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breaking strength has nothing to do with resistance to being chewed by sharp predator teeth.
Never said it did, sorry for the confusion i just posted the strength because at different strengths there different prices. My confusion here is that they plan to put it on the top and use something else for the sides and am confused on how foxes and other predators are going to chew threw it up top?
we had a misunderstanding i thought you related breaking strength to safety ,my fault . but animals do climb .i have seen rats climbing vertical walls , my cats sleep on top of my aviaries and foxes can easily climb trees and very high fences not to mention weasels and stoats that can outrun squirrels on the thinnest branches of trees. am not trying to play smart here but i think it is common sense that wild animals do try to get our pet birds . it is the responsibility of the owner to keep his/her birds safe .u can not blame predators for killing our birds ,its just what they normally do. i keep reading stories that are sad but totally avoidable ,i believe there are many people that would rather pay 500 euros for a gun or more money over the course of many years in baits and poison and are not willing to pay a fraction of that money in order to make a secure aviary. the only wild animals we can not protect our pets from is evil minded people , we can outsmart all other predators (i am sure u can built a lion proof aviary given the time and money ). poisoning ,shooting, trapping will not work unless ur aviary is safe. it is childish behaviour to try to exterminate all the wildlife around your property in order to keep your birds safe while you can think ahead and make things secure . i have done all the above in the past i baited ,trap,shoot and still kept missing birds every year once i changed my defence methods and built safe aviaries i have not lost a single bird the last 5 years . i do not mind the foxes badgers or weasels any more i can have a laugh watching their desperate attempts to get in. make your aviaries in such a way that only animals with metal tools can open them and you will enjoy your feathered friends for many years
i am not trying to persuade anyone to use strange expensive materials just ordinary building materials will do the job. cement costs around 6 euros for 50 killo bags , sand comes by the square meter cube (that's over two tonnes) and costs around 15 euros, rocks cost even less than sand for 2-3 tonnes.metal chicken wire costs around half a euro for every square meter, rabbit wire (the very strong wire you built rabbit cages with) costs around one euro for every square meter. the only ''expensive '' material is the wood for the frames . u can definitely built an all predator proof (including rats) large aviary for less than 500 euros
