Reptile basic hides

Hi..basically I'm wanting to order some hides from there..was wondering if I can get input of what size snakes a small hide holds,med hide ect..hope to get some input from those that have these hides

Wow, good question! I have several of every size (except the largest) and I just give the snake the appropriate size. Not sure what the length/weight to hide size ratio is though. I'll have to make a note on that some day!

I use smalls up to 350 grams, mediums up to 1200 grams, and then larges.

Here is a comparison picture of the mini, small, and medium size hides with a 200 gram pastel BP. (the mini is too small for ball pythons)

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...t/da98c371.jpg

Wow that pic is perfect..thanks both of you for helping:gj:

The Smalls are really small. I would guess that by the time a Ball Python is 7-8 months old, they would be out growing it. The Mediums can hold a snake up to about 3 ft. If your snake is anywhere around 18 inches or ao, I would suggest the Medium size. If it is a little big, you can put some balled up newspaper in it to fill up some of the space. The large size can be used for snakes over 3 feet. One of my boas just outgrew his Large hides, and he is over 5 feet...

Sent from my Motorola ATRIX using Tapatalk 2.

Good Day All,

I will soon be switching from tank to tub, and looking for some good sturdy,cheap hides, I have two questions if you may:

Any reputable websites where I can obtain these hides?

And would a 41qt tub fit two large hides for a 1500 + female?

P.S. @Vypyrz I appreciate your sticky post about setting up tub enclosures. :bow:

Thank you.

I have heard a lot of people don't use hides in racks, especially with newspaer substrate because they can just go under it if need be. are there any situations tha would make me want a hide, aside from eating cause they all do that too. I throw a hide when they're shedding until they are used to just rubbing against the side.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Montie Python

Good Day All,

I will soon be switching from tank to tub, and looking for some good sturdy,cheap hides, I have two questions if you may:

Any reputable websites where I can obtain these hides?

And would a 41qt tub fit two large hides for a 1500 + female?

P.S. @Vypyrz I appreciate your sticky post about setting up tub enclosures. :bow:

Thank you.

---

This site is highly recommended: http://www.reptilebasics.com/hide-boxes

You can always call Rich and tell him the size of your snake. He is pretty good at helping out with any questions.

I would just buy the mediums and stuff some newspaper in there to take up space until the snake is big enough to use the whole hide.

Will 2 large hides fit in a 41qt tub?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Montie Python

Will 2 large hides fit in a 41qt tub?

---

yes

I like using clay pots for my hides in my terrariums. I'll be switching to tubs soon so I don't know how well they'll fit.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

I use smalls up to 350 grams, mediums up to 1200 grams, and then larges.

---

Maybe my BP is an odd duck, but I have a ~4 month old BP who last weighed in at 256g.
He wears the small size like a turtle shell at this point. He spills out of the sides, lifting it off the ground on 3 if not 4 sides every time he attempts to go inside.
I currently have 2 mediums and 1 small in his tub. He uses all three, but generally seems to prefer the mediums.

How a 300g+ snake fits in there is unclear to me.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Marduk

Maybe my BP is an odd duck, but I have a ~4 month old BP who last weighed in at 256g.
He wears the small size like a turtle shell at this point. He spills out of the sides, lifting it off the ground on 3 if not 4 sides every time he attempts to go inside.
I currently have 2 mediums and 1 small in his tub. He uses all three, but generally seems to prefer the mediums.

How a 300g+ snake fits in there is unclear to me.

---

They don't. They turtle them but they still work as hides. The mediums are just so much bigger that I wait as long as I can before upgrading.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Marduk

Maybe my BP is an odd duck, but I have a ~4 month old BP who last weighed in at 256g.
He wears the small size like a turtle shell at this point. He spills out of the sides, lifting it off the ground on 3 if not 4 sides every time he attempts to go inside.
I currently have 2 mediums and 1 small in his tub. He uses all three, but generally seems to prefer the mediums.

How a 300g+ snake fits in there is unclear to me.

---

This is a problem I have as well. I bought 2 small and 2 medium. My larger boy is around 400g and he loves the mediums. My smaller one is just at around 200g now and he couldn't fit in the smalls if he wanted to. So the smalls are going to waste :( I wish there was something between their small and mediums. It seems like the jump from mini-small is not nearly as much as the jump from small-medium.