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[cmnacsin]

I'm currently planning to build a 22x44x25in enclosure for my male Syrian hamster. I've been searching for glass to use, but I can't find any that is large enough for the design I have mapped out. There are websites to get glass custom cut and delivered, but I've been quoted at almost $250USD for those, so I've been looking at other options, plexiglass being one of them. Does anybody have experience working with plexiglass or using it for a hamster enclosure? My main concern is static electricity building up and zapping the little guy on the nose. Any and all advice will be massively helpful!  

[Lillias]

You would want to get glass locally, if you go that route. Shipping a large sheet of glass is bound to expensive and precarious.

 

Lots of people use plexiglass/acrylic sheets instead because they don't shatter. You might get a bit of static though.

[tuust]

I use plexiglass, haven't had any problems with it. Haven't noticed any static either and she spends alot of time near the plexiglass.

[Sparrow]

Plexiglass is cheaper, lighter, doesn't shatter and binding materials work better with it than the do with glass.