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.

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