Many if the people who make their own snake or other reptile
cages adapt other designs or continue to improve on the designs
they have already used.
When you adapt a cage design from basic plan you can use it to
make a reptile or snake cage to suit your own needs. You may
have a space that is not quite suitable for the size of the
original design. You may want to adapt a half built cage, a
closet or an old cupboard. You may want to make a specific
length, height or width. You may have limited access to
materials or you may have an existing stockpile of materials
that want to use.
In all cases, it is important to have a clear idea of what you
want the finished product to look like and how you are going to
construct it.
Detailed plans can contain a lot of important information for
building reptile cages, but you should remember they are not
definitive. For example many people who have used the "How to
Build Reptile Enclosures" book from this site have altered the
plans, in some cases quite significantly, to suit their needs
and their skills.
While they all acknowledge the benefits of using the book as a
launching point for their cage building, they found it helped
them think about how they might construct a snake or other
reptile cage and the sorts of things that are needed in reptile
cage eg heat mats, basking lights, UV lights, misting systems,
substrates, decorations such as artificial walls, artificial
trees and branches, and how these can be made and placed in the
cage.
It also gave them valuable information about construction
techniques, making cages stronger and some useful hints and tips.
Click here for some examples of cages made by people who
purchased the "How to build reptile enclosures" below. The
original plans have been used by each of these individuals as a
starting point for their cages and then adapted to suit their
needs and skills.
Many people do not want to adapt the cages but want to build
them exactly as described then there is enough information to
allow you to do that to. Either way, a plan is an important part
of the building process.
The main thing is to have some fun building something for
yourself and your pet (and save a bit of money).
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