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24-Feb-07, 10:17 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: perth wa Age/Gender: 46  | | |  perspex v glass
 im building another cage for a carpet python i was thinking of using perspex instead of glass as the sliding doors does any one think this is a good idea or not?
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24-Feb-07, 10:28 AM
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search it there ill be hundrds of reasons not to use perspex and this has been done hundreds of times
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24-Feb-07, 10:56 AM
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Perspex deep scratches easily, if on the thinner side it bends when a weight is applied and can pop out of runners or allow a reptile to pass through the gap when bent and over time perspex can become 'foggy' and hard to see through (see scratches).
Glass breaks.
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24-Feb-07, 11:00 AM
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Bugga, i have just used perspex on my enclosure and after reading that wish i hadn't
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25-Feb-07, 03:06 PM
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thanx for the advice
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