NorCalAnthony
Avid Member
Hello Everyone,
I'm building my first enclosure and am trying to figure out what would be the best screen material to use. The cage I'm building will be for a young panther that I plan on purchasing once the cage is completed and will be about 2'W x 1'D x 2"H and made from stained and sealed 1" x 2" red oak from Lowes. I've been doing a bunch of searches and reading a ton of threads about building enclosures and am still unsure of what type of screen material is best. I was originally going to buy the aluminum window screen but had heard that it can hurt the feet of our chams and that their claws/toes can get stuck in it so I wound up buying some charcoal fiberglass screen from Lowes that is made to keep pests out but not block out the sun. Will this work well for a cham enclosure? I had read that our lighting systems can deteriorate the fiberglass and that crickets can chew through some fiberglass materials as well so I'm beginning to questions my choice. I think that what I bought will be ok since if it doesn't block out the sun then our lighting systems shouldn't be degraded and if it's meant to keep pests out it should be able to keep crickets in. I just wanted to ask the experts on here before I opened up the package and started building the screen part in case I was wrong and need to go exchange it.
Thanks for any advice you guys can give.
I'm building my first enclosure and am trying to figure out what would be the best screen material to use. The cage I'm building will be for a young panther that I plan on purchasing once the cage is completed and will be about 2'W x 1'D x 2"H and made from stained and sealed 1" x 2" red oak from Lowes. I've been doing a bunch of searches and reading a ton of threads about building enclosures and am still unsure of what type of screen material is best. I was originally going to buy the aluminum window screen but had heard that it can hurt the feet of our chams and that their claws/toes can get stuck in it so I wound up buying some charcoal fiberglass screen from Lowes that is made to keep pests out but not block out the sun. Will this work well for a cham enclosure? I had read that our lighting systems can deteriorate the fiberglass and that crickets can chew through some fiberglass materials as well so I'm beginning to questions my choice. I think that what I bought will be ok since if it doesn't block out the sun then our lighting systems shouldn't be degraded and if it's meant to keep pests out it should be able to keep crickets in. I just wanted to ask the experts on here before I opened up the package and started building the screen part in case I was wrong and need to go exchange it.
Thanks for any advice you guys can give.
