Question about hides

Okay, so my ball pythons have shoe boxes as hides (I replace them weekly or when they make a mess) and its getting annoying having to cut the boxes and making them the right size. I plan on buying plastic hides because i dont want to buy a fancy hide yet bc they are babies and they will grow out of them (once theyre adults i will buy some sick hides for them) so i was looking into these plastic hides
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My ball pythons are a little more than 20 inches, feeding on rat pups or big mice, im thinking medium size? do you use these hides? How good or bad are they? Thank you



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I use them. Go ahead and get the large size ones, your snake will grow into them soon enough. Until then you can take up some of the extra space inside with balls of crumpled up paper.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

I use them. Go ahead and get the large size ones, your snake will grow into them soon enough. Until then you can take up some of the extra space inside with balls of crumpled up paper.

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Would you please give me the dimensions of your hides? I suppose you use the large ones

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Yeah the larges are 13" x 9" x 3".

Im gonna measure my enclosure now, thank you

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I've got two mediums of this model for my bp and they work great! Much better than the half log my boy came with, and they're very easy to clean. Definitely a recommended hide.

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Originally Posted by ja88er

I've got two mediums of this model for my bp and they work great! Much better than the half log my boy came with, and they're very easy to clean. Definitely a recommended hide.

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My snakes came with half logs in a "ball python kit" :rip off: They hated them and were trying to escape the enclosure until i figured it out and gave them shoeboxes, they love them but i dont lol
Would you please tell me the dimensions of the mediums?

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Originally Posted by Gc99

My snakes came with half logs in a "ball python kit" :rip off: They hated them and were trying to escape the enclosure until i figured it out and gave them shoeboxes, they love them but i dont lol
Would you please tell me the dimensions of the mediums?

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mediums are about 11/12 inches wide; the dimensions should be on the Reptile Basics website. i have them for my ~8 month old Spaghetti.

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Originally Posted by tttaylorrr

mediums are about 11/12 inches wide; the dimensions should be on the Reptile Basics website. i have them for my ~8 month old Spaghetti.

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Ooooops, dumb me, of course its on there, I have to start paying more attention lol

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Originally Posted by Gc99

Ooooops, dumb me, of course its on there, I have to start paying more attention lol

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Like bcr said, just get the larges. I got Dottie large ones when she was about 6 months old and just left them as is and she was fine with them being a little big. She grew into them. Now though, they are way too small for her as most of the time a coil or 2 hangs out from under the hides lol. I just ordered jumbo ones from RBI which should give her plenty of room.

As a side note for size comparison, I got 2 mediums for my 30" dumerils and she fits in those. But I'll end up giving her a couple larges as I'll have 4 extras from Caesar and Dottie.

i agree with just getting the large size if you can: their off-center opening i feel offsets the idea of them being "too big" for bbs.

I think im gonna get the large ones, matter of fact, i'll order them right now. Thanks everyone :)

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