Plastic netting inside screen enclosure?

[rkgardner2003]

Hello, as we are setting up a bigger enclosure, I was just reading an article that suggested lining the inside of the screen walls with plastic netting to reduce the chance of toes/nail getting caught and injured. Just wondering what you guys thought?

(sorry so many questions since joining yesterday....not getting a lot of consistent info from reading up. We've had a pygmy and a carpet cham, but this is our first panther!)

 

[tzap13]

not an expert

I am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination, but reading on here, if you have enough foliage in the enclosure with vertical and horizontal climbing opportunities, it will limit the need / desire to climb the screens.

 

[tzap13]

oh and...

crickets will chew through plastic, mesh and / or fiberglass screen

 

[shaunaroxanne]

I have seen people use the plastic hardware mesh, I don't think crickets can chew through that. I would wait to see if he's a screen-walker. They usually grow out of that. It's not a huge issue when they are small, it's when they get heavier that they can do damage to their nails.