I've finally decided to upgrade my old frogs accommodation!
I was going to build a new enclosure for my crabs, but they can wait.
Frog has been in the same tank since 1989 so I think she deserves an upgrade first.
this is a recent pic of her having a swim with the fishes-
as you can see she has no eyes. She only ever had one eye, but she lost that in 2007 to an infection.
She has coped very well with her blindness, and still gets around ok and has no trouble eating.
For the new enclosure I'm planning something a little different..
The actual enclosure is going to be made of foam sandwiched in a steel-mesh reinforced cement render.
I'm making a bigger pond with the same materials, and I can use the off cuts for this project.
The sides are probably going to be fibreglass fly screen, depending on whether its cat proof.
For the inside I'm going to use the same technique that I used for a little vertical garden on my pond.
Which is basically growing plants in synthetic felt, a technique developed by Patrick Blanc.
The plants will be local native ferns and mosses, similar to what I had in my old vivarium.
I'm going to make fake branches and roots. All the non-planted land area will be fake wood.
here is a freehand sketch I came up with-
the picture is missing the door and some beams.
The enclosure is going to outside in a semi-exposed position, which is one reason why it's going to be different from standard enclosures.
I'm expecting this to be a very complex build, and I imagine it won't be finished until ummmmm..........
I was going to build a new enclosure for my crabs, but they can wait.
Frog has been in the same tank since 1989 so I think she deserves an upgrade first.
this is a recent pic of her having a swim with the fishes-
as you can see she has no eyes. She only ever had one eye, but she lost that in 2007 to an infection.
She has coped very well with her blindness, and still gets around ok and has no trouble eating.
For the new enclosure I'm planning something a little different..
The actual enclosure is going to be made of foam sandwiched in a steel-mesh reinforced cement render.
I'm making a bigger pond with the same materials, and I can use the off cuts for this project.
The sides are probably going to be fibreglass fly screen, depending on whether its cat proof.
For the inside I'm going to use the same technique that I used for a little vertical garden on my pond.
Which is basically growing plants in synthetic felt, a technique developed by Patrick Blanc.
The plants will be local native ferns and mosses, similar to what I had in my old vivarium.
I'm going to make fake branches and roots. All the non-planted land area will be fake wood.
here is a freehand sketch I came up with-
the picture is missing the door and some beams.
The enclosure is going to outside in a semi-exposed position, which is one reason why it's going to be different from standard enclosures.
I'm expecting this to be a very complex build, and I imagine it won't be finished until ummmmm..........
