This is a guide for building your own reptile enclosures! If you are wondering how to build a DIY reptile enclosure, or what the best material to build a reptile enclosure is then this episode is a must listen! Brad Gerke of Brad's BioActive Builds is our guest. Brad's channel focuses on DIY step-by-step tutorials for creating naturalistic reptile and amphibian vivaria, paludaria, and enclosures using PVC panels, spray foam, silicone, drylok, and more. In this episode, Brad talks us through several of his tutorials including building your own enclosure, foam backgrounds and decor, custom fogging and airflow solutions, and some incredibly clever interior and exterior hides.
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0:00 Coming Up
00:41 Guest Intro
2:44 Housekeeping
3:31 Ball Python Deep Dive GoFundMe
4:44 Welcome Brad- Background & Naturalistic Keeping
13:30 How to Build PVC Reptile Enclosures
24:00 DIY Foam Reptile Background (Fake Rock)
31:01 Drainage Pipe Hide & Great Stuff Shelves
36:30 Computer Fans for Vivarium Airflow & Fogging
44:36 External Hide Box for Reptiles
51:03 DIY Reptile Pond & Drip Wall
1:01:56 PolyGem Zoopoxy & Safety
1:09:03 YouTube Channel a& Future Projects
1:17:00 Closing Thoughts
1:20:42 Outro
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ABOUT DILLON:
Welcome to my channel, Animals at Home! Here you will find the reptile videos I have made as well as video versions of The Animals at Home Podcast! The podcast mainly focuses on the pet reptile industry. My mission with Animals at Home is simple: To inspire others to push the limits of their reptile husbandry by promoting the importance of high-level, creative husbandry individualized for each reptile.
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