of wood or something easier to clean like melamine?

I noticed you have dimmers in your cages what use those for? does it control just the heat source or everything wired in line to it?
 
ace9916 said:
Your right those were yours. how many babies do you keep per side, and what wattage heat bulbs do you use.
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This is a start on the baby condos i'm building i use a 35 watt bulb in the bottom cage and a 25 watt bulb in the top cage, as i'm in the basement of my house so its a little bit cooler so i need to use a little bit more wattage. I still have yet to build the next 3 cages that go on top of these but the measurments are 36"x16"x12" i can house up to 20 babies in here for a few months till i would need to split them up
 
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We must have been typing at the same time.

I like the new ones as well. That was another debate of mine was to split 4ft cage or to make smaller ones.

I have another question this can be for anyone what kind of rails does use for the sliding window? And where do you purchase them from?
 
It is a custom built tank my friend and I did I have built all of my tanks never bought one yet as I prefer being able to make it exactly how I want it. The whole stack is 5 tanks tall but 4 of the tanks are all in one unit we did this because if It was all 5 in one unit it would not fit threw a door so the 5th tank sits on top and secures kind of like a puzzle the bottom of the top tank has some strong wood pieces that stick up and on the bottom of the 5th tank it has cut outs so it sits right on; no risk of it falling then. Each tank is 4 Foot long by 2 foot wide by 16 inches tall with sliding plexy glass fronts; each tank has a UVB Strip with two light sockets one for day basking bulbs the other for night heat bulbs when it gets cooler here. The switch you can see on the UVB strip is what controls this when I turn the UV off for the night I flick that switch and the red light comes right on; it is also set up for a timer which I need to go out an get so I don't have to do it by hand. The inside of the tank is made from Luan and the outside is Hardwood Plywood in between those layers on the back and sides is 1/2" House hold insulation this lets me use smaller lights without losing any heat. Each tank also has a good size vent on each side one vent is at the bottom of the tank and the opposite vent at the top this allows proper air flow; each vent also has a screen cover so no babies or crickets can get out. My friend and I are going to start building these tanks to sell as a lot of people have been asking about getting some made especially here locally.
 
HowlinGaleDragons said:
It is a custom built tank my friend and I did I have built all of my tanks never bought one yet as I prefer being able to make it exactly how I want it. The whole stack is 5 tanks tall but 4 of the tanks are all in one unit we did this because if It was all 5 in one unit it would not fit threw a door so the 5th tank sits on top and secures kind of like a puzzle the bottom of the top tank has some strong wood pieces that stick up and on the bottom of the 5th tank it has cut outs so it sits right on; no risk of it falling then. Each tank is 4 Foot long by 2 foot wide by 16 inches tall with sliding plexy glass fronts; each tank has a UVB Strip with two light sockets one for day basking bulbs the other for night heat bulbs when it gets cooler here. The switch you can see on the UVB strip is what controls this when I turn the UV off for the night I flick that switch and the red light comes right on; it is also set up for a timer which I need to go out an get so I don't have to do it by hand. The inside of the tank is made from Luan and the outside is Hardwood Plywood in between those layers on the back and sides is 1/2" House hold insulation this lets me use smaller lights without losing any heat. Each tank also has a good size vent on each side one vent is at the bottom of the tank and the opposite vent at the top this allows proper air flow; each vent also has a screen cover so no babies or crickets can get out. My friend and I are going to start building these tanks to sell as a lot of people have been asking about getting some made especially here locally.
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I'v considered using insulation in some of my cages. But had a few second thouhts about it and never fallowed through with it. Then I never really met anyone thats tried using it or done it either. In southern cali it gets hot in the summer do you think the insulation would help keep the outside heat out aswell as my desired inside heat in the cage.
 
ace9916 said:
I have another question this can be for anyone what kind of rails does use for the sliding window? And where do you purchase them from?
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This is where i get my track for 1/4" glass. 60 cents a foot you can't beat that anywhere else and that includes the top track and the bottom track.
 
What type of rails are they plastic or metal. The price is great I think I pay 10 dollars for 4' top and bottom without shipping.
 
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