sliding doors

drache · 03-13-2007, 07:32 AM

I've been looking at some of your set-ups and I noticed that many of you have vivaria with sliding doors.
I have those for my lizards, but I'd been concerned with smaller snalkes hanging out in the rail part, or even somehow squeezing through the overlap.
Has anything like that happened to anyone?

Stefan-A · 03-13-2007, 08:06 AM

I've heard stories about snakes doing that (including juvenile ball pythons), but it has never happened to me.

adamanteus · 03-13-2007, 12:00 PM

I've been using paired sliding doors for ever and I've never had a snake squeeze between them, but then I don't house juveniles in that type of viv.

Snaky · 03-13-2007, 12:13 PM

I had the problem once. Fixed it by putting something between the glasses, so it couldn't pass anymore. This was a baby of a few weeks, so very small. So you've always hav to be carefull with babies...

drache · 03-13-2007, 12:53 PM

I can keep babies elsewhere (not that I have any right now)
It also occurred to me earlier that I can use airline tubing to plug the inside rail and just mostly use the door that slides on the outside rail.
Airline tubing works well around the top of the tank when a screen top is not a good fit.
It might even work in the overlap although that may be tricky.
What did you use?

Gijs & Sabine · 03-13-2007, 04:43 PM

We also had this problem, especialy with babies from ribbons. They crawl up between the overhanging part and then they are on the glass in the rail part. The problem is you don't see them, but you notice they're there. But lucky we never had any damage to a garter by that.

Now we use some kind of brush-thing on every slidingdoor.
By placing this on the behind glass (b), the front glass (a) will slide directly alongside the brush, so there is nolonger a gap and the babies can not crawl up anymore.

adamanteus · 03-13-2007, 04:45 PM

Those brushes are a great idea. Are they self-adhesive?

Gijs & Sabine · 03-13-2007, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamanteus

Those brushes are a great idea. Are they self-adhesive?

Yes

very handy

adamanteus · 03-13-2007, 04:52 PM

I'm going to use it on my new vivs. It would stop anything getting out, even crickets if you were keeping insectivorous lizards. Thanks for the tip!

Gijs & Sabine · 03-13-2007, 04:59 PM

It works really good. We also use this on our paludarium (?) with phyllobates bicolors (poison frogs) and they eat tiny flies.........

03-13-2007, 07:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,247 Country:	sliding doors I've been looking at some of your set-ups and I noticed that many of you have vivaria with sliding doors. I have those for my lizards, but I'd been concerned with smaller snalkes hanging out in the rail part, or even somehow squeezing through the overlap. Has anything like that happened to anyone? __________________ rhea

03-13-2007, 08:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Stefan-A The Prince of Insufficient Light. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern Finland Posts: 5,448 Country:	Re: sliding doors I've heard stories about snakes doing that (including juvenile ball pythons), but it has never happened to me. __________________ Ophidia in herba.

03-13-2007, 12:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 8,354 Country:	Re: sliding doors I've been using paired sliding doors for ever and I've never had a snake squeeze between them, but then I don't house juveniles in that type of viv. __________________ James.

03-13-2007, 12:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Snaky "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,745 Country:	Re: sliding doors I had the problem once. Fixed it by putting something between the glasses, so it couldn't pass anymore. This was a baby of a few weeks, so very small. So you've always hav to be carefull with babies...

03-13-2007, 12:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,247 Country:	Re: sliding doors I can keep babies elsewhere (not that I have any right now) It also occurred to me earlier that I can use airline tubing to plug the inside rail and just mostly use the door that slides on the outside rail. Airline tubing works well around the top of the tank when a screen top is not a good fit. It might even work in the overlap although that may be tricky. What did you use? __________________ rhea

03-13-2007, 04:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gijs & Sabine "Preparing For Fourth shed" Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kudelstaart Posts: 722 Country:	Re: sliding doors We also had this problem, especialy with babies from ribbons. They crawl up between the overhanging part and then they are on the glass in the rail part. The problem is you don't see them, but you notice they're there. But lucky we never had any damage to a garter by that. Now we use some kind of brush-thing on every slidingdoor. By placing this on the behind glass (b), the front glass (a) will slide directly alongside the brush, so there is nolonger a gap and the babies can not crawl up anymore.

03-13-2007, 04:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 8,354 Country:	Re: sliding doors Those brushes are a great idea. Are they self-adhesive? __________________ James.

03-13-2007, 04:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 8,354 Country:	Re: sliding doors I'm going to use it on my new vivs. It would stop anything getting out, even crickets if you were keeping insectivorous lizards. Thanks for the tip! __________________ James.

03-13-2007, 04:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
Gijs & Sabine "Preparing For Fourth shed" Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kudelstaart Posts: 722 Country:	Re: sliding doors It works really good. We also use this on our paludarium (?) with phyllobates bicolors (poison frogs) and they eat tiny flies.........

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