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I finally got my cage done. Its been working out great. I will get more details on it later. Let me know what you think.
 
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I can't remember the name of the stain I used, but it starts with a P. Then I sealed it with 3 coats of minwax polyurethane. The floor is covered with vinyl, which I used hot glue to seal around the edges, which works great because it seals well, easy to apply, drys almost instantly and if I need to pull up the floor for a repair I can do so. I did staple the corners to keep the vinyl tight. It is working out great. This set up is working so good, especially as far as heating goes.
 
Those are some real nice cages Jeremy. Very impressive. Your kid has true OG stance! lol
 
I got the rack installed on the bottom and its working great. I gotta watch my temps though, in a large wooden cage like this its hard to have even heating from bottom to top. It took about 3 days to get it right.
 
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Nice looking cages Jeremy!

Homemade cages look so much better then all glass aquariums, i built my own just thought I'd ad a picture
 
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Nice Rack, LOL! Do the doors swing open or do they fold down? They will look great once they are up and housing reptiles. Would be great to see them with lights on and complete setup, Good Work!
 
I have a question about updating my ventilation in my custom wood cages. Right now I basically just have a series of 3/8'' holes drilled on the sides of each section of caging. I am suspicious if this is good enough ventilation. What I was thinking was cutting a 2''x12'' slot in each caging, screen it in and put wood trim around the screen to give it a window look. What are your thoughts on this? By the way, rather than take new pictures of the cage, I just figured I would use "paint" to show what I am trying to do.
 

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I'll count the holes in my boamasters when I get home. Once has appx 40 - 3/8th holes in the front and 12 - 3/8" x 3" slots in the back. The other just has the slots in the back. Both hold humidity well and seems to vent fine over the last month or so.

Sweet rack BTW Jeremy!
 
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I'll count the holes in my boamasters when I get home. Once has appx 40 - 3/8th holes in the front and 12 - 3/8" x 3" slots in the back. The other just has the slots in the back. Both hold humidity well and seems to vent fine over the last month or so.

Sweet rack BTW Jeremy!
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Thanks! I also have some crooked holes drilled into the front plexiglass which I should have never done. "Never drink beer in the final stages of a cage", lol. I am definitely in need of more ventilation then, I have maybe 8 holes on the side of each cage and 8 in the front. I am noticing when a boa defecates the smell is strong inside the cage, which tells me maybe I don't have good enough ventilation. I have an older boa that is a rescue and a month or so ago she relapsed with an RI, I am trying to make sure ventilation isn't the cause. The air just seems stale inside the cage if you know what I mean.
 
Yeah I get the same thing with the smell. I learned quick how much better they hold humidity too.

BTW, the inside of my boa masters are appx 46"x30"x12"
 
These 2 pictures kinda of gives you an idea of how it all came together. The cage looks great, but I have been running into some sealing issues. The lenoleum isn't working as good as it has in past cages. I need to do something different with the flooring to prevent water from contacting flexwatt. Any ideas? I have 1 cage open, so I can repair each cage induvidually as needed and switch snakes around. But I am in a tough position since the snakes are in the cage. What shall I do?

By the way, water is being spilled out of a couple of the water bowls, something I never had a problem with past boas, so this was never a problem for me. The next cage I build will be able to hold water like a :censored: aquarium.
 

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Just to show how far I have came along with cage building, here is the previous cage I built. This one works much better, although I didn't have the sealing issues with the previous cage. I used actual sylicone to seal the sides on this cage, the newest one I used hot glue. Changed sealants mostly due to toxicity of sylicones.
 

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I would buy a big roll of linoleum and cut it to the size of the entire floor and then caulk where the walls meet the linoleum. Or, if you are using 12" squares, maybe caulk around the square? Or, lay down a 12" (square) piece of plywood thats 3/8" or thicker and then put the flexwatt on and then the linoleum and seal with epoxy. That way it's still a mobile unit.
 
Will it be safe to use a sealant or sylicone with the snakes present in the other cages. I mean, the cages are seperated, share no ventilation holes. But what I had planned was re-sealing the cage that is empty first, let it dry for 3-4 days, then place a snake in there, then repeat process in each empty cage as I move snakes around. Good enough plan? Because, truthfully, the hot glue is what is causing all these problems. It won't stay in place.
 
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