
06-20-2011, 09:50 PM
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Chasing Crickets
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 71
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Stackable Vivaria?
I'm looking to get a fairly large collection of herps and small mammals for the cabin at the side of my house (don't worry - heating issues will be addressed separately!) and I've worked out that the floor space I can take up is 4'x2'.
For height, I should have 12" of nothing (no vivarium on floor level) then a 16" high, a 12" high (for inverts), then two more 16" highs.
It may be necessary to have front- and side-facing vivs, as in the back of a 2' long against a 2' wide one (depending on how I work out the animals' cage requirements) as I assume a corn snake would not appreciate a 1'x4' or a 2'x2', and reaching into a viv 1'x2' from the narrow end won't be fun!
So on to the question: what's the best way to go about this in terms of the cages? I bought a Vivexotic for my hognose, but there's a lot of hassle involved in the construction, and I'd rather avoid that if possible.
The best way I see would be either a specially-made vivarium rack system, or a strong shelving unit.
(PS - I'm not talking about cramming animals into small enclosures. I'm talking about cramming adequate enclosures into the space I have.)
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