Cheap Reptile Cages

Please look around and check out all the great deals. This site is dedicated to attracting the best deals on cheap reptile cages, custom reptile cages and screen reptile cages from great companies like LLL Reptile Supply, Reptile Depot and many others. The focus of this site will be to give you information on where to find and how to obtain the best cheap reptile cages, screen reptile cages and custom reptile cages for you herps needs. For the novice, herps is another word for reptiles, such as herpetology is the study of reptiles. We will also cover things such as reptile cage carpet,  reptile heat lamp, wholesale reptile cages and other reptile cage supplies. First what type of pet do you own or plan to own as this is the most important step before trying to secure cheap reptile cages or custom reptile cages. Snakes and some lizards (frogs and turtles too) are escape artists so you must make sure that the cage is able to be secured properly. To start with the most extreme in affordable reptile cages you can easily look to a friend, craig’s list or an aquarium at Walmart but remember some reptiles must have a lot of airflow like most Chameleons and require screen reptile cages to survive as a pet. Pet snakes usually require the least with either reptile cage carpet or paper towels as the substrate with a small water dish and a place to hide and some require more heat compared to other pet snakes. Pet lizards have the greatest range as it depends on the temps they are use to from desert dwellers to tropical rain forest tree climbers and then you also need to know what they normally live in such as the sand, trees, under leaves, under rocks as all of this is important when considering your reptile cage. Lighting is important too especially if it is a reptile heat lamp as they can melt or damage some cheap reptile cages and screen reptile cages.

Most custom reptile cages are designed around the pet reptile so they plan for reptile heat lamps and other additions that will be needed to provide for your pet reptiles. Any second hand supplies should always be washed completely with a very small amount of bleach or soap and allowed to air dry. If you live in a coastal city you can attain cheap driftwood, you can sterilize this by heating it at a low temp in the oven or washing it but it can take a long time to dry properly. Remember custom reptile cages are no better than cheap reptile cages if you do not know how to take care of you pet reptile so get educated through care sheets usually search able through google.com but never take a care sheet as written in stone as things are being learned and discovered about reptiles in the pet trade all the time that change the way we take care of them. If you decide to build cheap reptile cages or make custom reptile cages, learn from others mistakes and successes by searching google.com and youtube.com to see information and videos on cheap reptile cages and even how to make custom reptile cages. Screen reptile cages should not be attempted unless you are really good at building screen windows as the cost and headaches are almost as high as simply buying the partially assembled screen reptile cages.