When I was getting ready to buy my first BP, I figured I'd be getting a little baby. I started setting up her enclosure beforehand. I got two little plastic flower-pot-bottoms and cut holes in the sides for hides. I also thought it would be cool to have some empty space beneath the water bowl for a third hide. So I chose a small dog-dish that had openings on the sides and some empty space underneath it.
When I actually got my girl, she was already about 360g...not a tiny baby. I switched to bigger flower-pot-bottoms, but kept the water bowl, even though I knew there was no way she'd fit under it. Oh well.
Her first day in her new home...exploring....she pokes her little head under the opening, but its obvious (you'd think!) that she can't fit that big ol' body of hers in there:
She backed right out and eventually made her way into the "proper hides."
But darned if a couple weeks later, I can't find her beneath either of her hides....the waterbowl is tipped up at an angle and she's crammed underneath it! Over time...she learned how to squeeze her whole body under it without tipping it at all! And she LOVED it!
Eventually, I realized the glass tank wasn't going to work, so we switched to a plastic tub and newspaper. Same hides and waterbowl. The waterbowl has to stay on the cool side, otherwise condensation builds up inside and it gets very wet.
Well, that silly snake....she likes that hide SO much that rather than sleep beneath her "normal" warm hide...she would scootch her waterbowl over to the warm side and curl up under it! Needless to say, this made a huge mess that had to be cleaned up right away and her warm, toasty hide moved back to the cool side.
I got the message...and today, I took out one of the flower-pot-bottoms and put in a new waterbowl...with rocks (cleaned and sanitized!) to weigh it down for her...so she can have one on the warm side as well:
Kisasa has gained 200g since she first started cramming herself under that bowl but she still does it...with more grace than ever...
And here is proof for all of you skeptics that want lots of room for your snakes...for all you folks who wonder if your hides are big enough.......
Going.....going......gone........without so much as a ripple in the water.....
I know my tale has been a long one....but I wanted everyone to see, not only how goofy our snakes can be....but just how tight they love their hides!!!
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