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Hinged doors are easier to build and cheaper, but dont look nearly as nice IMO. If your going to go with sliding glass make sure you make it a couple inches higher then your substrate depth so mulch doesn't get stuck in the tracks as that can be a pain in the ass.
By the sounds of it theres a few things that could go wrong. First of all you should have an indoor enclosure because your going to need one for the winter, hibernating or not. Your tegu will not get ticks as I doubt there are any ticks in your area that would think about a tegu as a host, and...
Could put him on a smaller substrate. Dirt/sand mixture maybe spagum (sp) moss. My tegu always eats substrate ( always being i catch her a couple times a week) so I just use a small type of mulch and has never had a problem with him going to the bathroom.
Looks real good man. My only concern is make sure that basking rock is secure. Dont want him sitting under it and something bumps the cage and you have a tegu pancake.
take a clothes hanger and bend it to make a hook. hook him and pull him out. or you could lift the front up and prop something underneath it and grab him.
I feed all of my monitors and tegus in their enclosures. When you dont have food let them sniff out your hand till they realize its not food then go and pick them up or do your cleaning etc.
Thats what I do as it is much easier to feed in the enclosures as feeding bins are a big hassle.