Attaching wood to the side of glass

[Derek1]

In a high(er) humidity climate enclosure. What is the best way to secure horizontal branches or dowel rods, ect. to the side? I have them cut and they are somewhat tight, but will fall with much weight/force. These are 3/4" thick or so.

[jjhill001]

Aquarium Silicone.

[millertime89]

What's the cage made of?

[Sublimeballs]

Originally Posted by millertime89

What's the cage made of?

Ummmm.... Kyle, I think you skimmed this one a little to fast.

[millertime89]

Originally Posted by Sublimeballs

Ummmm.... Kyle, I think you skimmed this one a little to fast.

Derp, yup. I didn't even check the complete title (since it's cut off on the index page). Silicone will work, the other thing you can do is use a drill and create a hole in the glass that you can pass a bolt through. Although you want to use a washer to disperse the weight and I wouldn't do it if the animal using the cage is all that heavy. If you drill a whole you have to go very slow to avoid destroying the glass. There are some good tutorials online for drilling glass.

[Derek1]

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[Jim Smith]

Like jjhill001 stated silicone will work, but it will remain somewhat soft or pliable. I suspect the a small gob of Gorilla glue would work as well as that stuff seems to stick to just about anything.

[jjhill001]

Originally Posted by Jim Smith

Like jjhill001 stated silicone will work, but it will remain somewhat soft or pliable. I suspect the a small gob of Gorilla glue would work as well as that stuff seems to stick to just about anything.

Yeah, this depends on how heavy the animal is. If it is a big lizard or heavy snake I'd say go with the hard core stuff and perhaps also use other pieces of wood to support it (2 supports in case one fails even glues can come undone over the period of a few years) most species you'll be ok I think with the silicone I think.

[yeloowtang]

Just in case you look here first
here's a copy paste of my same post in your other GTP one..

to add a note, you want to get them installed in a way they are easy to remove, this will be of great help when cleaning or getting the GTP off the perch.. since turning it slowly to coax it off is the best way to avoid a bite

sorry !! i missed that post in the enclosure section

here's a few ways of doing it.. the first two are good for bigger cages but will work well for a small..
this first one is a bracket i made out of xpvc and then siliconed to the glass, then you simply groove the end of the perch so it slides in .. this prevents it from turning.





this second way is made with closet pole brackets found at any hardware store. silicone in place, the other end is half open so the perch sits on it. the problem with this set up is that the perches can turn on themselves !!! you need to either drill a hole and get a tie wrap in it or black electrical tape.. tape is not the best but it works, and the reason for the electrical tape is that is for ever reason it comes in contact with the snake !!! it doesn't stick to it much at all, if at all..





now the third way od doing it , and i think this might be the easiest for you and simplest, it works well and for a small light weight GTP would be perfect.. I don't have a picture of this but will try to explain..
you can get suction cups (big ones) and (small ones) with plastic hooks on them. these actually hold on quite well for a long time..
just drill little holes on the end of your perches and screw in O- shapped latch lock part on each end and hang it there..
if your are worried or see that it comes off when the snake moves or is excited feeding time, secure it with tape or tie wrap.. they are fairly tight once installed but !! sometimes they can get loose..

hope this helps


Steph

[Jim Smith]

These are some excellent ideas for attaching perches inside of cages. I especially like the first idea as it makes removal of the perches very easy for cleaning etc. Very well thought out and nice photos. Thanks for sharing them.

[yeloowtang]

Thanks, I will admit that the first pictures with that black bracket I made is by far the best way of doing it.. you can silicone these in place on glass, it can be screwed in on wood, and as you see in these next pictures, in pvc cages, the same thing is used but we only need a upside down T shape glued to the side walls.
and as you mentiones, you can remove these cleaning, maintenance or without even disturbing the animal if you want..

these perches are just scortched pvc pipes that i stwisted and added smaller ones so it looks more like a branch, but it will work with wooden dowels just as well, only need to groove the ends to fit the bracket.

actually,making these is easy and doesn't take time at all, it's the shipping that would take a few days.. but if you can't get anything to work, let me know and i will make you a set