Hi this is my first post, and I have Tokay gecko and I want to move it to a new home, and I wanted to build a background, but I have a few questions about it

what kind of materials needed?
Is the styrofoam toxic to geckos? ('cause he bites everything lol )

Hello and welcome to the HCN. If you create a styrofoam background and paint a thin layer of mortar on it, it's fine. He won't be able to bite on it or tear it up.

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Mike
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Styrofoam sheeting
expanding can of foam
various paints (latex)
silicone adhesive(to attach to walls)
brushes
mortar
paint thinner(to brush on foam and to create a smoother look)

I think that covers it.

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Mike
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View this and see if it is what you are looking to do: http://reptileguides.herpcenter.com/...138.html?t=138

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hi thanks for the help!

if the expanding foam falls in the glass, can shatter it? do I need to put a layer of plexiglass or wood inside of the terrarium?

Nope, it will be fine. Just use some silicone adhesive to attach it to the wall. Run a line as well around the edges to seal it in.

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Mike
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if you want to see my frog tank construction, I did an extensive background. Here is a link.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0Construction/

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My name is Liz
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Hey!

I wanted to let you know that there is also another way of making a background out of Styrofoam, paint and epoxy resin to make Styrofoam very hard.

Materials needed:
Sheets of styrofoam (2'' thick)
Quickset Mortar (tile adhesive)
Paint (Latex colors that you will want your background to look like)
Epoxy Resin (West System)
Some brushes for Epoxy that you can throw away
Latex brushes for paint
Exacto knife
A torch or something to heat up the knife so you can carve your rocks easily
Heat Glue gun or something that you can use to attach the bricks together.

Check out what I did with my background here



Ig.

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Igor
"Things we do for our pets..."

hi! thanks again guys this is really helpful