Redtail Boa enclosure help!

[Tom500]

I recently bought two amazing true redtail boa. Both are about 6ft long and really deserve a better viv, so i have decided to build them one out of the material i was going to build a basilisk viv from (i got the snakes instead of the basilisks)
The dimensions are going to be 5ftx2ftx6ft (LxWxH) and i would like to know what is the best think i can use once it is built to seal the wood from the humidity required to keep redtails happy?
Thanks a lot for any help, i will post pics when i have got it basically assembled.

 

[Tom500]

Bump....

 

[ExoticEctotherms]

You could use polyurethane to seal the wood as long as you let it air out for at least a week after you apply it.

Or...you could line the wood with melamine sheet...like the stuff countertops are made of. Then just silicone the seams and joints and you are 100% waterproof. This way is a little more expensive, but I think it would look much nicer. It depends what your priority is...looks vs cost.

 

[Tom500]

You could use polyurethane to seal the wood as long as you let it air out for at least a week after you apply it.

Or...you could line the wood with melamine sheet...like the stuff countertops are made of. Then just silicone the seams and joints and you are 100% waterproof. This way is a little more expensive, but I think it would look much nicer. It depends what your priority is...looks vs cost.

I have read a few things on reptile forums and yacht varnish has come up quite a lot?? I was going to air it out for a week or two no matter what i used so hopefully it should be ok.

Have you ever lined anything with melamine sheet? Just i have no idea how to go about using it. It would look great and cost isnt so much of an issue. Within reason abviously, otherwise id have a pair of sunglow boas

 

[Tom500]

Also does anyone know if i can use some sort of "rubber paint" ??

 

[ExoticEctotherms]

I have read a few things on reptile forums and yacht varnish has come up quite a lot?? I was going to air it out for a week or two no matter what i used so hopefully it should be ok.

Have you ever lined anything with melamine sheet? Just i have no idea how to go about using it. It would look great and cost isnt so much of an issue. Within reason abviously, otherwise id have a pair of sunglow boas

Melamine sheet is pretty easy to work with. They sell a special tool to cut it with...I think they are like 10 bucks. As far as affixing it to the wood, you just use countertop adhesive. They sell it in tubes for a caulk gun. Its nice because you can get it in so many different colors and textures...even some that looks and feels like rock. It is non-pourous so it is easy to disinfect as well as water resistant.

Here is a link I found for installing it on countertops, but its the same basic principle: http://www.remodeling-kitchens.net/how_to_install_laminate_countertops.html

 

[Tom500]

Melamine sheet is pretty easy to work with. They sell a special tool to cut it with...I think they are like 10 bucks. As far as affixing it to the wood, you just use countertop adhesive. They sell it in tubes for a caulk gun. Its nice because you can get it in so many different colors and textures...even some that looks and feels like rock. It is non-pourous so it is easy to disinfect as well as water resistant.

Here is a link I found for installing it on countertops, but its the same basic principle: http://www.remodeling-kitchens.net/how_to_install_laminate_countertops.html

Thanks a lot for the help its much appreciated sounds like a good idea.

 

[ExoticEctotherms]

No problem...just make sure you post some pics of the finished product!

 

[Amazon_Addict]

You shouldn't house two snakes together unless your breeding them, and you should separate them after they mate if you are breeding them.

 

[Tom500]

You shouldn't house two snakes together unless your breeding them, and you should separate them after they mate if you are breeding them.

I am trying to breed them as they are a proven pair, and i have also read that boa pairs should not be separated unless the female becomes gravid and during the birthing process.