Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
Never happened to me (when I used some enclosures with sliding glass doors in the past) but I've heard of it happening to others, so ASSUME they can & will...it's way better than looking for your escaped snake that may also get injured from their escapade. Injuries can be an RI from being chilled, it can be from other household pets (cats & dogs), it can be scrapes or cuts or even electrocution from whatever they crawl into (they can be drawn to the warmth of a refrigerator
motor, for example). By all means just purchase a simple lock for the glass sliders, like they use in stores on display cases...easy & safe.
I actually reached out to AP just a few minutes after I posted asking them if I could add it to my order to be safe and I was able to! I ordered my T8 with swing doors but turnaround time is 16-20 weeks. I saw their quick ship T8 is the same exact thing I ordered but it’s only eligible with sliding doors. It’s 5-6 week turnaround instead so I changed it to that. Had the thought about not having latches a little after the change and I was looking at other set ups. I put two and two together, and so I emailed them and it wasn’t too late to add locks. Phew! Better safe than sorry and I’m really glad they could accommodate. So much relief. If they weren’t able to then I was gonna start asking and researching ways to keep it closed otherwise. I didn’t want to live with the risk and paranoia. Even if it’s extremely unlikely the ‘but still possible’ is too much for my brain!

I have seen RI around before. I’m guessing respiratory infection? Cause yeah how about my noodle never needing to see a vet ever haha she’s been wonderfully easy and healthy and well behaved and a great eater and she says she’s ready to keep that good streak going and I agree with her!