I want to start making and selling HDPE cages

[Gio]

I got my idea from proline cages. Ed is where my idea came from because I see his product was superior in every way compared to PVC cages but unfortunately it was too expensive for the buyer , and PVC just works. Not even trying to start this into a PVC wont off gas debate but it does 140 degrees is its tolerance before it gets structurally weaker and starts to off gas. Chlorine is the main toxin that is bad for your health in PVC(Poly vinyl chloride). As opposed to HDPE which tolerates 248 degree before becoming structurally weak and off gassing, though it's not really toxic you dont want to inhale anything.

I'm glad Ed had a bit of an influence on your current idea. Ed actually got some of his ideas from Matthew Martin (Monster Cages) at the beginning.

Ed was very easy to work with and his prices at the time were excellent. He built 2 custom cages for me out of the 4 I have.

This is the retic cage. It is a double cage and it shipped flat. The material is very heavy. The dimensions here are 6' x 2' x 30" deep.




Ed shipped the cage with the backgrounds for each module. I added the perches and heavy hardware to mount them.


It turned out looking very nice.


The other 3 are 4 footers. The bottom cage is a custom build 30" deep and 20". The other 2 were "standard" orders. Top 14" tall and middle 2' tall.


The HDPE Ed used was Marine Board and the cost to buy it was increasing.

Had it not been for Ed, I may have gone with Animal Plastics to try the PVC. Matt Martin didn't call or text me back after our first conversations. I believe he was going through some difficult family issues.

I have had a good experience with what I have and setting up and adding decor got easier with each cage. Once I had a system that worked changing it didn't appeal to me.

I haven't and won't have the need for a new cage so I've not looked at the Monster Cage site lately.

Matt has improved his process and design ideas over the years. I did see that he had some sliding glass cages and he uses structural support in the ceilings of some cages.

Matt's cages are shipped assembled and his cage seams are thermo welded.

This link shows old and new designs.

https://www.facebook.com/monstercage...1&l=52a8bcb389