I personally have all glass now, but would like to switch to PVC display enclosures.
To me, glass works just fine if you are willing to put in the due diligence to know what to do to properly care for your animal. If you're ok with the additional time, effort and potential headaches of glass and want to display your animals I say go for it. As long as the animal is properly cared for I don't see any reason to knock anybody's personal preference of enclosure. Typically, once your husbandry is dialed in, it's just routine maintenance from there and checking things daily to make sure everything is running properly. Then making some seasonal adjustments. Sure, humidity is a little tougher to maintain, especially during the dry, winter months. But if you're willing to take the time and make the appropriate adjustments, what's wrong with that?
That being said, I don't think I'll ever get rid of display enclosures. If the day comes that I have more snakes than time allows for me to properly maintain the glass, I may consider the more time efficient rack setup, but would still keep the majority in display enclosures. I'll cross that bridge then, but will probably limit my collection to what I can maintain in display enclosures.
I like the look of display enclosures and enjoy watching my snakes do what snakes do, even if that means stay in their hides the vast majority of the time.
In my opinion, if you're not capable of making glass work, you're probably going to have husbandry issues regardless of enclosure. It just takes a little homework and a little effort.
Either way, regardless of your choice of enclosure, if your animals are healthy and well taken care of I say you do you.
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