Me and the girlfriend were walking around the atlanta IKEA store looking for some things today, and I was keeping my eye out for easy to modify entertainment centers or anything else wood and glass with good dimensions when we saw some tall mostly glass display shelves. We picked one up and took it home to see if it would work like I thought it would. I left off the door and used the glass shelves to give about a little over half of it a top. I'm not too worried about Marley getting out until he is full grown, but I don't want anything falling into his lidless cage either. I'll have to build a screen top for the warm side, so I don't deflect UVB's or heat from the tank.
About the only thing I don't like about it is the metal frame inside, but it's very close to the glass, and Marley can barely even poke his nose between them... so I don't think he would be able to get stuck or anything. It also has no rough edges, which is good. I was also a little worried about him propping on the now vertical bars of the cage to try and climb out, but he can't get close to the top propped all the way up, and by the time he is big enough too the screen side top will have been done for a while.
Here are some pics to give you guys a better idea:
^^The middle piece of the glass "roof" has a black duct tape hinge on the right side so I can open it by pulling on the tab on the left. Works for now I guess, lol.
The dimensions are 64 inches long, 16 inches deep, and 14 tall, so he will have a bit more room to explore and turn around than in his 2 story Rastaterrium v1.0! Marley's doing great, and is almost 14 inches now! I just put some basic decorations in atm, but I have some other plants to pick and choose between to add stuff for him to climb around on.
We're moving into a new apartment soon, So i'm not sure if I will be keeping the 2 story enclosure for a spare/ general storage, or if I will try to sell it. If you live in the atlanta area and would be interested in it (pics are in the photo album) let me know what you would be willing to pay, and I will figure out what I'm gonna do with it.
But let me know what you guys think, it's good to have time to make a thread again! haha.
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How much did it cost you?
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