regarding 2 identical hides

[butters!]

after a few weeks of watching my juvenile bp ive come to notice that it never ever goes into the cool side hide.i see alot of people advise on it but in my opinion its a waste of money and ground space.i have also tried switching the hides to see if there was something wrong with the other but it still goes to the warm side.just so you know,my warm side is around 84 to 86 and cool side stays constant at 80.one more note,ive read alot on bp's like the ground more but if mine isnt in his hide.hes cruisin the vines or the driftwood i got setup up at a angle.sure there clumsy and fall sometimes but wat the hell,i fell several times as a kid.in nature they do as they please and if it was a dumb species guess wat,there would be no more wild balls.now humans tearing down there homes is a different story.sorry to rant,had a bad day

[TooManyToys]

Maybe you should up the temperature on the high side by a few degrees?

[butters!]

if i could i would.i stay in the basement and its about 68 in here at all times.at least wen its not summer.but the fact is my bp thrives.hasnt refused a feed,defecates normally 3 days after feeding like clockwork.hides all freakin day wich kills me so i have to stay up till bout 4 to 5 am to see him move around,and work really blows because of this.but hey wat can i do?huh,huh,well sometimes i remove the hide so he has no choice but to be in the open.we are buddys though and i dont care wat people say about snakes not having feelings,lil butters loves me.i believe everything that breathes and is alive has feelings.its impossible to not have emotion.for example,sometimes if i try to get him out to handle him he doesnt want to be held.trys to get away from me.that is a mood wich is a feeling.thats just my opinion and belief.

[starmom]

Okay dude, here ya go: I'm not getting into brain structure and physiology; that part of your discourse I will (astutely) let pass.
I will suggest that your snake does need a hide on both sides of the tank. It doesn't matter what you think or how sympatico you and your snake are. 2 hides.
You do need to get the hot side temps up- get a thermostat and get them up.
As for dumb species and evolution...jeez, don't make it this easy...............

[butters!]

When i drink is wen i get careless. But why why why why keep 2 hides if one is never entered.i have vegetation and other stuff that he can hide around on the cool side.its just not identical.im gonna use the other identical one for the other tank i have wen im cleaning the main one.

[kneepoles]

pix pls!

[littleindiangirl]

if i could i would.i stay in the basement and its about 68 in here at all times.at least wen its not summer.but the fact is my bp thrives.hasnt refused a feed,defecates normally 3 days after feeding like clockwork.hides all freakin day wich kills me so i have to stay up till bout 4 to 5 am to see him move around,and work really blows because of this.but hey wat can i do?huh,huh,well sometimes i remove the hide so he has no choice but to be in the open.we are buddys though and i dont care wat people say about snakes not having feelings,lil butters loves me.i believe everything that breathes and is alive has feelings.its impossible to not have emotion.for example,sometimes if i try to get him out to handle him he doesnt want to be held.trys to get away from me.that is a mood wich is a feeling.thats just my opinion and belief.

I'm assuming you are giving your snake the best of both worlds by offering him a hot spot to bask? Unless your a mind reader and talked to your snake, best to be safe and offer a nice hot spot around 90-95 F.

[Spaniard]

lol,smokin has nothin to do with anything.if anything wen i drink is wen i get careless and thats a legal substance.whole nother issue.but why why why why keep 2 hides if one is never entered.i have vegetation and other stuff that he can hide around on the cool side.its just not identicle.im gonna use the other identicle one for the other tank i have wen im cleaning the main one.

What if he's using that other hide when you're sleeping and can't see him?

[dsirkle]

I have found that it is hard to keep an enclosure quite warm enough with an ambient room temperature below 72 degrees using flexwatt. I don't know what your heat source is but I would guess that it is too cold in the 2nd hide. My bp's go back and forth between 2 hides. Your warm hide may sit right over the heat source and is the only place warm enough for your snake.

[JoshJP7]

you dont have much of a temp gradient so why would he move? You need to get your warm side up and then you should see him switching hides more often. Hes probably not moving off the warm side bc hes not warm enough to want to move. Some of my snakes will chill on the warm side for the night and then switch to the cool side during the day... If hes not warm enough to want to move to the other hide why would he? Pics make it easier to give you a better answer bc then we can see how your set up is.