Melissa
Kaplan's
Herp Care Collection
Last updated
January 1, 2014
Enclosure Materials Suppliers
Some people have difficulty locating hardware cloth [grillage fin, tamiz de malla pequeña], sometimes called welded wire fabric, used in fencing and concrete reinforcement and safety devices.
©2000 Melissa Kaplan
The following are some suppliers I (and others) found just by doing a search on the Internet using these keyword phrases: vinyl coated hardware cloth; woven wire mesh, hardware cloth.
Hardware
Cloth / Welded Wire Fabric Suppliers
As
with the common names of animals, sometimes the common
names of products are confusing. Unfortunately, where
animals have one genus and species name no matter how
many common names the particular species may have, we
aren't so lucky when it comes to products. So:
Chicken Wire/Poultry Wire/Poultry Netting is a
20 gauge wire hexagon mesh.
Hardware cloth (aka a variety of names that indicated
woven or welded mesh, wire, cloth) is is woven like cloth,
with the wires going over and under (warp and weft), so
the openings are distinctly square or rectangular, depending
on the gauge (1/8" x 1/8", 1/4" x 1/4"...1"
x 2", etc.). It has a selvage at both sides.
Admiral Steel Building Products - Has plain and epoxy-coated mesh; also carries Visqueen
Anchor Fences Wholesalers of Miami - Order a product catalog online
Benner's Gardens - See their Rabbit/Groundhog Barrier
Camden Industrial Supply - Has plain and plastic-coated 1/4" cloth, and plain cloth in other sizes
International Wire Weavers Association - All right, I confess: I put them here mainly because their site plays the theme from Gilligan's Island and it was fun to listen to while I did this page.
Jackson Wire International - Has plain and vinyl-coated mesh and folding pet cages
TWP Inc. - Has woven wire mesh and hardware cloth
Rigid Plastic Mesh
United
States:
InterNet,
Inc.
7300 49th Ave. N.
Minneapolis MN 55428
1-800-328-8456
info@internetplasticnet.com
Connectors
Used to easily (well, relatively easily) construct a frame.
Starplate
Connectors (see the one at Jen
Swofford's site)
Stromberg's
Chicks and Gamebirds
PO Box 400
Pine River, MN USA 56474-0400
800-720-1134, 218-587-2222
Avon
Electric
New Zealand
0800 379 247 (New Zealand only)
+64-3-381-5595 (International Orders)
Email enquiries
Rectangular
Connectors
Plow
and Hearth
POB 6000
Madison VA 22727
800-627-1712
Wire
Aviaries/Enclosures
Swelland's
Cage & Supply Co.
POB 1619
Ramona CA 92065
(760) 789-3572; Fax: 789- 2994
Orders: 800-662-2089
C
& D Pet Products
6 ft x 6 ft Cat Enclosure Kit
405 East D Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
707-763-1654; 888-554-7387
