Claire1997
Member
Hi, so I’ve got an idea to jazz up my beardies extremely boring enclosure. Im thinking about doing a platform that goes all the way across (4ft) with 2 ramps, one at each end. The platform will be able to stand by itself without having to glue or nail it to the back wall of the enclosure, which is made of melamine.
Question is, what will be the best thing to use to build it? I’m pretty sure I could use melamine, but I feel like I’ll just break it when I cut it to shape and glue and nail all the bits together. I read up on plywood, and I’ve seen that oak plywood is fine, but would I need to coat it with anything? And if I need to coat it, would I need to wait a certain amount of days for it to air out?
Also while I’m here, I need to downsize my heat lamp because I think my 150 watt is heating up the ‘cool’ end a little too much. Do you think a 50 watt heat lamp in a reflective dome would make a decent basking area? My enclosure is just the standard Reptile One 4ft melamine enclosure.
Thanks ?
Question is, what will be the best thing to use to build it? I’m pretty sure I could use melamine, but I feel like I’ll just break it when I cut it to shape and glue and nail all the bits together. I read up on plywood, and I’ve seen that oak plywood is fine, but would I need to coat it with anything? And if I need to coat it, would I need to wait a certain amount of days for it to air out?
Also while I’m here, I need to downsize my heat lamp because I think my 150 watt is heating up the ‘cool’ end a little too much. Do you think a 50 watt heat lamp in a reflective dome would make a decent basking area? My enclosure is just the standard Reptile One 4ft melamine enclosure.
Thanks ?