Sad day in my collection

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by BryanB

Sorry to hear of the loss. However as for the perches being washed, plastics do what is called out gassing which can not be washed away. All plastics do it on different levels for example a car windshield gets the haze most people blame on smoke or dust. Here is a link that may make people think twice about using PVC



PVC plastic products outgas poisons

Scary. So according to that article, snake cages made out of pvc will outgass forever? That would be like putting a snake in a gas chamber(a very slow gas chamber). If that's the case I just wasted a lot of money on pvccages.

[BryanB]

Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

Scary. So according to that article, snake cages made out of pvc will outgass forever? That would be like putting a snake in a gas chamber(a very slow gas chamber). If that's the case I just wasted a lot of money on pvccages.

with proper ventilation it shouldn't be a problem however lets not hijack this thed i will start another to talk about this