Got a question for y'all regarding hides in our python's setups. Now, the snakes I got this week came with the half trunk style hides. From everything I read here, these style hides are about as handy as a kickstand on a German tank in terms of helping our snakes. Sooooo..I went and invested in some cocnut shelled hides, but the snakes won't use them. Instead, Sheba has decided to wrap herself up in the plastic foliage in her spread and Simba went right back into the half shell that came with him.
How do you persuade your snake to utilize the new hide? Do you just leave the new hide in and hope the snake takes to it? Just curious....I guess some habits do die hard, even with snakes.