Sheesh, sorry to hear Danny......

Hope the injured recover soon...

Ouch! That sucks! Sorry for your losses man and thanks for sharing. So we all learn.

Hi everyone, thanks for the support and kind words.

lol, yes I was a seriously considering leaving the avic to live freely in the house, but it's just too dangerous for the T. I mean you might sit down for dinner or head to the kitchen for a midnight snack... and squish. I decided to catch him/her and place him back in a safe enclosure.

I don't want to post a pic of the shelf cascade because it's a shelf that many people use and it's readily available - and I'm worried people will immediately associate this shelving with danger. The shelf is 100% fine... the problem is that when I bought it, it was meant to serve as a light duty cage for sugar gliders, the whole thing was wrapped in meshing. I then fitted the castors so that I could wheel it around the house or outside if it needed cleaning.

I totally forgot about this when I started placing tarantulas on it, which are MUCH heavier because of the glass enclosures full of moist heavy peat moss. So the shelf was fine for a while, but eventually, the mounting points broke, the wheels collapsed and the shelf fell over. I have now put it's proper feet on again and it stands very solid. I can rock it forward and backward a heck of a lot and it just wobbles back in to place. If I load it with tanks now, it will need an earthquake to fall over.

Anyway, lesson learned. Check, Check, double check.

HS

Sorry about your loss Danny- we all make mistakes!

Easy to say lesson learnt, but you never forget, I know been there, done that and also have the t shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take care !

Cool, I understand, someone's lively hood is at stack!! :thumbsup:
It was more down to owner DIY than manufacturer.

Thanks for sharing.