I have some old shower-liner panels (the semi-rigid plastic kind) that I am considering using to line a large plywood cage, perhaps for use with box turtles. Has anyone tried this before, and if so, do you have any recommendations or warnings concerning this material?
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Shower liner as cage liner?
batrachos
Jan 28, 2008 01:29 PM
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Chris_Harper2
Jan 29, 2008 10:07 AM
Works very well. FRP is a very popular liner choice among monitor keepers. Reptile Gardens has their Komodo Dragon cage lined with it and it's still holding up after several years. FRP is probably the most durable of the wall/shower liners but anything rated for such use should be fine.
My only advice would be to take cage cutting it and to make sure you use the right adhesive. If it has any fiberglass in it you want to be very careful about dust.
Regarding adhesive, is there a lot of old adhesive on the back? If so you may need to use a thicker product to make up for all of the irregularities on the back.
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Currently keeping a small collection of various Gonyosoma. Both G. janseni and G. oxycephala.
batrachos
Jan 29, 2008 10:56 AM
Thanks, Chris. I haven't looked closely at the stuff yet (a friend of mine just replaced his liner and offered me the old), so I don't know how much adhesive is left on the back; probably a lot.
I'll start working on this in a couple of weeks- I'll post pictures of the progress if I can.
