People often ask about the materials required to build a degu enclosure. In todays post, I will list the materials I used to build my enclosure, I will list the prices and locations of purchase. I will also offer some alternatives. Click after the break to see whats what!
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What do I do with a pile of wood thats green and nasty? Well, you can give it to your degus of course! But lets clean it first eh? Luckily, in my line of work, I meet lots of different people - including many gardeners. These gardeners are nice enough to bring me their stumps and branches free of charge. Some require cleaning, some do not. In this example, the wood I am cleaning has been left to rot for a couple of months. Read after the break to see how I cleaned this wood.
A common question among degu owners who decide to build their own enclosure, is how to install the glass. Do I create grooves in the wood? Do I use a metal or plastic runner? Do I need something on the sides for the glass to slot into? Where do I get the materials?
After the break is my solution to these questions and some alternatives. In the video above you can see what my enclosure looked like immediately after phase 3, after the shelves are installed and the side panels bolted on. Read more!
Its time to add the shelves! After this the enclosure will be almost complete! Click to read on past the break.
Hey everyone, after a big shopping trip and a spend of £60.00(!) - I have come back from Pets at Home with some suitable degu products. Click to read more after the break; I will be giving a write up on some of the things I have purchased.
(My apologies in advance for some of the pictures, my camera had some trouble adjusting to the light this evening.) Hello everyone! If you have read the previous post you will now be able to guess the following steps to completing a degu vivarium. You may have guessed that once all the sides and back have been attached you can simply put on your roof and install your shelves - voila, nice and easy! So instead of making a post on how to put the roof on, as this is a very easy task (hint: the roof is the same as the base) - I will instead show you how I have extended the top of the vivarium further and added a balcony on which to greet my degus.
Click to read more after the break! In this post I will go into greater detail on the building of the frame, as compared to my first cage building guide.
Click "read more" to see past the break! This video features my first degus and thier adventures in thier new degu vivarium. This video is quite late at night, so the degus are settling down to go to bed, after thier fascination with the camera tails off.. See how they tuck themself in at the end.
In large vivariums, you will often find that your levels will begin to bow. You may notice this immediately after construction, after adding your bedding, or perhaps a few weeks later when the strain begins to show. The levels in both my current vivariums began to bow after about 2 weeks. I use very thick MDF for my levels, so after a few weeks of weight and small amounts of moisture you can see the level begin to bend in the middle.
I would argue that this is not a huge problem, it is very unlikely that your level will just break in half. However, if you wish for your degus home to look professional you can try to stop the bowing. Below is some information on how I prevented the bowing in my vivarium. Please click "Read More" to see past the break. |