outside diy cage

[wacky22jacki]

This summer I am planning on building my own enclosure for my panther out in the backyard so he can be outside on nice days. I wish I could let him free range but I have two cats and they stalk him. Was wondering if anyone built their own outside cage and if so what'd you use? pics?

 

[fluxlizard]

I use screen cages, so the outside cages are the same as the inside. I just move all my cages outdoors when spring temps remain above 50 at night and back indoors in the fall when temps drop below safe at night (50 for panthers, 40 for veileds).

I've built cages in the past- screen with wood framing. But the wood, even when painted, always rotted on me after a few years of use under misters, so I gave wood framing up. I tried a couple of other things- pvc framing and reptariums. Gave up on the reptariums after a fire last year (they burn). Insects can chew through the mesh anyway on those. So now I use aluminum window screen framing cages- both home made and commercial (DIYcages.com).