Anyone Know Where to Find PVC Boards?

[Joba]

I’d like to build a PVC cage for my tegu, but I cannot find any PVC boards. Home Depot has them on their website, but they’re out of stock with no ETA. I have Animal Plastics cages for my snakes and I love them. I can’t fathom the weight of an 8’ melamine cage, but I just can’t find any PVC sheets.

Is there something similar to PVC that anyone knows about, as an alternative?

Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[beardeddragon111]

There isnt really a pvc substitute :/. Its the ultimate cage material, light, water tight, and strong. I just finished my melamine cage and ye it's quite heavy compared to pvc lmao. So basically if you can't find pvc locally you're probably going to need to pay the money to have it shipped. Some websites sell pvc, but I would suggest skipping that part and just buying a custom cage. Animal plastics will do modifications that will make their enclosures tegu suitable.

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[Joba]

Thanks. I think you’re right Bearded. AP has an 8X3X2 for $675. Shipping to AZ is $268, so roughly $950. They’ll make it 3’ high for the price of $900, plus the same shipping. I think I’d rather pay $1150 for that than spend $500 building a cage that I don’t love.

 

[beardeddragon111]

Thanks. I think you’re right Bearded. AP has an 8X3X2 for $675. Shipping to AZ is $268, so roughly $950. They’ll make it 3’ high for the price of $900, plus the same shipping. I think I’d rather pay $1150 for that than spend $500 building a cage that I don’t love.

I'd also suggest a good substrate barrier if you're going with sliding glass. Also have the tracks made level with the barrier if you know what I'm talking about. I have an AP T8 for my bearded dragon, and there's constantly substrate in the tracks. It's a nightmare. I wouldn't even want to imagine that with a tegu. Either that or go with hinged doors. Just a little advice from my experience with their enclosures.

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[Say Car Ramrod]

How big are you planning on going? You might want to use joists across the top because even with 3/4 inch pvc it'll want to bow with spans greater than 30ish inches.


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[Joba]

Thanks, both of you. I’m going to do some more research and decide to either build a cage or buy the 8’ AP cage, most likely the latter. Yes, those sliding glass doors It’s my only complaint about AP.