Do you use hides in your rack tubs?

[Exotic Ectotherms]

Hey everyone.....I am in the process of transitioning my BP's from cages to my first rack. I am curious as to how many hides everyone uses in their tubs. Is it necessary to have a hide on the warm AND the cool side like it is in a display enclosure? If you only use 1 hide...do you put it on the warm side, the cool side, or somewhere in between.

Thank You!!!

[Teresa]

I have hides in my rack. For the adults in cb-70 they get one hide on the warm end. The sub-adults in the same rack have two hides still one on each end. I need to get more large hides as I have some 09's who need the large hides.

[cinderbird]

i give my babies two hides no matter what, as they grow i remove one hide to give them room. my adults are also offered one hide they can move around their tubs.

[ClarkT]

I use hides on the snakes that seem to need them. Those that need them tend to not feed well if they don't have the hide.

Typically they'll hide under the newspaper anyway, even though I give them a hide. They do pretty well without the hide, though.

So in a round about way of answering your question, yes we use hides in the rack, but only for some.

[MitsuMike]

Hide on the hot side, water bowl on the cool side.
I tried no hide with a few but they like them too much b/c they went on a 2 week strike from eating without them. haha

[iCandiBallPythons]

I remove the hides after a few hundred grams, this also depends on the personality of the individual animal

[steveboos]

I use hides for certain snakes, but it really depends on the individual. Also i put the hide just in the tank where ever and let the snake move it around, but they tend to keep it on the hot side anyway. Some ball pythons do fine without hides, but i feel they are happier with one in there, even if it does take up a lot of space.

[jfreels]

The only tub I have with a hide now is the BRB tub, only because the coconut hide seems to hold in some extra humidity. I noticed the others didn't bother to use them so I took them out with no adverse affects, even my four week old BP.

[Sammy412]

I don't use hides in the racks. It's dark in there anyway and I use smaller tub with the BP's, so they are happy and everyone eats. I think you just have to do whatever makes your snake(s) happy

[Sarin]

I offer hides in both my hatchling (6qt) and yearling (15qt) tubs. Once they move to their adult (32qt or CB-70) the hide is taken away. If I ever get a picky feeder I will offer a hide but it hasn't happened yet.