New Boamaster Micros- Happy Mother's Day to ME!

[Stefan-A]

That's another thing I don't care for. The door on that thing or any sliding doors. Much better to have swinging doors and a bottom lip like the exoterra enclosures.

Swinging doors are a pain in the ***, in my opinion. They're slow to operate and you have to stand further away from the enclosure when you're opening or closing them and the wider the enclosure is, the more space they require. It's especially annoying with skittish snakes or, like in my case, with snakes that have a tendency to press up against the glass when there's the smell of food in the air and have problems telling the difference between the food and the feeder's extremities. With sliding doors, you don't have to open them all the way.

The one drawback sliding doors have, is that gap between them. Well, that and the fact that you can't open both at the same time.

[drache]

Well, that and the fact that you can't open both at the same time.

I can on most of my tanks
not all the way of course, but I can have both sides open a little, which comes in handy sometimes

[Stefan-A]

I can on most of my tanks
not all the way of course, but I can have both sides open a little, which comes in handy sometimes

I did mean completely. It sort of limits the size of the water bowl, unless you want to lift out the doors every time you change the water.

[mtolypetsupply]

Ideally, for me, I'd take that cabinetmaking class at the local vo-tech, and make a rack with slide out trays for tanks. That way I could have my tanks, and save space, too. I'm still a fan of top opening.

I remember Steve had posted about how his radix calmed down after being in front opening enclosures. Makes sense, his hypothesis was something to the effect that when you reach in from the top, you're approaching them as a predator would, from above. When you reach in from the front, you're coming at them from a much less threatening direction, so they don't think everytime a hand comes in there that they're getting picked up to be carried away and eaten.

Anyone else experience a difference like that?

[Hollis_Steed]

I've found that my snakes have become used to the top opening and don't seem to be threatened by it anymore. When I walk in the room they all start heading to the top of the aquarium to be near the top. They expect either to be fed or picked up and held. either way, they seem to look forward to the top opening. I don't think they feel threatened by it anymore.

[mustang]

I've found that my snakes have become used to the top opening and don't seem to be threatened by it anymore. When I walk in the room they all start heading to the top of the aquarium to be near the top. They expect either to be fed or picked up and held. either way, they seem to look forward to the top opening. I don't think they feel threatened by it anymore.

when i ever i go to c checker if i dont have food then hes gettn ready to hide if his allready hasnt

[ConcinusMan]

Not my snakes. They will come out of the hides or wherever they are and come rushing over to me if they're hungry. If it is feeding time and I have prepared something, Amy smells it and starts biting at the air before I even open the top! It's pretty funny to watch.

[drache]

I did mean completely. It sort of limits the size of the water bowl, unless you want to lift out the doors every time you change the water.

hadn't thought about it that way
the sliding doors on mine totally sandwich to either side, so I could get in a tub about one third the size of the enclosure without having to unduly maneuver, but that seems huge