Charcoal Fiberglass screening?

[baggedd5087]

Is Charcoal Fiberglass screening ok for a veiled cham?

 

[graydon]

Fiberglass sounds like a bad idea. It has shards that can come off and poke the crap out of you. I would go with a metal screen cage. Try one of the site sponsors. www.lllreptile.com is very good and cheap.

 

[Pure]

It is, but and free-ranging or cup escapee bugs, can and will chew through it and escape the cage into your home. Just use aluminum.

edit: Does LLL even sell screen? I just looked at their store categories and didn't see anything that would indicate that they did.. I dunno. Either way I wouldn't pay shipping on something that can be bought locally and is probably much cheaper. You can find rolls of aluminum screen (enough for one cage) at Home Depot and Lowes, for less than 15 bucks. I want to say less than 10 but am not 100% sure.

 

[baggedd5087]

I already built a 2x2x4 (LxWxH) cage and i just need the screen they have a bunch at home depot and i was wondering ill just go with the Aluminum screen thanks a bunch

 

[graydon]

It is, but and free-ranging or cup escapee bugs, can and will chew through it and escape the cage into your home. Just use aluminum.

edit: Does LLL even sell screen? I just looked at their store categories and didn't see anything that would indicate that they did.. I dunno. Either way I wouldn't pay shipping on something that can be bought locally and is probably much cheaper. You can find rolls of aluminum screen (enough for one cage) at Home Depot and Lowes, for less than 15 bucks. I want to say less than 10 but am not 100% sure.

I don't think they sell screen sheets. I was just referring to the cages.

 

[Carlton]

Before we had other petscreen type choices I've used fiberglass window screen for many cages without too much trouble. A larger cham with bigger claws could get them caught in the screen unless the cage is really stuffed with a lot of climbing branches and plants to discourage them from screen climbing. Fiberglass degrades and "sheds" more with exposure to ultraviolet light (such as full sun outdoors). Indoors not much. I've worked with it a lot and haven't had skin problems from fibers. But, I don't use it for cage tops under the lights. Use hardware cloth for that panel. This also helps more UV get through.

 

[Warrix642]

My chams had nail troubles with aluminum so I switched to petscreen (thick fiberglass) and I never have any problems. The metal is sharp and stiff and fiberglass isn't. I use the thickest fiberglass screen I can find all around and I use cheap aluminum on the top. I make the frame out of PVC.

 

[Pure]

My chams had nail troubles with aluminum so I switched to petscreen (thick fiberglass) and I never have any problems. The metal is sharp and stiff and fiberglass isn't. I use the thickest fiberglass screen I can find all around and I use cheap aluminum on the top. I make the frame out of PVC.

Warrior, the answer to 90% of the problems with screen climbers is given in this post.

Before we had other petscreen type choices I've used fiberglass window screen for many cages without too much trouble. A larger cham with bigger claws could get them caught in the screen unless the cage is really stuffed with a lot of climbing branches and plants to discourage them from screen climbing. Fiberglass degrades and "sheds" more with exposure to ultraviolet light (such as full sun outdoors). Indoors not much. I've worked with it a lot and haven't had skin problems from fibers. But, I don't use it for cage tops under the lights. Use hardware cloth for that panel. This also helps more UV get through.