Well its a long post so I am having trouble picking out something to start with.



One thing that stands out is the divider issue.



I think regardless of how tame the animal is a divider can become a necessary evil for cleanings, like you said than at least you know where they are and geting into.



So how do you make a divider that is easy to use but doesn't create a nightmare. Obviously when removed there will be a gap some where that requires filling. It seams obvious to me, maybe you have though of this, but I would have two dividers one that would divide the cage and another that would filll the gap.



By this I mean if you build the divider to slide in a channel around the entire interior with only a single hole in the front to be removed. You will end up with a channel in the shape of a U along the bottom, back, and ceiling, and of course the appropriate thickness whole in the front for its removal. This gap of course would create a nice place to poop, and a very difficult area to clean. So I would essentialy build a divider cut (essentially a face frame, hole in middle) to fill all the gaps, so when installed it created a flush surface with the rest of the cage frame. Than you would simply swap dividers when cleaning.



Seams simply to me but its really hard to explain without pictures.



Obviously another way to go would be to cut say a 10" hole between the two over which a plate could be installed on eitehr side while cleaning. This would make the process a little more involved but with a tame snake just as easy.



Another thing, and not trying to burst your bubble here. Sintra stains fairly easy so if you go that route try and avoid light colors.



This might be a better product for stain resistance, although I didn't ask the product rep about that aspect;



http://www.waterproofpanels.com/korlytewhite.shtml



I think you will find the product to be very heavy over that of wood but very resistant to scraches (it can be scrached)



Lots of stuff out there to use, as a fellow perfectionist I telling you its a pain trying to find the perfect product, or Tote for that matter. LOL



In the end I think we all need to decide what we work with best and stick to that.



Good Luck



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Jeremy



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