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here is the rack for the Slant fronts , has 4 225lb HD casters on it for mobility painted in a black hammered finish. The second shows the cage nested in the rack. Gecks get stuck belw untill i get other cages built for this unit , Im thinking of doing DK green cage and a beige cage .

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That was my favorite setup with Neodesha cages. Steel rack, 3-cages high, all cages slant-front, all cages accessible for heating changes/mods. Most versatile, most accessible.

Bravo on your design there. I love it.
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Mark

Something I've always wondered about the Neodesha style (which I've never used myself). I can see the benefits of the slant front, but what does one get from the top sloping downward from front to back? Why not make the tops flat so you have slanted front but still stackable?

Thanks,
Dan

In my case, I would keep different species in different cages, so being able to remove/modify one cage w/o disturbing the others was a real plus. In other words, I like racking individual cages as opposed to stacking, so the slant top was of no concern to me.

Also, on thin plastic cages with sliding doors, stacking can cause problems with the doors on the lower tier of the stack. Then the cage has to be strengthened around the doors. Racking eliminates the need, resulting in very lightweight cages for the larger cages. Meaning also that the cages do not need lips around the door track for strength, meaning when you wash them outside with a hose (like for large boa cages), water doesn't get trapped inside.

And I like that the racks have wheels to make moving easy.
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Mark

Comes down to light fixtures. The slanted top sloping down toward the back allowed people to set lights ontop of the individual enclosure. Was nice and handy.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
Boas make the world go round.

As mentioned already the ease of being able to remove a single cage out of a stack of cages for what ever reason is nice. also as touched on with sliding doors saggin can be a issue with cages with a natural setup[ sue to the weights applied to them , in a rack there wont be a saggin tight to open or shut door. Also mobility is nice being able to when needed re arrange a room of cages can be done i virtually minutes opposed to maybe a hr of unstacking cages and then moving them and re stacking them to just add a few rack systems for snakes or maybe you have smaller cages and need to re arrange .

As to having a cage with a slanted front and flat top to stack them with needing a rack like these they can be done but the you will sooner or later end up having doors that bind after the cages have weight in them. So basically its all in what one looks for and the use they need for them. Until got a old neo from my buddies store i have never used them myself but with the slant degree on the cages like this makes snake removal and usability second to only bing in the yard lol
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