400 gram balls = what size hide?

[recycling goddess]

okay, so i'm getting ready for my snakes to come... and they are approx 400 grams - so what dimensions of a hide will i need?

i don't weight my snakes so i really don't know what a 400 gram snake looks/feels like.

so anyone with that knowledge... please share i picked up something that i thought would work, but now looking at it, i think it'll be way too small.

[Uncle Festae]

Are you looking for hides that "look nice" (eg. Exo terra sort of thing, fake rock looking) Or are you looking for something that might not look "nice" but the snakes absolutely love and is dirt cheap?

[xdeus]

I'd say either a medium Creature Cubby Hole or an 8" plastic drip tray would work fine.

[recycling goddess]

every snake in my house currently has exoterra hides... and these ones will too when they get bigger... but since they grow so fast i wanted something less expensive in the meantime.

so dirt cheap that the snakes will love works for me!!!

lawrence, what's a drip tray?

[xdeus]

lawrence, what's a drip tray?

The round, plastic drip trays that you put under plant pots. You can find them stacked up in Home Depot or Walmart for about $1 each. Just cut a hole in the top or on the side and place them upside down. My snakes love them, but I switched to the Cubby Holes because the urates are a pain to clean from the rim.

[Uncle Festae]

Aleesha, do you have a Dollarama near you?

[recycling goddess]

no, but we do have other dollar stores... no dollaramas that i've ever seen in this neck of the woods.

[Uncle Festae]

Ok well, Im going to go snap some pics of a couple different setups using my dollar store stuff, and some other things to give you a better idea of what you want to do......what size tub are they going in?

[recycling goddess]

they are going into their full tubs in our rack. IF they don't fare well i'll add newspaper but dexter, my other ball did fine in his large tub when he came home... so i'm going to give this a try.

dimensions - 6" high 16" wide 35" long

[elevatethis]

I like the hides that don't touch the floor anymore when they are in them. Perfect size!