Hi All,

Ive just made myself one of these out of some spare quarter inch mesh I had (dead easy to do - can't see why people buy them!), problem ive got is im not sure how to 'glue' it together? What do people use?

Thanks

Steve

You could in theory aquarium seal it together - that would cover the sharp edges, or you could weld it together (not sure if solder would work), or use metal clips (not sure where you might get these).

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Couple of ways:

Buy some wire to tie it together. Household fuse wire would be okay.

Or when you cut the mesh, cut tight to the side of the squares which will leave nice neat complete squares one side and open sided ones the other side. Interlock the two and use the little bits sticking off one side to bend around the piece you are joining it to.

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1.0.0 Lodger, little Bro (CB 81)

Nice idea carl - the 2nd one.

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1.0.1 Bearded Dragons
1.0.0 Mississippi Map turtle
0.0.1 Razorback Musk turtle
1.0.1 Freckled Monitor
2.4.0 Bearded Pygmy Chameleons (Rieppeleon brevicaudatus)
1.1.0 Pitted Pygmy Chameleons (Rhampholeon temporalis)

Might try the wire idea, been looking at glues and sealants but non the wiser!?

Do the wire thing I mentioned or just buy fuse wire and twist it to tie together.

If you do go with the interlocking method be sure to bend all sharp ends round out of the way or your snake could hurt itself or even worse blind itself on the sharp points.

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1.0.0 Jungle Carpet Python, Brian (CB 06)
1.0.0 Lodger, little Bro (CB 81)

yep will go with the fuse wire idea (i cut all the ends off trying to make it tidy - doh!). thanks for the ideas.

If your still after ideas I just used some small white cable ties.

hi crosby, got some of the thick black ones but was a bit worried with the heat and all that they'd maybe melt? My gf's dad is going to nab me some wire from work tomorrow so will give that a try and see how it goes (thanks for all the idea's guys)

I wire all mine together with some copper wire that I stole from work a while back

It's about 0.5mm dia and I just kind of "sew" the edges together with it, and fix the ends by wrapping around the same point several times.