Screen Cages?

[joeandsoph]

UK people I need help!! I have seena few screen cages that I have seen and I'm interested in but they are all in the USA and either shipping is ridiculous or they don't ship to UK. Anyone brought a decent cage from somewhere in the UK?

 

[shaneuk]

The only ones in the UK I know of are the Terry Thatcher ones, take a look at http://www.crislis.co.uk/thatcher/repcage/index.php they are not cheap either.

 

[joeandsoph]

Eeeeeeeek you're not wrong!!

 

[hunnyf21]

I have seen somewhere on this forum a few DIY cages for us in the UK mine at present is wood and glass but im in the process of making my own as that guy is the only one supplying mesh cages and for stupid money! I got my ideas from this thread hope it helps!

https://www.chameleonforums.com/mesh-wooden-enclosure-uk-27695/

 

[mightymart]

I am also in the procces of looking for a new cage as I have a Exo terra at the mo but want an all mesh cage when my Cham gets bigger.
I have seen a few UK places selling zoo med reptibreeze but they have only been small ones ! a local shop to me will start selling the larger sizes hopefully soon but cant tell me when. I have seen the small ones up close & this is for sure the one I want to go for as it also has a bottom door to clean out poo etc instead of opening the big main door all the time.

 

[Miss Lily]

I am also in the procces of looking for a new cage as I have a Exo terra at the mo but want an all mesh cage when my Cham gets bigger.
I have seen a few UK places selling zoo med reptibreeze but they have only been small ones ! a local shop to me will start selling the larger sizes hopefully soon but cant tell me when. I have seen the small ones up close & this is for sure the one I want to go for as it also has a bottom door to clean out poo etc instead of opening the big main door all the time.

I've heard of these too and they look really good. Don't think there will be any in the shops near me for a while though. The Isle of Wight is about 20 years behind the rest of the UK, lol!

 

[Fearaffect]

Sometimes I wonder how u Brits can even afford toothpaste!! let alone reptiles and their cages............taxed up the A#S, and everything is overly expensive!!

 

[thealissa]

You all just need to move here. Solve all of your problems at once.

 

[Miss Lily]

Sometimes I wonder how u Brits can even afford toothpaste!! let alone reptiles and their cages............taxed up the A#S, and everything is overly expensive!!

Don't we know it! Cages are so expensive and the weather is awful, lol! It's supposed to be mid summer over here, but you wouldn't know it!

 

[Camey]

i brought one of those screen cages from Terry yesterday and was worth every penny it just looks the biz!

look on reptile forums under the name Camey® (ps u might have to copy the original sign lol) and see the pics

 

[Vic]

im in the middle of converting a wooden/glass Cabinet for my Cham im meshing the top and one side and leaving the glass front and glass on the other side that way im hoping i will not have a problem with temp and humidity. will post pics when im done although it is a slow process at the moment with kids off school!

 

[petebuster1]

Sometimes I wonder how u Brits can even afford toothpaste!! let alone reptiles and their cages............taxed up the A#S, and everything is overly expensive!!

your telling us lol expence expence tax tax this the uk,think i'll move to the U S

 

[Fearaffect]

your telling us lol expence expence tax tax this the uk,think i'll move to the U S

One of my uncles(just married my aunt like 4 yrs ago) is from Gloucester and he was just amazed when he came here.

 

[chambabysitter1]

Why not buy some window screen building materials and just build some yourself. I am sure there would be some good money in it seeing how the demand and supply is as well.

 

[xanthoman]

i have never bought one personally, but i do checkout every cage i come across , there is a cage made in the uk that i wish they sold in the us, they look like real nice (but pricey)cages http://www.crislis.co.uk/thatcher/index.php

 

[ObsessedWithSerpents]

try eco-terra flexariams their on various sites. livefoodbypost, everythingforpets are just two sites you can get them from. there are more but theres no pint in naming like 10 sites

 

[frankie-gush]

The Zoomed ReptiBreeze are now on sale in the UK in all sizes, i've found a couple of places with them in stock.

 

[HairyScaryMark]

http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/flexarium.php

I currently have the 38 Gallon Flexarium (got from local exotic pet shop) and plan to upgrade to the 100 Gallon one in a couple of months. The only problem i've had with it so far is I broke one of the zips the day I got it but this probably isn't the fault of exo terra, I should have been more careful.

You can put the mesh through the washing machine (i've done this once so far and it dries very quickly afterwards) and there are matching waterproof trays that fit the flexariums. It would be nice if they made a way for you to remove the tray without taking down the whole thing but that is probably too much to ask and the simple design probably is as much to their advantage.

You could make your own and it might be as good or better but for £30-50 for 38 gallon and £80-100 for 100 gallon model it's probably not worth the bother unless you are sure you know what you're doing.

 

[mightymart]

Just got a xl reptibreeze this week
But to furnish it is costing a bomb !

 

[HairyScaryMark]

Just got a xl reptibreeze this week
But to furnish it is costing a bomb !

I've spent far much more than I need to on the interiors of my cage. If we really wanted to save money we could just buy one large Ficus tree and nothing else and the chameleon probably wouldn't be any less happy. I suspect a lot of people who keep many chameleons probably take this approach or similar (the guy who wrote my chameleon book does anyway).

Also, Those Reptibreeze ones look similarly priced to Exo-terra flexariums. Will have to look into it for my adult cage.