Ive chatted about my Female who has always preferred the cool side hide and I think i figured out why.
If she is in the Hot Hide (Right side of Enclosures) the hide door is closest to the front of the enclosure because all the doors are cut on the Left ... If she is in the Cool Hide the hide door is closest to the back wall of the enclosure. I noticed that when she is in the Hot Hide she watches 24/7 from inside the hide doorway out into the room... The cool hide doesn't allow that because of the direction of the door. This made me think, maybe she doesn't like being able to see all thats going on so she chooses the cool hide as its safer to her with its door closest to the back wall (no visible traffic). To test this i put a piece of construction paper over the right side slider (Hot Side) and ever since she has stayed in the Hot Hide. Its been 3 days and she comes out and climbs from 9pm until about 3am and now returns to the Hot Hide instead of the Cool. That proves to me some BP's will choose what they perceive as safety over temp which is why we all say we need identical hides however I never thought the door cut would matter. She has been in the cool hide for 6 months because of this i believe. What I need are RB type Hides that have a Left or Right cut door to choose from. This would allow both doors to be closest to the back wall. Identical positioning. If anyone else has a snake favoring the cool hide, see if this changes things as it was hard for me to believe she wanted to be 79° 24/7 365.
Here is a Pic from a forum member that shows what I mean perfectly. My enclosure is to long to show this same situation in a small picture.
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