Day two

Well it seems after my worries, scrambles it settling in. He slept thru the night all curled up and happy. And about an hour ago he decided to explore his cage some more. And now he is sleeping again. YAY! I am glad that it seems he is adjusting fast. But we shall see on Thursday of he eats or not.

The only thing is, he is ignoring his hidy holes we gave him and made his ow.... we have a log and some fake greenery, he knocked down the greenery and likes to curl up under that ans between the log and glass... I can only assume that this is because he had been living in a small plastic tube until we brought him home... but as long as he is happy!

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If the log is his hide he might now feel very secure in there. They like to be surrounded in all corners so maybe he's not hiding because he doesn't feel secure in it enough to hide.


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If you have leftover gift wrap, you can tape it around three sides of his enclosure to help him feel protected and secure. A small cardboard box could work as a hide that he could crawl into and peek out of. The safer he feels, the more likely he'll eat with no worries.

I wouldn't use ANY tape because it can get stuck on your snake and cause a lot of harm.

I would give him some small, secure hides. You want them to be large enough for them to fit in...but small enough for it to be really snug. They like tight, dark spaces. Hides should only have one entrance/exit.

If you want to outfit the log with another side, you can always use hot glue to glue down something to the back so there's only one entrance. Also, like suggested, you small box, butter container, really anything that you have laying around the house. I have some of my snakes with take-out containers, butter dishes, and vinyl glove boxes with just a single hole cut into them.

If you have another hide in addition to the log that only has one entrance, there's a possibility that it's just too big. If you find yourself with a hide that's too large, you can always add crumpled paper inside of it to make it seem smaller to your snake.

Try giving another hide/modifying the hides you have and see if he'll start to use them.

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Originally Posted by snakehobbyist

I wouldn't use ANY tape because it can get stuck on your snake and cause a lot of harm.

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Nah he meant use tape on the outside.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Nah he meant use tape on the outside.

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In that case, my sincere apologies! That should work fine!I just read it wrong! Silly me!

eeee he's cute.
If he is sleeping and eating he's probably fine! :)
Make sure the hides are small enough for him to feel the walls when he sits in them.