Rocky
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Unfortunately at the moment my camera is on the fritz so I don't have pictures to show you finished products of this cage type but this is how i just made my new cage for my veiled.
I originally bought a Black Wire Storage thing from target to add a few shelves/storage to my bedroom and I realized that it could be made into a cage very easily.
Black Wire Storage Kit From Target
It basically comes in 14.5 inch squares that can be put together in anyway. One kit is about $20 and comes with 23 squares.
I made my cage in a cube type thing that has 3 sides all 3 squares by 2 squares which makes it 43 inches x 29 inches.
That uses up 18 squares. Then you need a top. The top for mine was 4 squares which made it 29inx29in.
So really you only have one square left. This one that i had left i put in the top corner for a pothos plant to hang from.
I then cut out a piece of plywood into a 30x30 square and drilled holes in the bottom on each side of where the cage was so I could wrap wire around it to hold it in place.
So there I basically had 3 sides with an opening. So what I did was buy a roll of screening for 24.50 that was 48in x 25ft.
The screening from Home Depot
I then cut 4 29x43in sheets and a 29x29in sheet and sewed them together. This was a little difficult because I am horrible at sewing so my girlfriend did it. She basically lined the outsides with a strip of cloth and then sewed them together at the cloth linings. And where the side without the caging was she sewed a zipper all the way around 3 sides so it could be zipped.
She already had the zipper stuff so I didn't have to buy it but I'm sure its not that expensive.
So basically you can build an easy custom cage in about an hour for 50-60 dollars. Mine was 29x29x43 inches and the top is stable enough for a heat lamp to be attatched as well as the UV light and a dripper.
Basically you can buy as many of the cube kits as you want and make any size cage you want this way. You could even set it up the way its supposed to be and put screening for doors and have 6 14.5x14.5x14.5in cubes for baby cages.
As soon as I get a new camera I will try to post pictures.
I originally bought a Black Wire Storage thing from target to add a few shelves/storage to my bedroom and I realized that it could be made into a cage very easily.
Black Wire Storage Kit From Target
It basically comes in 14.5 inch squares that can be put together in anyway. One kit is about $20 and comes with 23 squares.
I made my cage in a cube type thing that has 3 sides all 3 squares by 2 squares which makes it 43 inches x 29 inches.
That uses up 18 squares. Then you need a top. The top for mine was 4 squares which made it 29inx29in.
So really you only have one square left. This one that i had left i put in the top corner for a pothos plant to hang from.
I then cut out a piece of plywood into a 30x30 square and drilled holes in the bottom on each side of where the cage was so I could wrap wire around it to hold it in place.
So there I basically had 3 sides with an opening. So what I did was buy a roll of screening for 24.50 that was 48in x 25ft.
The screening from Home Depot
I then cut 4 29x43in sheets and a 29x29in sheet and sewed them together. This was a little difficult because I am horrible at sewing so my girlfriend did it. She basically lined the outsides with a strip of cloth and then sewed them together at the cloth linings. And where the side without the caging was she sewed a zipper all the way around 3 sides so it could be zipped.
She already had the zipper stuff so I didn't have to buy it but I'm sure its not that expensive.
So basically you can build an easy custom cage in about an hour for 50-60 dollars. Mine was 29x29x43 inches and the top is stable enough for a heat lamp to be attatched as well as the UV light and a dripper.
Basically you can buy as many of the cube kits as you want and make any size cage you want this way. You could even set it up the way its supposed to be and put screening for doors and have 6 14.5x14.5x14.5in cubes for baby cages.
As soon as I get a new camera I will try to post pictures.
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