So things have been weird with Zoe my bp lately. The other night she wasn't being as friendly as normal. Today when i went to check on her humidity, I panicked when i saw she had escaped from her tank! After doing the stupid thing and freaking out, i found her less then a foot away from the tank in my shoe. I put her back in the tank afterwards and made sure the top was secure.

Well I continued to check on her, and to my dismay she wasn't acting normal. She usually spends the entire day curled up in one of her hides sleeping, but each time i checked on her she was wide awake and sniffing around the top of the tank, as if she was trying to get out again. This had me really worried. I was told that if a bp is trying to get out of her tank, it means she's not happy in it and/or stressed. Then i had the bright idea to take the shoe i had found he sleeping in and put it in there with her. I checked on her a little after and it was back to normal sleeping nocturnal zoe, only now she was sleeping in the SHOE! It was adorable and a relief.

so my question is this. is it a bad idea to have that shoe in there? I think it's cause she might have outgrown her hide, no surprise she got big quick. She seems to like the shoe, but should i worry about bacteria or anything else that can harm her? The shoe is old and worn (maybe a year old, yuck). Thoughts? Opinions?