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rubi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 14/07/2012 : 11:36:16
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| hay guys, rubi is coming up to a year old now and i want to put her into a viv soon, i hvae been looking around and have gone from thinking i would get a exoterra glass viv, to a wooden one. However i am now considering building one aprox 2.5 ft by 2 ft and 1prox 1.5 ft high....just wandering how easy it would be to do this and what the best way to go about it would be. Al,so wandering if it would save me much money? the closest viv i have found so far ehich is 3 ft by 15 inches and 16 inches high is £44. |
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 14/07/2012 : 12:31:45
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For the hastle of having to go out buy the wood/fixing/runners/glass/vents. Then making sure you plan it right an get all the pieces cut right an square etc etc I'd just buy one.
I'm all for making them if I got the wood free or am converting something or making something more complex that just a viv on its own, but just for a basic straight forward viv I'd buy new or find cheap second hand.
If you good at DIY you could buy something suitable size an cheap an convert it. I've made vivs out of an ottoman, wardrobe doors and a set of draws in the past. |
    
0.1.0 creamsicle corn-Marmalade
1.0.0 jungle carpet python-Bumble
1.0.0 corn Casper
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viraleye
Yearling
United Kingdom
695 Posts |
Posted - 14/07/2012 : 12:33:53
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| Unless youre building a viv to fit into a specific space or shape etc, id just buy one! |
1.0.0 Cyrus - Amel het Anery ph Hypo - CURRENTLY AWOL
0.1.0 Diamond - Avalanche ph Charcoal, Hypo
1.0.0 Garland - Bloodred het Hypo
1.0.0 Pinball - Carolina
0.1.0 Casey - Hypo Lavender Stripe het Amel
0.0.1 - No Name Yet - Crested Gecko |
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Donnie
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Auld Baldy
Ikea's Pimp
United Kingdom
1619 Posts |
Posted - 14/07/2012 : 13:07:17
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As already said, for the price just buy unless you are good at DIY and have decent power tools, a cheap source of materials, glass & runners. Plus be prepared to put up with a bit of mess.
I'm building 3 new vivs from free spare boards which I have lying about. I still have glass to buy.
It can be ordered, delivered next day and built in a couple of hours.  |
1.0.0: Miami Normal: Taggart
0.0.1: Carolina Normal: Wee Woody
0.0.1: Grey Rat Snake: Mirkey
0.0.1: Amel Corn: Blaze
1.0.0: Carpet Python: Vambo
0.0.1: MBK: Fester
0.0.1: Florida King Snake : Rattler (Rattle & Hum)
0.0.1. California King Snake: El Diablo Diego
0.2.0 Tarantulas : Ermintrude & Euphemia. |
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rubi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
374 Posts |
Posted - 14/07/2012 : 14:38:01
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| ok thankyou, i was hoping to find a 2.5 ft long viv to fit my coffee table but can only find a 2ft or a 3ft. Will just buy one i think and find another place to put it. |
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a2c7
Hatchling
United Kingdom
320 Posts |
Posted - 14/07/2012 : 20:22:36
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I really wanted a custom made viv/coffee table, and even priced one up for me to make it by hand or have it made for me (there is a guy who does amazing custom made viv/furniture pieces)
Then I remembered...vivs need heat, I live in a rented flat so couldn't really cut a hole in the carpet in the middle of the floor to have the wire going up to the coffee table! We're next thinking of a way to get one under the TV and have the TV on a separate stand that arches over the viv (therefore not letting the sound vibrate the vivarium) |
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 14/07/2012 : 20:28:08
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| Why not just get a rug run cable under rug an cut hole in that |
0.1.0 creamsicle corn-Marmalade
1.0.0 jungle carpet python-Bumble
1.0.0 corn Casper
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rubi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
374 Posts |
Posted - 15/07/2012 : 15:00:33
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yeah i looked at some of vivs that are inside coffee tables looked awsome but as you said heating be a bit tricky...i would prefer a custome made one (and get someone else to do it) but money is a bit tight so just lookign for basic one to go ontop of the coffee table
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Andrea49
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
44 Posts |
Posted - 16/07/2012 : 12:18:44
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| We're customising our coffee table into a viv when we get back off our trips. Should be interesting for visitors when they come into our living room and see a snakey looking at them when they pick their mug up off the table! It will still be a fully functioning coffee table, and we're getting thick glass etc to cope with it. We've already got the plans drawn up and other halfs dad is a carpenter - useful if we need him, though I'll be ok - I'm pretty good at DIY and making things if I've got a proper plan. I think if you're going to make you're own, you need to plan it fully - where to source materials and tools if you need them, and then work out if it's really worth it. Unless you're going for a very bespoke design of course |
1.0 'Normal' corn - Kelloggs |
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rubi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
374 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2012 : 19:02:52
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| that sounds awsom i really like idea of having inside cofee table but thiink would be difficult to make..think will definatly buy one after what people said just want to make sure i look at all options. :) |
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considering bukding a viv
