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I had the strangest experience this morning. I woke up and walked over to check my snake cages to see if any of my snakes were up and about. As I approached my Okeetee's cage, I was surprised to see my female Okeetee half way out of her cage. She sitting there looking like she was waiting for me to help her. Jackie had crawled between the glass doors of the cage and got about half way out when she became completely stuck. I carefully lifted the glass door up and out and I had one very happy cornsnake slither back into her cage.

I have to admit that I have never heard of a problem with Vision cages before. Jackie is a year old, and has never tried this before. I hope she learned her lesson, but I don't know.

Has anyone else had this problem before? Do you have any suggestions to corn-proof my cage?

Thanks!

Sliding glass doors always have a small gap in between them. I don't know the specifics of the vision cage ones, but the doors I have on my boa's cage have about a 1/8th inch gap.

You could get a thin piece of foam or weatherstripping and put it on the inside door to seal the gap.
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-audri
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thats a big cage for a 1 year old corn. even the smallest vision cages are big for a snake that size. you may want to keep it in a cheep rubermiad box till it gets a little bit bigger.

FYI, when your corn snake gets a little larger, it will be able to slide the glass door open unless you do something to prevent that like get a lock set or put dowels in the tracks. Most often, snakes seem to push open the door on the outside track, but sometimes they do the inside one, too. I’ve had it happen with snakes from very small (sand boa) to quite large (adult blood pythons), and I always feel stupid when this happens, because it means I’ve gotten lazy about securing the Vision doors.

-Joan

Thanks. I am going to buy some dowels like you suggest. Those snakes are smarter than they look.