Using a glass cutter, you could create a hole the right size for a pvc pipe to connect the two. Then there is no need for a custom lid.
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Shes a pretty thick snake - probably a bit bigger than s soda can sized around. Do you think cutting that big of a hole would cause stuctrual issues?
Well yes if you had the glass support her weight but you could build a metal support frame around the hole on both sides of the glass, such that the glass doesn’t need to structurally support the pvc at all.
Is the reason snakes need a certain amount of space simply to be able to move about?
If it is about anything else like air flow, being able to stretch/curl up in certain shapes, or being able to get a certain distance from the edges, then two small tanks connected together are not necessarily equivalent to one larger one.
She has room to move but shes def big enough to need more thab what she has. The PVC idea is fantastic bc i can make one a warm side and the other cool so she can stretch out regardless of temp