Reptile Basics' Hides

If you have been considering upgrading your hides, I HIGHLY recommend Reptile Basics' hides. I have had mine for a week and this is the only peep I have seen out of my snake lol http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/...3/324b3b3b.jpg

Hey a hiding ball is a happy ball.
They are super easy to clean and dang near indestructible. My girl is at around 200 grams and she fits in the small hide perfectly.

I like them too. Your girl won't fit in that hide for long!

Oh I know she's growing so fast too!! I'll be ordering a medium hide before I know it.

I have the small ones too and my 215g girl barely fits in it. I am surprised when I watch her slink back in there after feeding. I will be upgrading to the mediums soon.

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My only problem is they are very expensive for someone with almost 20 ball pythons!!!

I am going to order some soon for my little guys... but your right with 20 snakes that would be kinda pricey. I think its def. worth it though super excited for them to come in. However, the big girls are gonna have to deal with their old hides for a little while longer... I dont want to buy them hides they are only going to fit for a short period of time. Aw. They grow up so fast lol

I like the fact that they now have a smooth surface. The one I had before that was sort of textured. Not that it was hard to get clean but the smooth surface just wipes clean much easier.

They are too expensive for someone with tons of snakes but I love mine. It's nice to just take them out and pop them in the dish washer (top rack - I melted one on the bottom).

Well if you have 20 bp in racks then most of the adults dont really need hides. So you would just have to buy them for the younger ones and for picky eaters.
Either way, theyre the best out there imo!

They are great, but I wish they had a greater variety of sizes. My 1200g albino is about to grow out of the medium hide so I bought a few large ones. They are GIGANTIC. They pretty much take up the whole width of a 32 quart tub. It's so much bigger than the medium that she won't even use it because it is not snug enough for her. I guess I'll just let her wear her medium hide as a hat for a while longer.

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Originally Posted by lmartelli77

They are great, but I wish they had a greater variety of sizes. My 1200g albino is about to grow out of the medium hide so I bought a few large ones. They are GIGANTIC. They pretty much take up the whole width of a 32 quart tub. It's so much bigger than the medium that she won't even use it because it is not snug enough for her. I guess I'll just let her wear her medium hide as a hat for a while longer.

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Wait until she is 3300 grams, you will be wishing they made an x large lol. My biggest girl is starting to wear her large hide like a hat.

Love me some Reptile Basics.

Edit: Just noticed they DO have an X large... Don't remember seeing that before

RBI hides are the best I've ever used. In fact, I have two sets for each of my snakes. Makes tub cleaning that much easier when I can just remove and replace. Same goes for water bowls and tubs for that matter.

Cost too much :confused:

The least expensive BP I have cost me $225 to purchase. The value of the animal increases with every gram they gain.

4 x RBI hides = $21
2 x Ceramic water bowls = $12
1 x Extra IRIS MCB-L Tub = $13

Total = $46

For me, that's not too much...I consider it part of the cost of owning the snake, and I factor it into any new addition to my collection....just my method.

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Originally Posted by Slim

RBI hides are the best I've ever used. In fact, I have two sets for each of my snakes. Makes tub cleaning that much easier when I can just remove and replace. Same goes for water bowls and tubs for that matter.

Cost too much :confused:

The least expensive BP I have cost me $225 to purchase. The value of the animal increases with every gram they gain.

4 x RBI hides = $21
2 x Ceramic water bowls = $12
1 x Extra IRIS MCB-L Tub = $13

Total = $46

For me, that's not too much...I consider it part of the cost of owning the snake, and I factor it into any new addition to my collection....just my method.

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Very true. And if you dont have doubles of everything, which i dont lol, then it would only cost like $30...

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Originally Posted by Slim

RBI hides are the best I've ever used. In fact, I have two sets for each of my snakes. Makes tub cleaning that much easier when I can just remove and replace. Same goes for water bowls and tubs for that matter.

Cost too much :confused:

The least expensive BP I have cost me $225 to purchase. The value of the animal increases with every gram they gain.

4 x RBI hides = $21
2 x Ceramic water bowls = $12
1 x Extra IRIS MCB-L Tub = $13

Total = $46

For me, that's not too much...I consider it part of the cost of owning the snake, and I factor it into any new addition to my collection....just my method.

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x2 :gj:

If you hadn't said this, I would have. If you're housing live animals that you intend to make a business of and can't invest 50 dollars per enclosure (which can be re-used indefinitely), you should be selling gimp bracelets and not snakes.

Makes me wonder if people even keep enough money in savings to guarantee a vet visit for each animal they own, even if they all need to go at once...

I guess I should have given some further explaination....

I keep only male BPs, and have them in RBI racks which use the IRIS MCB-L tubs. Each snake has two RBI hides, and one ceramic water bowl. I use indented Kraft paper for substrate.

I'm single, and unless my kids are visiting, I don't have anyone to help hold snakes while I clean things. That might help explain why I do things the way I do...

When I find a dirty tub, or if I'm doing a total overall cleaning, I just take the snake's spare IRIS tub, line it with substrate, drop in two hides and fill the water bowl. I pull out the tub currently being used, slide in the fresh tub, and move the snake. No muss, no fuss.

Then, I can wash hides, bowls and tubs at my convience.

I always keep spare tubs ready to go with eveything set up except water in the bowl. That way, even if I spot a dirty tub on my way out the door for work, I can make the change in less than a minute. The snake gets a clean set up, and I can wash stuff up when I get home. For me it's a win-win.

But heck, why pay for a hide when your ball can just crawl through a paper towel roll? Haha :rolleye2:

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