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looking for ideas for dors for multi unit melamine cage system... Going to house bearded dragons, leopard geckos and other dessert species...
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Tom
1.2.0 Leopard Gecko (dot, spot, leo)
0.0.1 California King Snake (booboo)
0.1.0 Sulcata Tortoise (tank)
0.0.2 Russian Tortoise (tito and lulu)
0.0.2 Red Ear Sliders (bernie and ernie)
0.0.3 Painted Turtles (larry, curly and moe)
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (marshmellow)
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (beef)
1.0.0 Peachfront Conure (kermit)
0.1.0 Australian Shepheard (layla)
2.1.0 Crazy Cats (babe, sabastian, tinkerbell)
0.1.0 Lion Head Rabbit (daisy)
0.1.0 Ferret (jordan)
0.2.0 Guinea Pigs (lilly and petunia)
0.0.1 White Tree Frog (dumpy jr.)
0.0.2 Fire Belly Newts (spork and blaze)
0.0.1 Fire Belly Toad (ferdinan)
0.0.1 Red Spotted Newt ( red)
0.0.2 Bull Frogs (goliath and tubby)
0.0.1 Rainbow Ameive (jack)
0.0.1 Spectacled caiman (wilbert)
0.0.3 Green Anoles
1.0.0 Bahama Anole
0.0.1 Long Tail Grass Lizard
Lots Of Fish

I prefer sliding glass doors for just about any reptile application short of for living bearing snake species that produce tiny young. I like the open look and that I can easily remove the doors completely for cleaning and/or moving the cage. The fact that the doors can be slid just slightly open for adding/removing prey items or cleaning is also a benefit for many of the species I have kept.

They can be a bit of a pain for insect eaters but even then I felt it was a worthwhile tradeoff. I would just fold lengths of paper towel and shove it in the overlap area when feeding insects that could crawl out. Some people fill this area with self adhesive insulation strips and this does work well, but is always visible.

I don't like hinged doors that swing to the side or down. Just a strong personal preference on my part. But they do have their place and many people prefer them. Nothing wrong with that.
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Currently keeping:

6.10 Gonyosoma oxycephala (Javan, mixed colors)

1.1 Philodryas baroni

1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback