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i've built a 6ft cage for my 6ft albino green and want to know which is better glass or plexi glass? It will be for sliding doors. whats your opinion?

I would recommend plexi glass over normal glass. Plexi glass is a bit more durable against damage. It gets scratched much easier, but with a snake that really ins't a problem. Just make sure that the plexi glass you get has some thickness to it to prevent it from being too flexible.

Hope this helps,

Chris
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I personally would recommend glass. I have found that unless the plexiglass is extremely thick it can warp with heat. Not to mention I believe that plexi is more likely to scratch then a good quality glass.

I would recommend plexi-glass. Actually, I would specifically recommend Lexan over plexi-glass. Lexan is used in certain applications as "bullet proof glass", because it can resist high force impacts (as a striking burm may attempt). Also, it flexes, while glass is relatively inflexable and will shatter as opposed to the Lexan which will absorb some force by flexing. Also, Lexan is more scratch resistant than plexi-glass.

The only benefit I've found for using glass is that it doesn't have nearly the same amount of electrostatic attraction of dust as plexi-glass type materials. I have one cage with acrylic (plexi-glass) walls and doors and they get practically 'frosted' with white dust, especially so when I'm running the humidifier in the room. None of my glass-doored cages have this problem at all.

It's not such a big deal to me though - I just wipe it down more often.

Hope that helps some,
- Mark
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I use acrylic ( plexi glass is a brand name ). I have used it with many sharp clawed animals with no ill effect.
I have a Prehensile tailed skink that goes nuts every night to get out, and his nails have yet to scratch the acrylic window.
And they have some serious claws. If he cant scratch it, I doubt a burm can.
Acrylic does warp. I use a frame to get around that.
I also use 1/4" material, and lots of locks.
Make sure you drill your holes large enough, or you'll crack it.
But acrylic you can work with yourself. I use a laminate saw to cut to size. I can drill it without problems ( go slow )
And I dont have the dust problem Mark does. Maybe if he raises his room humidity level, the static cling problem might go away.
Glass...you have to pay someone. And it breaks.
For my money, I'll stick with acrylic.
Oh...by the higher priced acylic. They are clearer.
You can use Lexan, but the price! WOW!

I just built a cage and i used plexi, i used a specific glass cutting drill bit that was just a tiny bit smaller that the screws i was going to use, i also used 1/4" thick and a frame, i think it looks pretty slick.