Ok well I've decided to make a separate cage for the new glider that I will be getting in a little more than a month. I'm thinking of PVC pipe and some wire mesh. My question is: What type of mesh should I use? I have the option of an all plastic mesh or metal. I tried finding plastic-coated metal mesh but couldn't. I would use the plasic but I'm just afraid of the possibility of them chewing through it, so metal would be better. But it's bare metal with no paint or coating. I could paint it, but I'm not sure which paint would be best. So any suggestions? I'm really worried about one chewing through it and escaping.

I found a post by gypsyNnightcrawlersMOM on page 7 dated Feb. 18 as "PVC CAGE" that you might want to check out and see if some of those who responded to that post might be able to help. I would have linked it but not sure how to do that. I do page searches sometimes just to see what i can find. Hope this helps.

umfan92, you can order the PVC-coated metal mesh from Klubertanz (www.klubertanz.com). I just made one for my gliders that was a little overboard (my plans are posted on another site). For a cage that's 6' high, 4' wide and 2' deep plus the tools and rings, I think total cost was just under $200 plus shipping. I paid $260 including shipping but that included a couple water bottles, 4 wall-mounting food dishes and some other accessories. You can save about $21 per foot you take off the height so maybe $160 plus shipping for a 4'x4'x2' cage.

Thank you for the info but if it's $160 then I can buy a bigger cage that's much nicer than what I could build. Buying all the materials at a hardware store would cost me about $20-25 for a large cage. I'm probably just going to order the mesh online so that I know that's safe and they can't get out. I can buy PVC pipe for cheap and make the frame out of that and that's safe. Thanks for the website and suggestions!

There are two links if you scroll down on this page:

http://www.sugarglider.com/gliderpedia/index.asp?MakingYourOwnCage

Thank you kyro!

Hey. I got my plastic coated chicken wire at home depot for REALLY cheap. You might check over there first. They come in 5ft x2ft rolls. I used 3 total for my cage. HTH!