Mesh or plexiglass

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Inmora

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I have searched and I bet this has come up a lot. Sorry if I am beating a dead bush, I am looking at building my dragon an new viv, right now she is a glass aquarium, right size for her, thought the one I am looking to build is a double decker and I am guess most people go with Plex-glass or plastic clear sheet, but would mesh work just as good, say like on a screen door since they like to climb?
 

Gorgul666

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The whole viv being screen? I wouldnt...it doesnt allow heat to stay in the enclosure, and your dragon could get a nail caught and ripped off if trying to jump down..
 

Inmora

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Sorry, i should have been a bit more specific. The screen would be just on the door, about 3 foot wide.
 

Taterbug

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Mesh would probably raise your heating requirements. It may also be a bit hazardous should your little one get snagged in the mesh climbing around on it.
Plexiglass and acrylic is not really durable, I have been using plexi for my doors and it's horribly scratched up.
 

genskiR6

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I used all three. The top of my viv and enclosed by a screen top (hidden by a canopy), the front doors are made of glass, as I did research before building and read the horror stories about ugly windows, and the bottom windows are made of plexi but the are more part of a cabinet and not the viv.

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