Just an honest question. When reallllly throwing down with a lovely suitor is there concern of collapsing the structure and squishing your pet? Stress on the animal thinking there’s an earthquake? Always wanted to do this but was nervous about it 🤔
That's a great question. For my own piece of mind I determined the maximum of the people that would be sleeping on the bed including the mattress, and doubled the necessary strength after that. If not tripled. My wife and I were able to sit on what was supposed to me the weakest point of the enclosure. Nothing moved, creaked, groanwned, or cracked. 💪 😀 But do take into consideration that before building custom reptile enclosures I was a professional metal fabricator, so I have built more structures than I can remember. 😊
Question, I’m making a low loft bed and want to have my tortoises enclosure underneath. The heat lamps are inside the enclosure. However my parents say that it’s an extremely bad fire hazard. Do you think that would be a fire hazard? How would I make it fire proof ? Any recommendations to convince my parents it’s safe? Thanks!
Hi! 👋 You could use our heat bulb kits inside the reptile enclosure. Our heat bulb kits come with bulb guards. Here is a link for you convenience. talkingserpents.com/product-category/heat-bulb-kit/heat-bulb-kits/
Love seeing what you did to make this. Makes me think about doing something like this for my beardie, but not QUITE as huge! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
I got the idea to do this about 4-5 months ago because i was wondering how i could get a Burmese python while not having to share my entire room with him. My solution was to make this giant my roomate and have bunk beds, obviously i get the top bunk. I wanted to see if anyone else had done this and if they did what their meathod was & mainly what their expenses were.
That’s awesome! What a spoiled tegu! Out of curiosity, How does one effectively clean inside the enclosure .... I’m imagining a full blown adult crawling in there looking for poop 😂
Also it’s water proof so you can make the soil bio active and not worry. My gu mainly poos in the water but when she doesn’t it’s gone in no time. Her cage smells like the outdoors never stinks.
@@zoegoulet6102 I've built two of these reptile enclosure beds. A king size bed and a queen size bed neither customer has complained to me with any problems. My biggest tips are build it strong and seal the interior properly. I would personally recommend using pond armor on the interior. 👍😎
Curious how hot this keeps your bedroom or how hot the bed itself may stay. Would love to do this myself but have not done so due to wondering over heat.
The customer I built this for bed enclosure for says, during the summer he can't feel any heat difference. He says the matress is so thick the heat isn't making it all the way through. I have also built a queen size bed enclosure for a different customer and they haven't mentioned it either. In all honesty I'm a bit surprised haha!
I really wish you showed a bit more detailed I'd absolutely love to build this but I'd need a few more details like measurements and I saw that u first attached the plywood into 2 separate boxes then in the next clip u had put the 2x4s in but didn't show u doing it idk I really like this I'd love to make a twin I'm sure I cud just get the dimensions of a twin and just add height idk ifthere is anything u cud tell me tips to build it and see if there is anything u maybe wud have done differently thank you ahead of time
What about the lighting? Do you feel that it makes your bed and room hotter? We kept our beardie in our room for 1 day/night before she got kicked to the living room😂 it just got too hot, and that was only a 40 gallon tank. I can’t imagine keeping my gu in there
The customer I built this for has confirmed that the matress that goes on top of the enclosure does not transfer the heat. 😎👍 Personally I figured it would transfer at least a little heat, bit he said it doesn't. 😊🐍
The customer who bought this doesn't keep substrate throughout the enclosure. Only toward the middle and back, on the left side. So it works our perfectly! 🎉🎉🎉 haha! Thanks for the tip though.
@@talkingserpents Nah , I chose a vintage China cabinet , made the top 10 "" deeper and split that into 2 enclosures left and right,a water dragon and day gecko , then a chameleon each with custom 8 gallon filtered fish tanks . Made the bottom 10 inches deeper as well with a sunken 7 gallon filtered tub pond on the right and a sunken hide under the left side which house my adult breeder garter snakes . Your build is fantastic ! No insult intended , in fact I am interested in your idea as I wish to get a tegu that may free roam , and might just consider such a build . CHEERS
Great workmanship i just think it will be a disliked idea after a couple monthes if not a neglected stink bole. I think it would have been useful to put hingeing tops on it so you could move the mattress open the top and step inside for cleaning . I am also betting it's going to be hard to sleep while a tegu is scratching around . I hope the coating on the wood can hold up to claws. One more thing if I had done this I would have had the bed overhang 6 inches on 3 sides to keep feet away from the glass while walking around the bed.. Hope you like it longterm. One good thing I see is if it's such a P.I.T.A. you could plywood the connecting wall and stack the cages as two halves in the basement for two good size cages that are up off the ground makeing cleaning easier .
WOW you sure do have a negative mindset!!! This bed / reptile enclosure was a design idea from one of my customers. They have had it for a while and love it! Then again you sound like a pretensious "expert" so what do I know.
Also not sure if you're subscribed to my channel or not, but this seems like it's not the right place channel you. I try my best to keep people with toxic mindsets out. If that's the kind of person you're then show yourself out. 🖐👍
oml i just cant imagine how hard it would be to deep clean it
Haha! Yes this enclosure definetly takes a bit more effort and dedication than an average reptile enclosure.
Cleaning total deal breaker .
@@jhill2042 And the only thing you'd need to fix the cleaning was a removeable top honestly.
@@rhys896 first thing I thought of was to get a bed frame that folds up against the wall and have plexiglass doors on top
@@403.FORBIDDEN Yeah that'd probably be the best method honestly
Love the bed man!! We couldn't be happier! 😊
That's awesome to hear. I always love hearing feedback. 😊🦎
Just an honest question. When reallllly throwing down with a lovely suitor is there concern of collapsing the structure and squishing your pet? Stress on the animal thinking there’s an earthquake? Always wanted to do this but was nervous about it 🤔
That's a great question. For my own piece of mind I determined the maximum of the people that would be sleeping on the bed including the mattress, and doubled the necessary strength after that. If not tripled. My wife and I were able to sit on what was supposed to me the weakest point of the enclosure. Nothing moved, creaked, groanwned, or cracked. 💪 😀 But do take into consideration that before building custom reptile enclosures I was a professional metal fabricator, so I have built more structures than I can remember. 😊
No concern at all.
What about the stress on the animal thinking there's an earthquake?
I mean.. it is a bed for two adults, after all 😅
Jack P I would definitely need to weight test it, as I can potentially have around 6 people on a bed of that size...😏
Have fun cleaning that
This is my dream kind of set ups well done!!
Definitely one of the coolest enclosures I have ever seen. Holy crap haha
I am so glad you use an actual impact to put in screws and not a regular drill, drives me insane when people do that😭
I couldn't agree with you more 😂😂😂 Maybe some people like to strip their screws 😁
@@talkingserpents exactly! My biggest pet peeve😭
That’s awesome!! I love it!!!
Question, I’m making a low loft bed and want to have my tortoises enclosure underneath. The heat lamps are inside the enclosure. However my parents say that it’s an extremely bad fire hazard. Do you think that would be a fire hazard? How would I make it fire proof ? Any recommendations to convince my parents it’s safe? Thanks!
Hi! 👋
You could use our heat bulb kits inside the reptile enclosure. Our heat bulb kits come with bulb guards. Here is a link for you convenience.
talkingserpents.com/product-category/heat-bulb-kit/heat-bulb-kits/
Love seeing what you did to make this. Makes me think about doing something like this for my beardie, but not QUITE as huge! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Same
Love the idea
Soo cool I thought of this few years back I never seen it
Awesome enclosure you did a excellent job
Thank you.
Your sure very welcome
I got the idea to do this about 4-5 months ago because i was wondering how i could get a Burmese python while not having to share my entire room with him. My solution was to make this giant my roomate and have bunk beds, obviously i get the top bunk.
I wanted to see if anyone else had done this and if they did what their meathod was & mainly what their expenses were.
Awesome enclosure wow
Thanks! 😎🛠
That’s awesome! What a spoiled tegu! Out of curiosity, How does one effectively clean inside the enclosure .... I’m imagining a full blown adult crawling in there looking for poop 😂
I know right. That tegu is living a good life. 😎🦎
Just crawl in and go. Not hard at all.
Also it’s water proof so you can make the soil bio active and not worry. My gu mainly poos in the water but when she doesn’t it’s gone in no time. Her cage smells like the outdoors never stinks.
I thought the same thing. I have a hard time cleaning the one I have let alone getting my fat ass in there hahah
We plan on building almost the same thing but for a queen size bed.
Awesome! I just built a queen size bed for one of my customers. I made a video on that enclosure as well. 😁🐍
Really rad 👌💯
Thank you.
I'd love to make this kind of enclosure for a BCI
not me
The do do do do in the intro cracked me up😂😂
Really need all measurements FOR A QUEEN SIZE !
I want one man it looks great
Thank you. 🛠😊
If I knew the measurements I would make one for my bed
@@stevenferry1557 There are a lot of measurements. 😁 I'm actually building a queen size bed enclosure right now ha!
Okay man just let me know so I can build one for myself cuz I'm getting a peach throat monitor
I wanted this done to my captains bed
Love the vid
Absolutely amazing. Really hope they’re making it a bioactive setup because cleaning that would be such a bitch
I need something like this for my 16ft retic. Do you sell enclosures by chance? What would it cost for you to build me 8 by 5 by 5 lol
This is really cool. I wouldn’t mind having one built for my reticulated python. How much does something like that go for?
Thank you. Do you live in Texas?
Hope you enjoyed the video!!!!!
Would this be your dream bed????
i was wondering what was the material you used in the interior to seal/waterproof the inside
Looking to build my own and will use many of your tips and tricks. Did it hold up well?
@@zoegoulet6102 I've built two of these reptile enclosure beds. A king size bed and a queen size bed neither customer has complained to me with any problems. My biggest tips are build it strong and seal the interior properly. I would personally recommend using pond armor on the interior. 👍😎
What did you use to seal the interior and how much of it was needed.
Dryloc, I used a little over a gallon 😀
Wouldn't it be very difficult to get the lizard out when neccecary...?
Possibly. Personally I couldn't tell you from experience. I'd have to as the customers that have use this enclosure on a day to day basis. 🦎
Where’d you get the sliding window track
This is really cool! on your site it says the price but do you ship?
Thank you. 😊 I do ship, but to ship an enclosure this size would REALLY expensive! 😱
Curious how hot this keeps your bedroom or how hot the bed itself may stay. Would love to do this myself but have not done so due to wondering over heat.
The customer I built this for bed enclosure for says, during the summer he can't feel any heat difference. He says the matress is so thick the heat isn't making it all the way through. I have also built a queen size bed enclosure for a different customer and they haven't mentioned it either. In all honesty I'm a bit surprised haha!
That’s awesome! Thank you for the info and video of your sweet build.
I would love to know how much something like this would be?
I have prices and details on my website talkingserpents.com
What kinda paint did you use for the inside and does it hold high humidity without ruining the paint or wood?.
I used Drylok. It was made to resist water, so the wood is protected.
My fear is getting intimate on top and freaking out my pet
I need one of these! When do we begin?
Hello. Have you seen my website? talkingserpents.com
There are details and pricing on there. 😊
I really wish you showed a bit more detailed I'd absolutely love to build this but I'd need a few more details like measurements and I saw that u first attached the plywood into 2 separate boxes then in the next clip u had put the 2x4s in but didn't show u doing it idk I really like this I'd love to make a twin I'm sure I cud just get the dimensions of a twin and just add height idk ifthere is anything u cud tell me tips to build it and see if there is anything u maybe wud have done differently thank you ahead of time
What about the lighting? Do you feel that it makes your bed and room hotter? We kept our beardie in our room for 1 day/night before she got kicked to the living room😂 it just got too hot, and that was only a 40 gallon tank. I can’t imagine keeping my gu in there
The customer I built this for has confirmed that the matress that goes on top of the enclosure does not transfer the heat. 😎👍 Personally I figured it would transfer at least a little heat, bit he said it doesn't. 😊🐍
Imagine waking up to a stinky ass tegu poop. Lovely time for romance!
🤣🤣🤣
Looks awesome but I know from experience big cages on the floor suck to clean. Badass tho.
This is amazing, how much would something like this cost?
I have prices and details on my website talkingserpents.com
how much did that much wood cost im building a 8x4x3 soon
It depends on the kind of wood that you use, and where it comes from also changes the price.
you should add some plants and some rocks
What kind of wood are you using
I used birch wood, since it's safe for reptiles and is light weight. 😁🐍🦎🛠
i want a queen sides one how much do i got to pay to have one build and shipped to me
If you're wanting one SHIPPED, l would have to ask "is your wallet is ready". 😂
If you're wanting to see some more details I have this reptile enclosure on my website
talkingserpents.com/reptile-enclosures/
@@talkingserpents lol i really want one so i might hit you up for one in a month or two lmfao
Ummm not deep enough for substrate, they do like to dig and bury themselves. But it was a cool design looked amazing.
The customer who bought this doesn't keep substrate throughout the enclosure. Only toward the middle and back, on the left side. So it works our perfectly! 🎉🎉🎉 haha! Thanks for the tip though.
How much
Imagine stubbing your toe on it, and just the immediate regret that comes with hearing the glass crack.
Hahahaha! I could definitely see stubbing a toe on it haha! I'm not too worried about the glass though, since I use tempered glass. 😎💪
make me one !
Haha! Sure... Do you live in Texas?
@@talkingserpents No :/ Canada
@@talkingserpents can you make me a 11x5x5?
tops should come off for clean time
Is that how you built yours?
@@talkingserpents Nah , I chose a vintage China cabinet , made the top 10 "" deeper and split that into 2 enclosures left and right,a water dragon and day gecko , then a chameleon each with custom 8 gallon filtered fish tanks . Made the bottom 10 inches deeper as well with a sunken 7 gallon filtered tub pond on the right and a sunken hide under the left side which house my adult breeder garter snakes . Your build is fantastic !
No insult intended , in fact I am interested in your idea as I wish to get a tegu that may free roam , and might just consider such a build . CHEERS
@@matthewotremba9230 Sounds like an epic reptile enclosure!! Nice work. Do you have any pictures?
How much did this cost?
If you're interested in pricing. Check out my website Talkingserpents.com
Great workmanship i just think it will be a disliked idea after a couple monthes if not a neglected stink bole. I think it would have been useful to put hingeing tops on it so you could move the mattress open the top and step inside for cleaning . I am also betting it's going to be hard to sleep while a tegu is scratching around . I hope the coating on the wood can hold up to claws. One more thing if I had done this I would have had the bed overhang 6 inches on 3 sides to keep feet away from the glass while walking around the bed.. Hope you like it longterm. One good thing I see is if it's such a P.I.T.A. you could plywood the connecting wall and stack the cages as two halves in the basement for two good size cages that are up off the ground makeing cleaning easier .
WOW you sure do have a negative mindset!!! This bed / reptile enclosure was a design idea from one of my customers. They have had it for a while and love it! Then again you sound like a pretensious "expert" so what do I know.
Also not sure if you're subscribed to my channel or not, but this seems like it's not the right place channel you. I try my best to keep people with toxic mindsets out. If that's the kind of person you're then show yourself out. 🖐👍
Interested in a queen size for a iguana how much you charge and do you do shipping in other states
NO no no no.. Iguanas need hight they are climbers. Please don't tell me you keep an iguana in a low ground dwelling enclosure.
Sleeping on snake shit? Oh noooooo thanks