diy enclosure for veiled cham..advice needed!

[alex1977]

hi there guys,
were new here we bought a young veiled chameleon a couple of weeks ago but his enclosure is not the best,
it seems to me theres not really a lot on offer here in england in the way of mesh enclosures, there is a brand on ebay - very cheap but it doesnt seem very sturdy so i thought i might build one, im in the chippy trade so im quite handy.
i was thinking of using fiberglass mesh from a fly screen company but read somewhere it wasnt recomended, i see the decent ones in the states use aluminium. so is the fiberglass not good because of the heat the bulbs generate?
any thoughts would be appreciated,

many thanks alex

 

[summoner12]

I know you are in england... but maybe they will ship there... or you can find something like it near you... but take a look at this post.

metal screen is better... crickets won't chew holes in it. If you want you can use wide plastic mesh that has 1/4" gaps between 'bars'. this will not keep crickets.... but its better for the chams feet and more UV will get in.

If you make a search on the forum I think there are a couple of DIY threads.

 

[alex1977]

thanks for the reply,
not feelin rich at the mo so the diy job will have to do, think the fiberglass mesh is the cheapest option so i think a tight woven mesh is the way, he's only small and has small crickets so the larger mesh will have to wait till he's bigger

cheers