Cork Board background - climbable?

[pepita]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone uses regular ol cork board as a background, and if so, are the hermit crabs able to climb it? I'm in the process of setting up a new crabitat and I'm agonizing over what to use for the walls. I definitely want the back and sides to be fully climbable. I was thinking about using those faux boxwood mats for the back and then maybe cork board for the sides, like this: https://corkhouse.com/collections/decor ... -tiles-3mm. But I wasn't sure if they would be able to climb the cork since it's so flat.

[crabbycasey]

I kinda think they could. They always surprise me with their climbing skills. Would be fun to watch them try anyway! Lol. Check out coconut climbing walls too...mine love theirs!

https://www.petsmart.com/reptile/habita ... 90784.html


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[wodesorel]

Cork flooring may be an issue because of the glues used. It's some pretty powerful stuff and would off gas for a long time inside the tank.

There are fullly natural cork tiles made for animal terrariums, and they have a great texture to them. https://zoomed.com/natural-cork-tile-background/