you have ball pythons dont you? you dont need the 2 hides really, boas arent like balls they dont really care about hides, a hide like a cardboard box or something wouldnt hurt, i can tell you have balls by how that exact setup has been pounded into everyones head, sorry to disappoint you but thats not an anery, its a common central american bci, also so you know, that little plastic box will last you about 3 or 4 months tops before your gonna have to get a real cage, if you have the cash buy a 4x2 now so you arent wasting your money on smaller caging