good plastic for balls

two of my balls are getting huge so i want to get them a nice low terra that wont take up much room. I currently use a sturdy metal shelf system that i mount their plastic bins on, it's great for preventing heating pad problems by providing good ander tank ventilation. I intend to keep this system to mount the new terras in, as one thing that's always bothered me about stackable terras is having the heat transferred from one box to the next. I've been looking around for a plastic terra, thinking of building my own, when i came across River Bend Reptiles and found this http://www.riverbendreptiles.com/large-cage.html which would be easy for me to obtain if it's a good investment.
I have three questions concerning this; one, has anyone dealt with this companies' cage before, if so what are the pros and cons of the cage and how good was the service. two, is abs plastic a good material in reptile cages? and three, how do you protect the snakes from touching the light fixtures? I have a fear of my snakes reaching up and getting burned because they touched the light bulb, and in most terras lights are on the inside and don't look like they're covered.

I don't use that companies cages, but I use similar cages made by Animal Plastics:

http://www.apcages.com

Here is a thread I wrote on how to setup these cages, and has a lot of general info about them:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...With-Pictures!

For some general Pros and Cons:

Pros

1. Hold heat in better than just about anything else.
2. Maintain humidity as well as tubs without the heat issues.
3. You can use just about any heat source with them
4. Look good/can be used as display cages

Cons

1. Cost, these cages are usually more costly than alternatives, but in my opinion you get what you pay for.
2. Animal density. these cages while stackable usually can't hold as many snakes as a similarly sized rack (but each snake gets more room to live in)

ABS plastic is ok, but CD-PVC or HDPE are much better choices. (animal plastics uses CD-PVC)

which one do you use, swinging or sliding door? if sliding how long have you had it and has it stuck? I've heard that some terras with sliding doors will sag in the middle causing the door to stuck when being slid. how easy are they to stack? where are the holes for air and the screen sections for putting lights and tubes from misters on?

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Originally Posted by Faolan

which one do you use, swinging or sliding door? if sliding how long have you had it and has it stuck? I've heard that some terras with sliding doors will sag in the middle causing the door to stuck when being slid. how easy are they to stack? where are the holes for air and the screen sections for putting lights and tubes from misters on?

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I just replied in your other thread, so some of this will be redundant. Checkout the pictures i just posted over there.

I use the glass sliding doors. I've had the cages for a few years now and haven't had an issue yet with them sticking. AP uses much thicker plastic then most other cage manufactures. Their cages are extremely robust and are built to last. I can stand on top of my AP cages.

With plastic cages you really aren't going to be using misting systems/lights. They offer the option to have screens installed if you really want to use them, but most of the time they aren't necessary. I usually have issues with my humidity being too high not too low, and I almost never have to mist my cages. As for heat lamps Those really aren't going to be necessary either. A combination of heat tape and radiant heat panels is a much better option for plastic cages.

Stacking Ap cages is really easy. They have 2 holes in the bottom of each cage, and 2 pegs on the top that lock together making them very secure.