Yes, I’m still just not sure since I’m not handy with tools and cutting holes etc. I think I need to get something to make legs for my reptibreeze XL that gets here Tuesday then I’ll have to get a large tub to put it in. I’ll have to use a turkey baster to remove the water from the tub and put in pail to dump it out. I have a shower curtain to put around it to.
I think you having to rely on drainage using a turkey baster will get cumbersome (and messy). I too racked my brain over drainage ideas for the Reptibreeze XL cage. Here is what I ended up deciding on and wanted to share it with you:
Like you, I’m not very handy with tools and cutting holes. I saw that some were drilling holes into their Dragon Strand drainage trays and installing bulkheads in them, but I wouldn’t have any idea how to go about doing that myself (and not totally screw it up). I looked into washing machine and air conditioner condensate drainage trays, and for us not so handy types I think they are a great solution. Most of these trays come with a bulkhead attached, including the one I‘ll be linking you to here:
https://www.supplyhouse.com/Diversi...ndensate-Drain-Pan-28-x-28-Overall-Dimensions
You don’t have to be handy with tools for this part! Poke or drill some holes into the bottom plate of the Reptibreeze cage (
@Gingero over at Neptune the Chameleon on YouTube drilled small holes into the center of Neptune’s cage bottom for this same purpose. I know it’s visible in a couple of videos, but I can’t remember which
sorry about that!). Place your larger potted plants near drain holes. The weight of the potted plants should create enough of a dip in the cage bottom that gravity will cause excess water to flow toward holes you drilled and drain out into the tray below. You’ll also want to have your cage elevated above the water in your condensate drainage tray. I’ll be using plastic appliance risers for this:
https://www.amazon.com/Anti-vibrati...ywords=appliance+risers&qid=1624823179&sr=8-3
Get some cheap tubing and a bucket from the hardware store, run the tube through the bulkhead attachment already installed in the tray above and have that tube run into your bucket. To get everything to drain into the bucket and avoid standing water in the tray, you can place a 1/4“ thick piece of wood beneath the two back corners of the condensate tray at the bottom. This will elevate the drainage tray and cage above it forward or backward slightly (that depends on whether you want the bulkhead in the tray to drain from behind or in front), but it shouldn’t be noticeable and your cham won’t mind (these aren’t my ideas, by the way! I dug through old threads on this forum trying to come up with ideas for drainage.)
Hope this helps!
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