Mark Chapple

General information on Snake and Reptile Cages

If you are new to keeping snakes then I suggest you talk to snake keepers, pets shops that specialize in reptiles and read as much as possible. You should also understand that it will cost money to set yourself up properly to care for your reptile. Our home page has snake cage plans designed to help you save money but there are other costs such as lighting, heat mats & lamps, thermostats, thermometers... (posted by Mark Chapple 6 years 216 days ago.)

The importance of a plan when building a reptile cage

Would you put together a model plane without looking at the finished plane's picture or looking at the plans? Does a builder build a house without a plan? The answer to these is pretty clearly no. A homemade reptile cage is so much simpler though, you say. I can just put it together as I go. Not so, my young apprentice. There are many pitfalls awaiting the inexperienced. Simple things you can miss.... (posted by Mark Chapple 6 years 216 days ago.)

Materials for Reptile Cages

What kind of materials should you use when constructing a reptile cage? This question was posed to me once by someone wishing to build their own reptile cage. They were particularly asking about pine and cedar as they had heard these were no good. But it did raise the question about what are the best materials. All-glass, tubs, melamine cages, screen cages, there are many different types of housing systems for herps.... (posted by Mark Chapple 7 years 51 days ago.)