If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
ping people with cat enclosures
What sort of mesh materials are your cat enclosures made of? I've been
enclosing my existing back verandah to make a space for the cats to play in and am about to order some mesh for the walls. The mesh I've been recommended by a local supplier is made of a UV stabilised plastic material with mesh squares about 15 mm wide (about 5/8" for you modern USAnians ). The threads are made up of 3 plys and feel sort of like fishing line. But... most of the enclosure photos I've seen have metal mesh walls and I wondered whether that means there's a problem with the plastic mesh. Does anyone here have an enclosure made of the plastic stuff? The company sent me a sample and I have no doubt it'll be strong enough, but I was wondering how well it stands up to the weather, especially hot dry conditions. If anyone has this kind of plastic mesh on an enclosure I'd be interested to hear how well it's stood up. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
ping people with cat enclosures
Helen Wheels wrote:
But... most of the enclosure photos I've seen have metal mesh walls and I wondered whether that means there's a problem with the plastic mesh. Does anyone here have an enclosure made of the plastic stuff? The I think Marina's is made of plastic. While I'm sure there are very strong plastics out there, I am 100% certain no critter can chew through the metal of our enclosure mesh. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
ping people with cat enclosures
Helen Wheels wrote:
What sort of mesh materials are your cat enclosures made of? I've been enclosing my existing back verandah to make a space for the cats to play in and am about to order some mesh for the walls. The mesh I've been recommended by a local supplier is made of a UV stabilised plastic material with mesh squares about 15 mm wide (about 5/8" for you modern USAnians ). The threads are made up of 3 plys and feel sort of like fishing line. But... most of the enclosure photos I've seen have metal mesh walls and I wondered whether that means there's a problem with the plastic mesh. Does anyone here have an enclosure made of the plastic stuff? The company sent me a sample and I have no doubt it'll be strong enough, but I was wondering how well it stands up to the weather, especially hot dry conditions. If anyone has this kind of plastic mesh on an enclosure I'd be interested to hear how well it's stood up. I've got one of these outdoor cat enclosures made of durable stretchable fishnet. It has held up to the weather for 3 years without a problem. Jill |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
ping people with cat enclosures
Dear Helen,
Am 28.02.2006 schrieb Helen Wheels: What sort of mesh materials are your cat enclosures made of? I've been enclosing my existing back verandah to make a space for the cats to play in and am about to order some mesh for the walls. The mesh I've been recommended by a local supplier is made of a UV stabilised plastic material with mesh squares about 15 mm wide (about 5/8" for you modern USAnians ). The threads are made up of 3 plys and feel sort of like fishing line. in our first enclosure we used a military camouflage net which is UV stabilised. That worked quite well. Have a look at: http://www.gwsystems.com/inge/Galeri...2/e_index.html . Now we have a metal fence around our garden. The mesh squares are about 35 mm wide and perfect: http://www.gwsystems.com/inge/Galeri...z/e_index.html I'm a bit anxious about the plastic material, because it breaks easily after beeing outside in the weather for some time. Although your supplier states that it is UV stabilized, I wouldn't trust it. On the other hand, the plastic gives predators like martens a chance to get in (and the cats to come out). When they use their teeth, the plastic has no chance. I would always prefer some chicken mesh. Then you can be sure, that the enclosure lasts for a long time:-) Purrs to you Inge and the catgang -- CatManiacs World: http://www.gwsystems.com/inge |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
ping people with cat enclosures
Victor Martinez wrote:
Helen Wheels wrote: But... most of the enclosure photos I've seen have metal mesh walls and I wondered whether that means there's a problem with the plastic mesh. Does anyone here have an enclosure made of the plastic stuff? The I think Marina's is made of plastic. While I'm sure there are very strong plastics out there, I am 100% certain no critter can chew through the metal of our enclosure mesh. No, it's metal, very thin metal, but it can hold at least 5 kilos of cat. ;o) (As seen here http://tinyurl.com/bqmyb) -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
ping people with cat enclosures
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:53:41 +0800, Helen Wheels wrote:
What sort of mesh materials are your cat enclosures made of? I've been enclosing my existing back verandah to make a space for the cats to play in and am about to order some mesh for the walls. The mesh I've been recommended by a local supplier is made of a UV stabilised plastic material with mesh squares about 15 mm wide (about 5/8" for you modern USAnians ). The threads are made up of 3 plys and feel sort of like fishing line. That sounds like what we originally used to cat-proof the back yard. The plastic mesh I put up 2 years ago is still there and is holding up just fine. This is in southern California so lots of heat, little moisture. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
ping people with cat enclosures
Thanks folks... now I'm even more undecided. I think I'd go for chicken
wire or lightweight weldmesh if it were available in the width I need, but it looks like I'd have to join pieces to cover the area I've got. I'm a bit worried that would defeat the purpose of using the stronger material. Has anyone here in Oz got one of these enclosures: http://catmax.com.au/ ? That's the sort of netting I'm looking at. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
ping people with cat enclosures
On Wed 01 Mar 2006 08:38:05p, Helen Wheels wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): Thanks folks... now I'm even more undecided. I think I'd go for chicken wire or lightweight weldmesh if it were available in the width I need, but it looks like I'd have to join pieces to cover the area I've got. I'm a bit worried that would defeat the purpose of using the stronger material. Has anyone here in Oz got one of these enclosures: http://catmax.com.au/ ? That's the sort of netting I'm looking at. The enclosure I built is made using plastic mesh from friendlyfence.com. I know you've had lots of good input, but now I have to share a funny story that happened this past weekend: My enclosure is the mesh stapled on to posts that support the deck above (the deck is 8' high, so plenty of height to the enclosure) but apparently there are gaps large enough for squirrels to get through. Sunday morning, Scarlett and Rhett were no where to be seen at breakfast. So I went downstairs looking for them, and found Rhett at the sliding glass door, doing a fantastic JRT impersonation (imdogonation?) because there was a squirrel in the enclosure and it seemed to be trapped and going crazy trying to find his way out. So I got dressed, grabbed a pair of scissors all set to free mr squirrel. By the time I got back down, it had already found his way out (hopefully the same way he got in, or my enclosure isn't very secure). -- Cheryl Note to self: thoroughly examine mesh before kitties get to go out again in the Spring. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
There's Something About Mary | Karma | Cat health & behaviour | 238 | August 30th 05 02:06 AM |
Sheesh! [OT] | CatNipped | Cat health & behaviour | 82 | March 3rd 05 06:11 PM |
Ping David Stevenson! | Yoj | Cat anecdotes | 32 | November 1st 03 12:44 PM |
Reply for Phil | -L. | Cat health & behaviour | 8 | October 23rd 03 12:30 PM |