Can this cage support the weight of a tegu enclosure?

[tortoises101]

http://www.thetegu.com/showthread.php?1325-Light-weight-cage-material

In the future I will be getting an Argentine black and white tegu for my first lizard. I'll be making a DIY 8x5x3 enclosure. I like the design of this DIY, but I'm wondering if it can support the weight of a 12" substrate (because the author built it for snakes). Also, for those of you who have done DIY lizard projects in the past, what tools do you usually use?

 

[tortoises101]

Oops, wrong thread.
http://www.redtailboa.net/forums/fe...stic-new-showersurround-tileboard-caging.html

 

[Tom]

If it will hold a big boa, it should hold a young tegu.

 

[tortoises101]

Thanks. By the way, Tom, have you built any enclosures in the past?

 

[bmt123]

If your worried about it just reinforce it with some 2 by 4's

As far as tools go you will need
1. Drill
2. Drill bits and screw bits
3. Caulk guns

 

[Tom]

Thanks. By the way, Tom, have you built any enclosures in the past?

Yes. Here's one:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-16041.html?highlight=Tegu

 

[tortoises101]

Okay, thanks bmt.

Tom, your tegu is beautiful. I also love the enclosure design.

 

[Tom]

Okay, thanks bmt.

Tom, your tegu is beautiful. I also love the enclosure design.

It ain't pretty, but its functional.

 

[poison]

Tom what kind of tegu is that? it looks like a bluexArgentine b&w an i right?

 

[Tom]

I never got into the "blues" or an of that fancy stuff. I just like the regular ones. Merianae or rufescens. Never could decide which one I liked better. Clyde is just a regular Argentine black and white. He's hibernating underground right now.