Glass Type

[SnoopySnake]

What kind of glass do you guys use when building an enclosure? Thanks!

[Chris72]

Lexan / PVC.

Don't build our own but they come with Lexan / PVC and that's what we would want anyway.

A few of our girls can (at times) face plant hard against the "glass" on feed day while they are in shed....hard. Usually the most aggressive feeders. They just see a heat signature and can't see that its the feeder, not the feed.

Had a big girl damage a piece bad enough last year that it needed replacement. It might have shattered if it was real glass. Assuming this is safer for the animals that real glass. (assuming)


Also depends on the animals type Snop.

The suspect on this end was a 3,400g female B.P. so I wouldn't trust her with real glass anyway.

Heather and Chris

[reptiledude987]

Originally Posted by Chris72

Lexan / PVC.

Don't build our own but they come with Lexan / PVC and that's what we would want anyway.

A few of our girls can (at times) face plant hard against the "glass" on feed day while they are in shed....hard. Usually the most aggressive feeders. They just see a heat signature and can't see that its the feeder, not the feed.

Had a big girl damage a piece bad enough last year that it needed replacement. It might have shattered if it was real glass. Assuming this is safer for the animals that real glass. (assuming)

Also depends on the animals type Snop.

The suspect on this end was a 3,400g female B.P. so I wouldn't trust her with real glass anyway.

Heather and Chris

^^^ Agreed. If actual glass were to be used you would want it to be tempered as its much stronger and if it were to break it would pop into tiny pieces as opposed as cracking into sharp shards.

[SnoopySnake]

Thanks guys. It'll be for an SD retic and colombian rainbow boas, the retic would probably definitely need tempered glass then.

[pet_snake_78]

I purchased real glass for the one I am working on now but it's going to house small lizards so not much chance of them shattering it and I have it in a place where nothing should accidentally come into contact with it... in general I would say regular glass despite being cheap wouldn't be worth the risk. I do not like that plexi seems so flexible either though. I am also using some 1/4" glass not sure what kind but it's very shatter resistant whatever it is, I've accidentally hit it pretty hard and luckily it did not crack.