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I am trying to either buy or build a new display cage for my young purple albino retic. I have looked at BoaMaster and Animal Plastics but a buddy of mine who is a machinist says he can build me a cage. I am looking at his supplier's website and am trying to figure out if I should get him to build one and if so what material do you guys like best? The PVC prices on his website seem high compared to already built cages. Any Ideas on where to get PVC sheets? I was thinking melamine but another buddy of mine says if I ever get mites they will bore into it and be a pain to get rid of, anyone else heard that? I know that building a cage has to be at least a little cheaper than buying one or else everyone would just buy one. Just looking for some direction here.

Thanks in advance,
Trey Coates
 
I am also planning on building my own. I live in New Jersey and I found two places near me that I can pick up PVC or ABS. Do a google search with your state and ABS sheets or PVC sheets.
If you take a close look at the animal plastics and repti racks cages, you will see that you can do the same thing yourself for cheaper.
 
Don't listen to your buddy, melamine is fine. plywood cages that are properly sealed also work well. Most of the Boamaster cages are melamine btw.

Melamine heats much easier than plastic cages if that's any concern.
 
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