I always hear about people talking about using a plexiglass front when the make a cage. Where can i get it, and is it very expensive? I'm going to use it for a front of my savannah monitor cage. Could i use glass instead or would it break it? Thanks a ton.
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Plexiglass
tanmuscles
Jun 08, 2003 06:45 PM
Replies (3)
snkldy
Jun 08, 2003 09:06 PM
plexiglass is a brand name of acrylic. i would not use it for a savannah monitor because there nails will scratch it.
glass would work better and in some cases it's cheeper.
hope this helps
later
lissag25
Jun 10, 2003 11:50 PM
sorry about posting this kind of late..but i agree that plexiglass will scratch very easy.. i would go with lexan or a semi-thick glass... lexan is like plexiglass except it doesn't stratch as easy and is very very hard to break but it is err more exp than glass..
alissa
shadow4108
Jun 13, 2003 01:29 AM
I was in the home depot today looking at this very same thing. I don't know the prices on glass, but the lexan and plexiglass went anywhere from 2-4 dollars for smaller sized (8x12 I guess)lexan to 60.00 for the very largest plexiglass (4x6 ft x 1/4) The lexan I was told is 120 times stronger than glass, but it seemed very flimsy. I'm sure it would work great framed. I'm looking into making a completely plexiglass enclosure for my ball python. So any advice you have I would appreciate. Hope my info helps some.
