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Hi, has anyone had a boa or python escape from a Neodesha 4
foot custom cage?

Recently my adult female hog has taken a keen interest in those
sliding doors. She wedges herself between the glass and the
narrow plastic partition in the front center of the cage. She's
thick enough that she can't go completely through. She bends it
and gets stuck for a while then backs out. The first time I saw
her do it I got worried, but the cage held up and I forgot
about it. Yesterday when I got home I found the glass door a
quarter of an inch open. I use the lock on the door track, and
I'm sure I didn't lock it like that. Has anyone had a boa break
out of one of these cages, or had anything similar happen?

Thanks,
tc

I have one of those cages, and the boa housed in it hasn't ever escaped (and I don't use the lock.) However, it seems your snake is much more determined. I have had a spotted python manage to slide a door open accidently (smaller cage but again unlocked or secured) so it is possible for a snake to slide a door open. I am sure. Still, with that lock in place it shouldn't happen. Make sure the lock is tightened.

If this were a retic or ringed python, it probably could slide the door open and mean it. Well, maybe not, but those are darn smart snakes sometimes.

Hi TC.

I have a few custom Neos with the dual glass doors. I use locks on all of them, and I also put the top of a 35mm film cannister between the lock and the rear glass door. The lock fits into the inside of the cannister top perfectly, and a small part of the cannister top also fits into the aluminum track and in between the glass doors.

What this does is create a nice tight grip for the lock on the rear door without scratching the glass. I decided to do this after once trying to slide the rear glass door with the lock in place; if the lock wasn't screwed down very tight I could do it, and most likely a large boa or python jammed up against the door could do it as well.

But that little film cannister top does the trick. Try it.

Bill