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Someone gave me me two 2'x7' sheets of 1/2" plywood that I want to use to build a cage for a Blue-Tongue Skink. I'm going to be using these plans www.arbreptiles.com/cages/4x2.shtml except the dimensions will be 3.5'x2'x2'. The problem is I'm not sure what type of door I should use. I've heard that you shouldn't use plexiglass with lizards because it scratches really easily. Has anybody had problems with this? I don't care what the door looks like, I'm just looking for something thats cheap and easy to build. Also, what should I use to waterproof the wood?
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LONG LIVE METAL!!!!

MY COLLECTION:
1.0 '04 Columbian BCI
0.1 '05 Blood Python
1.2 Ball Pythons

MY WISHLIST (I turn 18 on June 16th ):
A Northern Blue-Tongue Skink
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.1 Hogg Island Boas
1.0 Salmon BCI
0.2 Columbian BCI
1.1 Sumatran Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Borneo Short-Tail Pythons
1.1 Dumerils Boas
1.1 Suriname BCC
1.2 Spotted Pythons
2.4 African House Snakes
1.2 Rubber Boas
2.4 Bearded Dragons
1.2 Rankins Dragons
2.6 Crested Geckos
1.1 purebred Dobermans
0.1 black German Shepherd
2 ferrets
A Senegal Parrot
A Sun Conure

I'm just looking for something thats cheap and easy to build. Also, what should I use to waterproof the wood?

Don't use plexiglass. It's expensive and tends to yellow and warp when exposed to temperature differentials, which can be worse in a lizard cage.

I find sliding bypass doors the most attractive and easiest to build. Add a face frame and it makes it even easier and gives it a nice look. Here are some URLs for you to cut and paste.

http://www.finegtps.com/cagemill.htm

http://www.finegtps.com/cageassmble.htm
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Current snakes:

0.0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Java locale (green)

1.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - Jave local (green)

2.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Seleyar locale (all black)

1.2 Gonyosoma janseni - Celebes locale (Black & Tan)