I've noticed my greek pacing back and forth along the front wall of his enclosure trying to walk up the side there, and being a very adept climber reaching close to the top of the 6.5" high walls where the plants are. I decided to make a different enclosure with the following goals:
- Completely opaque
- At least 12" high walls
- More 'appealing' to have sitting in my living room
- Be able to swap out planters of live plants/grasses/weeds for grazing
With those things in mind, I spent a little over an hour at Ikea and found exactly what I wanted!
23 5/8" wide, 50 3/8" tall, and a nice 15 3/4" deep, for $80. I put it together without shelves, laid it down, and put one shelf on "vertically" (horizontally when it's laid down). Makes a perfect hide, and a shelf for me to put stuff on.
To place it on, I picked up 2 of these small tables for $7.99 each:
Assembled one in the corner to see if there's enough space:
The whole thing:
I picked up a plastic bin at Target for $5 that fit perfectly length-wise inside:
They wouldn't fit in evenly if I bought more of them, so I'm trying to find something that will fit well in the remaining 35" x 22". I was trying to stay away from directly putting substrate inside, since pressboard and moisture don't play nicely together.
One option I've been thinking about is lining the inside completely with clear contact paper and sealing the joints with silicone. Would contact paper work, or is it not waterproof? I could always go the vinyl shower curtain route, but I was hoping to keep the wood look inside.
- Completely opaque
- At least 12" high walls
- More 'appealing' to have sitting in my living room
- Be able to swap out planters of live plants/grasses/weeds for grazing
With those things in mind, I spent a little over an hour at Ikea and found exactly what I wanted!
23 5/8" wide, 50 3/8" tall, and a nice 15 3/4" deep, for $80. I put it together without shelves, laid it down, and put one shelf on "vertically" (horizontally when it's laid down). Makes a perfect hide, and a shelf for me to put stuff on.
To place it on, I picked up 2 of these small tables for $7.99 each:
Assembled one in the corner to see if there's enough space:
The whole thing:
I picked up a plastic bin at Target for $5 that fit perfectly length-wise inside:
They wouldn't fit in evenly if I bought more of them, so I'm trying to find something that will fit well in the remaining 35" x 22". I was trying to stay away from directly putting substrate inside, since pressboard and moisture don't play nicely together.
One option I've been thinking about is lining the inside completely with clear contact paper and sealing the joints with silicone. Would contact paper work, or is it not waterproof? I could always go the vinyl shower curtain route, but I was hoping to keep the wood look inside.