How to set up a PVC cage (AP T8) With Pictures!

[Stormchaser2oo8]

For the T8, are there any of the added accessories that you'd recommend? Or would you buy them from elsewhere? Here's what I'm currently looking at

T8 Black: Sliding Glass
Sliding Door Lock
Flexwatt Belly Heat
White Flourescent Light
Basking Shelf
POP IN, POP OUT DIVIDER

[Stormchaser2oo8]

Yeah, I was wondering how large the basking shelf actually was. My plan for now is to only use half the enclosure, maybe less, and then move the divider as my future BP grows. So I'll just get the shelf later on.

Thanks for the reply, and glad to know that I was atleast looking at the right stuff lol.

[The Serpent Merchant]

I get almost the exact same set up. (so yes I buy the add-ons from AP)

If you get the divider you will need to get 2 White Fluorescent lights

I have never purchased a cage with both the divider and the basking shelf...I'm not sure how that would work out. (I've purchased cages with dividers and cages with the basking shelf but never both in the same cage) I would call AP before you order and make sure that you can use both at the same time.

[Raymei]

Wow!
Awesome set up! And thanks for all the details and information on options such as heating for this type of enclosure. Sweet, humidity is where I'm usually most concerned, too, so this type of housing will be a lot easier on my nerves!

[aizkora]

So I received my T8 today and am about to go back in to seal it and get all the thermometer and probes in place.

I was wondering what in the world do you do with all the extra wire on the Acurite probes?

Do you mount the probes right next to the divider or just off of it a few inches?

[The Serpent Merchant]

So I received my T8 today and am about to go back in to seal it and get all the thermometer and probes in place.

I was wondering what in the world do you do with all the extra wire on the Acurite probes?

Do you mount the probes right next to the divider or just off of it a few inches?

I drill holes in the back of the cage and stick the excess on double sided foam tape

[The Serpent Merchant]

A T8 should be large enough... certainly enough floor space. A cage with a little more height might be nice (like the T10 T11, or T12) but isn't necessary.

Here is their site. (you want the T-series Terrestrial)

http://www.animalplastics.com/

[OsirisRa32]

Hey a note on the basking shelf...I asked Ali at AP directly about this when ordering my 2 T8s.....The basking shelf WILL NOT WORK with a divider as, according to her during our phone convo...they mount it directly to the back/middle area of the back wall and its large enough that she says it spans most of the back...Unless they could custom make 2 smaller sized basking shelves...one on each side of the divider (that last thought I never directly asked her about b/c at the time it hadnt occurred to me).

[OsirisRa32]

I saw that like 20 seconds after I had already posted in here asking about it...LOL

[T_Leonard]

Thanks for the help / info guys, its time to start placing some orders today.