Arboreals and screentops

[Leila]

I had a big "OMG" moment with one of my P. cams living in an Exo Terra.

He chewed through the wire mesh and escaped.

Luckily, I noticed him on the carpet close by. Man...I felt so stupid. Needless to say, he is no longer housed in that enclosure, nor will any future Ts be.

 

[viper69]

There are links where people have modded the Exo's lids. I suggest in doing it. My Avics have gotten caught on the screen at times, fixed that issue.

 

[Michael Livote]

Gonna add my take on replacing a screen top here. Whilst not an Exo, the Zilla is a pretty popular enclosure as it's considerably cheaper whilst taking nothing away IMHO. Anyway, I modded the top two sections with a strong thin plastic that I cut out of some opaque file folders I found in a .99 cent store I then (poorly...but strongly) hot glued the pieces in place. I then melted some holes for air circulation. It seems to work fine as I hit it up with a fan to see if airflow is good and it is at least as good as with the screen up there. Methinks maybe a pinning of this thread would be a good idea for folks with arboreals looking for some good ideas to help them chill out without falling to their deaths....just sayin'