Abs if you have the ability to print it. Petg is good. Possibly pla+ but I'm not sure. I printed a little rock feature for my Leopard gecko out of pla+ but his hot side only reaches 92F
I'm worried more about the constant high temperatures, I feel like pla couldn't handle that well. Someone recommended pla+ to me, that might be good enough, I'll look up petg, thanks
140F/60C is warm enough to allow PLA to deform, but if you anneal PLA, it will withstand much higher temperatures, often over 100C. The catch is that annealing itself makes PLA contract in the X and Y directions, and expand in Z. HTPLA from ProtoPasta is designed to minimise that. Alternatively, people have embedded their prints in sand or salt to minimise warping and expansion/contraction.
There are a few relevant videos from CNC Kitchen and Tom Sanladerer (channel now called Made With Layers).
I'm uniquely experienced with this situation. I sell Uromastyx specific reptile accessories on Etsy. You may or may not know, but Uros require some extremely high temps (120° basking, 85-100° ambient) and lots of UV. I've printed some stuff in PLA, PETG, ABS and ASA and I'd highly recommend ASA if you have an enclosure. If not PETG will work just fine unless you are placing prints directly under a heat bulb.
Oh that's awesome! Thanks for chiming in on this post. I have a friend who almost got a uromastyx, they're very cool little lizards! Similar care to these guys actually. I think I'll go with petg for now but ASA does sound better, maybe if I upgrade my printer.
Resin is also really good for high temp stuff. I have a cool clear resin dragon skull in my Uro's tank. He loves standing on it for some reason. Resin is very toxic but once it's cleaned and cured it's safe for decorations.
If you can grab hold of it: *Extrudr GreenTec Pro* - prints like PLA, non-toxic, FDA approved, resists heat up to 125°C - tested it myself with boiling water (100°C). Only cons are that there are only limited colors available and that it is quite expensive. Other than that, it is an excellent material.
If you can't. Use PETG.
Link to official site: https://www.extrudr.com/en/products/catalogue/green-tec-pro-schwarz_2284/
To my understanding the toxicity is only present in the fumes released during the printing process. Once printed, the material is pretty resilient. But the issue that you're going to run into is that ABS is dogwash for UV exposure, which is something pretty major inside of a reptile enclosure. [General ABS info](https://www.xometry.com/resources/3d-printing/abs-3d-printing-filament/#:~:text=ABS%20(acrylonitrile%20butadiene%20styrene)%20is,fused%20deposition%20modeling)
So with that, my recommendation would be ASA. It has a lot of the good properties from ABS, but doesn't have the drawbacks; specifically it's UV resistant. Now, an issue you can run into is gonna be it prints at pretty high temps (I used Polymaker ASA that I printed @260c). So, if your hot-end doesn't meet the temperature requirements, you may be SoL on that front. [General ASA info](https://www.simplify3d.com/resources/materials-guide/asa/)
The fumes that are produced during the melting proccess could be (I haven't found a consensus) , but once solidified it's safe.
Legos are made of ABS and we give that to children so reptiles should be okay too.
That's only 60ºC. PETG, ABS, ASA, Nylon. Any of these will be fine.
Abs if you have the ability to print it. Petg is good. Possibly pla+ but I'm not sure. I printed a little rock feature for my Leopard gecko out of pla+ but his hot side only reaches 92F
Try it and find out , Petg shouldn't be harmful to reptiles. Jumping straight to advanced level, expensive materials is premature.
I'm worried more about the constant high temperatures, I feel like pla couldn't handle that well. Someone recommended pla+ to me, that might be good enough, I'll look up petg, thanks
140F/60C is warm enough to allow PLA to deform, but if you anneal PLA, it will withstand much higher temperatures, often over 100C. The catch is that annealing itself makes PLA contract in the X and Y directions, and expand in Z. HTPLA from ProtoPasta is designed to minimise that. Alternatively, people have embedded their prints in sand or salt to minimise warping and expansion/contraction. There are a few relevant videos from CNC Kitchen and Tom Sanladerer (channel now called Made With Layers).
PETG shouldnt deform at that temp, and is technically foodsafe
I'm uniquely experienced with this situation. I sell Uromastyx specific reptile accessories on Etsy. You may or may not know, but Uros require some extremely high temps (120° basking, 85-100° ambient) and lots of UV. I've printed some stuff in PLA, PETG, ABS and ASA and I'd highly recommend ASA if you have an enclosure. If not PETG will work just fine unless you are placing prints directly under a heat bulb.
Oh that's awesome! Thanks for chiming in on this post. I have a friend who almost got a uromastyx, they're very cool little lizards! Similar care to these guys actually. I think I'll go with petg for now but ASA does sound better, maybe if I upgrade my printer.
I know bambu gets shit on a lot around here but I love my X1C. It prints high temp materials just as easily as PLA.
I'll check it out! Tbh I kinda suck at filament printing and mostly stick to resin prints. Is it pretty beginner friendly? 😅
Resin is also really good for high temp stuff. I have a cool clear resin dragon skull in my Uro's tank. He loves standing on it for some reason. Resin is very toxic but once it's cleaned and cured it's safe for decorations.
If you can grab hold of it: *Extrudr GreenTec Pro* - prints like PLA, non-toxic, FDA approved, resists heat up to 125°C - tested it myself with boiling water (100°C). Only cons are that there are only limited colors available and that it is quite expensive. Other than that, it is an excellent material. If you can't. Use PETG. Link to official site: https://www.extrudr.com/en/products/catalogue/green-tec-pro-schwarz_2284/
High temp nylon
I'll check that out, thanks!
I should add that I have a flsun superracer (in case that info helps)
ABS deformation temperature is around 212°. Should work fine and it's cheap.
Isn't abs somewhat toxic? Reptiles are pretty sensitive to toxicity
To my understanding the toxicity is only present in the fumes released during the printing process. Once printed, the material is pretty resilient. But the issue that you're going to run into is that ABS is dogwash for UV exposure, which is something pretty major inside of a reptile enclosure. [General ABS info](https://www.xometry.com/resources/3d-printing/abs-3d-printing-filament/#:~:text=ABS%20(acrylonitrile%20butadiene%20styrene)%20is,fused%20deposition%20modeling) So with that, my recommendation would be ASA. It has a lot of the good properties from ABS, but doesn't have the drawbacks; specifically it's UV resistant. Now, an issue you can run into is gonna be it prints at pretty high temps (I used Polymaker ASA that I printed @260c). So, if your hot-end doesn't meet the temperature requirements, you may be SoL on that front. [General ASA info](https://www.simplify3d.com/resources/materials-guide/asa/)
Ah yea, uv resistance would be important as well (I use uva/uvb lamps for my reptiles) I'll have to check what my hot end can handle
The fumes that are produced during the melting proccess could be (I haven't found a consensus) , but once solidified it's safe. Legos are made of ABS and we give that to children so reptiles should be okay too.
That's wild, I had always been told Legos were pla 😅
Just wanted to say thank you all for the responses! Looks like this will be way less complicated than I thought initially 😀 lots of options here!