chambabysitter1
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I finished making Chameleo Estevez a cage this weekend. It actually took me a couple weeks to make, but I had to go out of town, let it dry, etc. It was inspired by Silverdusk's PVC enclosure.
It was super easy to build, and we have a lot of free zipties and some piping at the house. I have no carpentry skills, I don't have many tools, heck, I hate measuring.
The cost mostly came from rolls of netting and joints for the pvc.
1. 3/4 inch PVC Piping
2. 3/4 inch elbows, slip
3. PVC Pipe Cutters
4. Zip Ties
5. Hardware Net. (Check the back by all the fencing in the gardening section)
6. I spraypainted it black to look nice, make sure the paint bonds and is waterproof.
I eyeballed most of the measurements. Nothing perfect here.
Put it all together, and check if it fit.
Spraypainted, then ziptied back together. Door hinge made from zipties.
Few things I learned that could save on zipties. Have a "friend" sit on the inside of the cage, and do the corner of 2 walls at once, that way you use half the zipties you would, if you just did 1 wall at a time.
The beauty is, I could have made it as big or as small as I wanted. I followed the typical 2x2x4 design because I am not too creative.
At 4 feet, he was really upset with the height, so I boosted it up with some crates, that fixed his glitch. Ziptied some branches in, I love zipties.
Ziptied a thermometer to a spot it wouldn't fall. The catch is made from some velcro zipties we had at the house.
Pretty much everything you see was saved by the glory and grace of the marvelous ziptie.
That is our neighbor's grape vines growing around the outside of his cage. They absorb the heat in a major chunk of the cage, so he always has a nice cool retreat in the back, while having plenty of access to direct sunlight in the front corner.
Now enjoy some Chameleo Updates.
His attitude has totally shifted. He is agressive, but doesn't bob his head nearly as much, and has much more bark than bite. Not the other way around anymore.
Overall, he is fitting in really well here, and enjoys hand feeding, walks to his mister, and for the most part is pretty friendly.
Checkin his digs out, trying to find escape hatches.
Not biting me for once.
Taken a couple weeks ago. He is getting pretty big, he is a bit bigger now.
Firing up during a misting session. As soon as you bust out the camera, he gets so angry!
Last but not least, video evidence of him not raging all the time anymore.
Feeding
Enjoying a mist, despite the horrid choking noises the mister made.
It was super easy to build, and we have a lot of free zipties and some piping at the house. I have no carpentry skills, I don't have many tools, heck, I hate measuring.
The cost mostly came from rolls of netting and joints for the pvc.
1. 3/4 inch PVC Piping
2. 3/4 inch elbows, slip
3. PVC Pipe Cutters
4. Zip Ties
5. Hardware Net. (Check the back by all the fencing in the gardening section)
6. I spraypainted it black to look nice, make sure the paint bonds and is waterproof.
I eyeballed most of the measurements. Nothing perfect here.
Put it all together, and check if it fit.
Spraypainted, then ziptied back together. Door hinge made from zipties.
Few things I learned that could save on zipties. Have a "friend" sit on the inside of the cage, and do the corner of 2 walls at once, that way you use half the zipties you would, if you just did 1 wall at a time.
The beauty is, I could have made it as big or as small as I wanted. I followed the typical 2x2x4 design because I am not too creative.
At 4 feet, he was really upset with the height, so I boosted it up with some crates, that fixed his glitch. Ziptied some branches in, I love zipties.
Ziptied a thermometer to a spot it wouldn't fall. The catch is made from some velcro zipties we had at the house.
Pretty much everything you see was saved by the glory and grace of the marvelous ziptie.
That is our neighbor's grape vines growing around the outside of his cage. They absorb the heat in a major chunk of the cage, so he always has a nice cool retreat in the back, while having plenty of access to direct sunlight in the front corner.
Now enjoy some Chameleo Updates.
His attitude has totally shifted. He is agressive, but doesn't bob his head nearly as much, and has much more bark than bite. Not the other way around anymore.
Overall, he is fitting in really well here, and enjoys hand feeding, walks to his mister, and for the most part is pretty friendly.
Checkin his digs out, trying to find escape hatches.
Not biting me for once.
Taken a couple weeks ago. He is getting pretty big, he is a bit bigger now.
Firing up during a misting session. As soon as you bust out the camera, he gets so angry!
Last but not least, video evidence of him not raging all the time anymore.
Feeding
Enjoying a mist, despite the horrid choking noises the mister made.
