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PVC Enclosure: Glass or Acrylic?
Hi ya'll,
Looking to upgrade the little bp to a larger enclosure. For any PVC enclosure using owners - what are your thoughts on glass v acrylic doors?
Last edited by bpmama; 07-16-2019 at 10:45 PM.
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Glass is heavier (sometimes -depending on cage design- can "stick" in tracks) but acrylic scratches easily (even from paper towels) so in time it's loses clarity.
Pros & cons either way, flip a coin, lol. Glass isn't all that fragile & retains it's shape firmly, while acrylic has more "give" to it. A BP will likely never be heavy &
strong enough to pop out an acrylic door, but some of the really big snakes have been known to do that now & then.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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Always glass. I've used acrylic once and never again. As stated above it scratches really easy.
-Venomous-
1.0 - Naja siamensis - Zeus (Black & White Spitting Cobra)
1.0 - Naja n. woodi - Hades (Black Spitting Cobra)
0.1 - Naja nigricollis - Athena (Black-necked Spitting Cobra)
coming at some point in the future
Naja annulata (Ringed Water Cobra)
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I have not had problems with Plastic for my BP. But larger adult Boas and Carpet Pythons have warped the plastic by pushing and then escaping.
I’ll never order a cage with plastic doors again.
The only time I’ve had glass doors stick is when the track screws were not below flush level.
Last edited by Reinz; 07-17-2019 at 07:18 AM.
Reason: gram
The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.
1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
Mack The Knife, 2013
Lizzy, 2010
Etta, 2013
1.1 Jungle Carpet Pythons
Esmarelda , 2014
Sundance, 2012
2.0 Common BI Boas, Punch, 2005; Butch, age?
0.1 Normal Ball Python, Elvira, 2001
0.1 Olive (Aussie) Python, Olivia, 2017
Please excuse the spelling in my posts. Auto-Correct is my worst enema.
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I've had both. Plastic WILL get scratched up at some point, even if you're careful. Sliding glass is the way to go.
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