ThatLizardLady":27tl26or said:
Thank you for the advice! I'm going to PetCo tomorrow with my dad to buy crickets so we'll see about getting a new lid then :3
Forget about buying a ready made Petco lid..
because
1) they wont have it in stock
2) they will charge you an arm and a leg for the dubious privilege of buying a custom lid from them (which they will have a local cabinet maker or carpenter make)
3) easier and quicker to get dad, or BigBrov, or an uncle ,or a granddad or even a friendly neigbour to make one for you
or look up a local cabinet maker in the Yellow Pages and hire him for an hour or 2 to make it for you on site (at your home)..... ie cut the middle man out.
so ... ask dad to get out the tape measure and to measure up the top of the tank , and then to call the local timber seller or hardware shop, ask for the trade desk or the special orders desk, the ask them for a piece of precut 1/2in thick plywood , he may have to buy a full sheet (2.4m x 1.2m is standard sheet size here in Australia, which is fine.
If you have to buy full sheets , ask for following precut pieces
2 pieces 0.6m x 0.6m (ends)
and 3 pieces 1.2m x 0.6m (bottom , back and top) ..... 5 PIECES = 1X 2.4mx1.2m sheet.
and OPTIONAL 2 bits 1.2m x 0.1m,
and you are then ready for dad to assemble a 4ft x 2ft x 2ft tank and only need some holes cut in the ends and back for ventiliation (plastic slip ins) and some Cowbrey sliding glass door tracks (likely sold there too) and some 6mm thick tempered glass or Perspex cut to size to make sliding front doors for the beardies forever home.
If you can't around for a relative or friendly neighbor to make do above and want to keep the existing tank , but have a cat proof lid, see my previous post .
Repeated list of materials to make a cat proof solid lid for your tank :
- a piece of plywood cut to size with precut holes for the plastic air vents round or oblong shaped) to go in to holes you'll need either predrilled or precut to provide air ventilation and I'd simply relocate all the lights to be mounted hanging from and under the timber lid, a timber frame made from
4 bits of Rounded Timber Edging , or 4 bits of External Timber Corner Pieces (timber equal angle profile) , or simply make the plywood lid slightly oversize and edge the under side with some Timber Quad (to stop lid from sliding or being pushed off the top the tank (cats are pretty strong and determined and will push or try to slide a lid off )..
These are suitable and many reptile keepers have them in their tanks
40CV HARON PLASTIC CUPBOARD VENT
and
118NB HARON PLASTIC WALL & CEILING VENT