I made sure it was tight before we bought it. I plan on using the other one for my leopard gecko breeding colony. I don't trust my ball pythons in these because they are little escape artists and can get out of almost anything lol. The ones I've seen at Walmart have the issues you said. The gaps were wide enough in one unit I could get my whole hand and wrist in through the gap.

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