Pictures to Help

Illustrate how baby Ball Pythons are housed by alot of breeders. This should help alot of the new owners with "never fed never shed" babies.

Tub is a 6qt, hide is a 4" ceramic saucer, bowl is just a small ramekin found at any garage sale for 25 cents(or 10 cents if they like you). Temps are 94/84 and humidity is 50-60. She seems like quite the happy little camper.

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Everyone says how you need 2 hides, but i noticed in most rack pics and ones like this, there is only one hide, do you just take one out or?

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

Everyone says how you need 2 hides, but i noticed in most rack pics and ones like this, there is only one hide, do you just take one out or?

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A tub system is a rack is basically a large hide in a sense...as long as they are snug in their tub.

I have a bigger female who is in a 32qt tub without a hide...she has one of the best feeding responses of any in my collection. Most of my other snakes have one hide to make them feel more secure, and they also feed just wonderfully.

-Jason

Exactly, and this little one has already eaten for me twice, so no worries about her not feeling secure. I have tubs in my room that aren't in a rack, so they get 2 hides(unless they just don't care, then they get one). My racks are pretty dark at the back and my snakes are usually lounging halfway out of their hide or sitting next to it.

We use basically the exact same setup as Becky. Shoebox Iris tub, ramekin water dish and small plastic bowl with an entrance hole melted in the roof. The babies love it and everyone of them eats like a little piggie.

Tub.....
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Closeup of bp in hide....
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Good reference shots :) This is exactly how I plan to house any hatchlings that might grace me with their rpesence this year.

I used to be a freak about the 2 hides thing, but I have found that one works just as good. Usually they hide under the newspaper, anyways :rolleyes:

And how did you cut the ceramic?? Those things are so cheap, I would love to know how you fenagled that one :crazy:

Just took a hammer and sharply hit the very outer edge. You get a nice semi-circle chip out of it that is perfect for an entrance. Just sand down the edges as they can sometimes be sharp. I like the ceramic hides when I can find them, the babies seem to like the weight.

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

I like the ceramic hides when I can find them

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Michaels, the craft store! Thanks for the info buddy :) Very helpful indead!

Haha, yes, but I sure can't convince a 2600g girl that she CANNOT fit underneath a 6" saucer... As much as she would like to try.

Wish I could find bigger ones, but I just get fun decorative bowls from the dollar store(Halloween-time has awesome decorative bowls-ex: purple with spiders on it). The big girls like those and their cat litter boxes.

Tag sales are a pretty nifty Idea too for good, heavy water dishes! Man im loving you today.

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

Everyone says how you need 2 hides, but i noticed in most rack pics and ones like this, there is only one hide, do you just take one out or?

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I dont use hides at all, and never had a "problem feeder".

Yup, I'm using a lot of the "mini" kitty litter boxes and then 8" plant saucers... :) they both have been working wonderfully for me, and not to mention they're are about as cheap a hide as you can find... And most importantly, my snakes have been loving them... Good idea showing everyone becky...

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Originally Posted by Blake_Herman

Yup, I'm using a lot of the "mini" kitty litter boxes and then 8" plant saucers... :) they both have been working wonderfully for me, and not to mention they're are about as cheap a hide as you can find... And most importantly, my snakes have been loving them... Good idea showing everyone becky...

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LOL - LOVE the kitty litter hide! I need to pick up about three more of them, I've got three fatso's that have out grown their bowl hides - the hides sit on top of them while 2/3 of them hang out of the edges. It's not even a matter of cramming inside the hides any longer, it's a matter of the hides just covering their heads! LOL

Have you noticed once you have kitty litter hides, you rarely see the occupants any longer? :P They really love them!