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10-14-2005, 04:25 PM
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what wood is good?

i want to build a new enclosure for Kaa my Brazilian Rainbow Boa and wanted to know what kind of wood I should use.any help would be great thanks
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MDF is good but expensive, some us Melamine... Particle board would NOT be good to use...
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Ok, silly question. What is a Brazilian Rainbow Boa? lol I have one made out of malamine and the other is made out of plywood and oak (pricey but looks REALLY nice). You can see both here.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v665/cmoosey/

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Never mind, lol I just re-read your post and know what the Brazilian Rainbow Boa is. lol I love lizards but don't do snakes. ;-)

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You could really use just about any type you want. You are going to have to seal it agains t the humidity anyway. Personally I would use solid wood or melanine. the particle board type stuff will fall apart if it gets wet.
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what do use to seal the wood? i don't want to use anything bad.

p.s. char snakes are good, here is a pic of my Brazilian Rainbow Boa hope it helps you maybe want to get one.
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what do use to seal the wood? i don't want to use anything bad.

p.s. char snakes are good, here is a pic of my Brazilian Rainbow Boa hope it helps you maybe want to get one.
Use any water based poly to seal the wood (4-5 coats should be good). Then seal any joints with 100% silicone.

BEAUTIFUL snake! Snakes are fine. I like reading about them and looking at pics but if I see one in person I get dizzy and light headed. I have a terrible fear of them. We used to have some kind of psychotic gardner snake around here when I was younger and it would literally chase me around the yard. lol Funny now but scared the **** out of me when I was younger. Like I said, nice to look at but I just don't want to touch.
Thanks for sharing your pic with us.
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thanks for the info char.lol i'm the same way with mantis as you are with snakes,cool to look at just keep them away.
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