DOORS - and a poll to help all. - Page 2

Cake · 10-29-04, 10:53 AM

Personally i use a full door that is hinged to open up. I have it on a 48x24x24 enclosure right now for my coastal and do not have a problem. the second phase to my enclosure is a 48x24x24 section that will form an L shape when attached. Its door to the left and is also a single pane. this L design allows you to stack cages on top of one another, and gives your semi arboreal species a place to climb as well as hide out on the ground, while maximizing space use.

I do not however use glass. I use lucite. The lucite i find has a little more give to it than glass. It is a litte more flexable however around the edges, but if you mount a 1/2inch moulding to the outer edge of the pane it gives it the rigidity neccessary. It is much easier to work with and is extremely light.

wetlander · 10-31-04, 08:40 PM

I use double hinged doors since I'm not worried about space and I wanted the cage to look more like furniture. The first photo shows the 3 cage unit, and the second shows one of the doors open. I like having 2 doors/cage as it allows me to get into the cage frome the side the snake is not in. The unit used to have 2 cages, but I decided to install a third unit.

Doug

wetlander · 10-31-04, 08:47 PM

Oh BTW check out the cat in the bottom left hand side of the photo....thinking about going into the cage?... 7.5 foot boa... not a good idea

MouseKilla · 10-31-04, 11:04 PM

On the next episode of "ANIMAL FACE-OFF"!

Oh, and if you want that cat to get eaten it's much easier if you put rat urine on it first. That's how I do it anyway. LOL

McCarthy Boas · 10-31-04, 11:49 PM

I like sliding doors over hinged doors.

1: Sliding doors give a cleaner look in my opinion.
2: I like having the option to have half the door open or if need be the glass is very easy to remove and you have full access to the cage.
3: With cages that are stacked on top of each other the doors don't get in the way if you have more than one cage open.

Take care
Tom

CDN-Cresties · 11-01-04, 12:11 AM

That BP enclosure is SWEET but the other enclosures are great too. I would go with sliding doors.

BOAS_N_PYTHONS · 11-01-04, 12:40 AM

TOM:

Love those cages alot, nice work indeed put into them.

The one your laying perfect place to hide when in trouble with the wife, lol.

Thanks for posts the photos.

Cya...

Tony

MouseKilla · 11-01-04, 03:01 PM

Wow! Those plastic cages are sweet!!! I like the look of the wooden ones too but those bulbs look a little scary to me.

I think I agree that sliding glass is a little nicer to look at, it's a little more open I guess but I still find them less convenient. I don't want to take the glass out, try to put it somewhere I won't break it then have to put it back in later. I don't get along with glass very well so maybe that's just me. lol!

Double doors will also allow you to only open half the cage if you are feeding a nutty snake. I would much rather move a crazy, bitey snake in and out of a cage with doors I can shut quickly than to be fumbling with two pieces of glass while trying to find the tracks and hopefully not getting bitten. The alternative to taking the glass out is trying to force the same snake through an opening half as wide... I don't know.

I'm not sure how doors get in the way either because I don't have more than one cage open at a time. It's a habit I made after forgetting to close a couple of cages. I don't think it's a great idea to have more than one big snake's cage open at the same time when there is the scent of food in the air either and I can't think of any other time when it would make sense to get into several cages at the same time.

nguyen_inc · 11-01-04, 05:03 PM

McCarthy Boas: the picture with you im guessing in the cage is so funnny! I was laughing for some reason for a minute....

McCarthy Boas · 11-01-04, 06:17 PM

Hi Tony & John

I should have made a way to get out from the inside for when the wife locks me in the cage. LOL

I should have never gave her a set of keys for the cages.

Take care
Tom

rwg · 11-02-04, 11:08 AM

I like my glass sliders for many reasons, but I may be switching to hinges with the next batch. The reason is, one of my cages has a little friction between the glass plates. Three times I have had escapes from that cage. The first two times it was because the display case lock (between the panes) caused enough friction to drag the other plate an inch or so when closing the cage without me noticing. The third time after I removed the lock, I have no idea why there should have been any friction between the plates, but my wife pointed out the 1 inch gap, and the search was on for Phoebe. Maybe some aspen chips between the panes. Dunno.

rg