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Hello all again,
Since I got most of my cage constructed and moving onto finishing it, I guess now is the time to start figuring out the doors. I'm gonna go with 2 framed glass doors that swing open. The diminsions of each door will be under 4'x4'. I'm trying to decide if I need to pay the extra money for temper'd glass, or if plain old sheet glass is fine. Secondly, any recommendations on thickness I should be looking at. This cage will be holding a black roughneck moniter fyi.
TIA
-John

Tempering essentially takes the strength of glass away from the edges and moves it to the face. Since you're framing the door the weak edges are not a concern so I think I would pay the extra for the tempered product. I say that, of course, having received a mild tail slap from a Black Roughneck Monitor in the past. I suspect they could shatter 1/4" plate glass.

Awesome species, by the way. One of my favorites.
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Current snakes:

1.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - (Silver/Yellow)

2.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - (Green)

4.3 Gonyosoma janseni - (Black)

Got it, so temper'd is the way to go... or are you saying should reconsider glass at all? They are great monitors. I hope to have success with attempting to breed them when they come of age.
-John

Use 1/4" tempered glass in a frame. Acrylic or polycarbonate is too easily scratched.
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Current snakes:

1.1 Gonyosoma oxycephala - (Silver/Yellow)

2.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - (Green)

4.3 Gonyosoma janseni - (Black)

Got it. Thanks. Ya, that's the reason I eliminated thinking about plexi too. The scratch factor.
-John