Dragon Strand ?'s

[ChamFreak]

I decided to buy an enclosure, I just don't have faith in my skills to make a cage lol. I guess my question is, I want to have supreme drainage into a bucket and I am not sure how to achieve this. I will be getting a mist system so the water will be pouring in.

Can anyone please show me pics of your full systems so I can see what to do, I feel Dragon Strand is a durable cage from my research and see they sell drain pans however, looks like the cage will be rested on it. Can anyone please assist to this

 

[Kiwiflage]

Dragon strand is hot on the market. A lot of people end up making drain tables themselves since there's not a cheap place to buy them. Basically it will consist of drilling small holes into the bottom of your cage with som sort of funnel to bucket method. YouTube has some great ideas. Also the search function can help you find what you're looking for

 

[kplatvoet]

I have a dragonstrand that I have on top of a kitchen cart I got from overstock.com
http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garde...with-Double-door-Cabinet/3309401/product.html
I have the large breeder cage - I made the cabinet without the top drawer and the top. I liked the look and had a canvas made the same size and a larger cart for a custom built one
I drilled a hole in the bottom of both without the drainage tray to drain to a bucket -
https://www.chameleonforums.com/enclosure-random-help-129101/index2.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/theyre-finally-their-new-home-thanks-dragonstrand-canvas-130280/

 

[ChamFreak]

thank you to both!

I had prior drilled a hole on the cage and put a funnel tip and it worked pretty well, I had a little bit of standing water I was not fond of but, it wasnt much. Guess I will take a gamble and get one however, they are sold out at the moment

 

[lainezor]

Here is a youtube video of my one chameleons setup including the drainage system I built myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbzRTa7A_hs

 

[DeremensisBlue]

Dragon Strand Cages and Drainage Trays

thank you to both!

I had prior drilled a hole on the cage and put a funnel tip and it worked pretty well, I had a little bit of standing water I was not fond of but, it wasnt much. Guess I will take a gamble and get one however, they are sold out at the moment

ChamFreak,
Good news: the Large Keeper Cage is back in stock!
http://dragonstrand.com/product/large-keeper-screen-cage/

Yes, drainage is always a challenge. I have constructed almost every kind of drainage you can think of from gravity feed to self-priming pumps. It really comes down to how handy you are and how much time you want to put into trouble shooting the system.
The easiest method I can advise is to use the drain tray and get a "Bucket head" wet/dry pump, bucket, and tapered nozzle from Home Depot for about $35. With this you have a very easy water removal pump. The drainage tray will hold quite a bit of water, but I end up having to empty the tray every three days or so. That is with the misting required for quads in dry Southern California. It is simple to just flip on the wet/dry vac, suck up the water, and go on with the day.
That is the quickest, easiest way to do drainage indoors.
Bill