audri –



I think your concerns are well-founded. Obviously if you are keeping lizards with claws, or using a particularly abrasive substrate with active animals, or cleaning the acrylic with heavy-duty scrubber sponges, it would be a no-brainer to go with glass. But even taking reasonable precautions, I’ve found that acrylic used as a front access to a cage becomes unacceptably marred over time. I had the worst problems with acrylic sheets which had to be slid in and out of the tracks (like for the Neodesha 2 and 3 footers). Those which could be lifted in and out of their tracks fared better. Particularly on the 3 footers which warped more, a band of scratches was left dead center across the front of the doors.



Here’s another discussion of this topic: link



-Joan

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