Custom enclosure items

I know many people have custom-built enclosures, racks, tanks, etc. but i was wondering if anyone has built any home-/hand-made items for their reptiles?  I was thinking of fabricating a ledge for my exoterra using magnets, heavy cardboard, and not sure what else.  What have you created for your dear ones using everyday household items?

Max Horsley can definitely help you out. Send him a PM.

I have two iguanas and was wondering if anyone knew of a decent enclosure layout for two separate habitats. They are not caged together at the moment and don't know how well they will be together being as one is tank aggressive.

....GREAT STUFF insulating foam is pretty awesome--you canget it at Home Depot or even Lowes or Wal Mart....I use a cardboard box and kinda spray it-goop it into a corner and "semi" form the shape i'm looking for.once it expands and is dry and cured (24hrs) you can take a knife and kinda of shape it-then 40 grit sand paper to clean up the shape----after that you can paint it or airbrush it to look like rocks,ledges, we made a bunch of diff rocks and ledges and stalactite thingies for a future CAVE beardie enclosure(you can even Foam form around water and food dishes to get really "customhomesy"--a way to get good original ideas is to walk around places like Michaels or Home Depot....ideas wuill just come to you

I've got an unopened can of Great Stuff from when I had a house.  That's actually a really good starting point - my brain is already doing a pre-construction of a ledge for the tank:

shaped cardboard with a side folded down, 3-5 round magnets taped in place; Great Stuff the whole piece lightly (since it expands like a champ, hehe!); cut and sanded like you said when cured; another cardboard/magnet set for the outside of the tank so that the ledge can be placed where desired...woo hoo!

I haven't found a magnetic ledge anywhere else, and even if I were it'd probably be less expensive to create my own.  And I could probably use Great Stuff with cardboard tubes to create little caves.  Max, do you know off the top of your head how well Great Stuff can retain humidity?

Once it's cured I believe it's completely waterproof---

....I actually get excited thinking about the special enclosure we're gonna use all my Foam Fixtures and backings in. Cindy wants to make it look as if you're inside a cave looking out.

For those of you who have never seen this site, I suggest it.

http://www.lizard-landscapes.com/

Very cool! Very inspirational for me when building stuff.

I am in the process of making my first specialized habitat for my dart frogs. I started with an older printer cabinet. You can see where I have cut up small foam pieces and built up different forms. The middle part will be a small water feature. The next step will be to cover with several layers of thin grout, then paint and cover with sealant.

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looking pretty cool...great concept