Colored tubs...

[bubblz]

Has anyone used them? I saw some in Target some time last year before I got some new BPs. I thought about getting a few just to switch things up a little but didn't,... not knowing that I should have anyway. Maybe it was a hint for what was coming or something,.. I don't know.

One of the BPs I got turned out to be pretty shy and timid for lack of better words. But would take a few shots at me every chance he got,... I'm thinking of naming him after Triggers who I lost last year.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...y-re-all-gone-...

I got him in Feb and couldn't get him to eat until late April. He came with 3 others all from the same Breeder and they didn't waste much time and haven't missed a meal.

I wasn't that worried until he started losing weight and hatch lings can't afford to lose much. My last resort was force feeding him but before that I blocked off three sides of his bin about a week before trying to feed him again. Luckily,.. he took it and has been on schedule ever since.

Hopefully this is something that he'll grow out of but it got me thinking about the colored bins again. For now I'm keeping the dividers between him and the others in place. If not I can keep things the way they are or just give him his own shelf when I have space. Before,.. he would tense up and arch his back like a cat when ever I opened his bin no matter what position he was in. He doesn't arch as much any more but he still tenses up and tries to get a piece of me. Whether he's in his bin or not.

Even if darker bins don't work to reduce the heat signature of the other snakes. They could still be used for aesthetic reasons, a heads up for special needs and or aggressive animals .

[jarradw]

I got some of the black and orange ones when they were on clearance at target after Halloween and my BPs hang out in the black ones and my shirts in the orange I dont have any hides in one for the larger snake and she seems as happy as can be, I take her out every other night or so and she is very chill. The baby has a hide as the tub is a bit large for him, actually 3 hides counting his favorite under the water bowl one. They really seem to like it and really seem relaxed in there. Took me a while to get the correct number of holes drilled for keeping the condensation down but once it was set I have had perfect sheds ever since. I can get you pics if you want. Just let me know.