Quote Originally Posted by redshepherd View Post
The concept of "get a beginners snake first" or even "yes, you can get a 5 foot enclosure for your baby ball python, all you need to do is clutter it up" are both two extremes that I don't agree with.
So I admit cluttering was something I was wondering about.

I'm planning on getting an AP enclosure (T5 or T11/T12) and using the divider so baby ball gets half of the cage to start with then graduates to the whole cage when fully grown. I was thinking of overcrowding the half cage to help with security. If I go with the 36 length (T5) I'm not as worried about the enclosure half being too big, but I'm starting to lean towards the 48 length ones (T11 and T12), which I'm not sure when halved, if a 24 x 24 x 18/24 would be too big for it. Would cluttering it up be an acceptable approach on this situation? Perhaps adding extra hides?

Would covering the glass viewing side (but not cover any ventilation) also help with not having the bp feel overly exposed? Maybe that way I can slowly expose more and more of the viewing glass so bp baby gradually gets used to the idea that there is another world beyond the cage? Or am I overthinking this?

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Wow thank you all for the alarming amount of support and positivity guys! This is super encouraging and reassuring. I'll be looking forward to sharing my snake day with everyone! I'll most likely run my check list and enclosure set up with you guys first :p