As much as I respect your insight, I really dont think the duct tape is a serious issue. I just took a 360 degree close examination of his hide, and I found only about 2 millimeters of open sticky-side duct tape on it which I snipped off. Even if he intentionally tried to stick himself to it and pull the duct tape off, he really couldn't. He just goes around touching things with his nose; even if I held a strip of duct tape in front of him he would probably just touch it and back off : / I really dont think he could peel the duct tape off of the box, as he has no fingers or anything of the such to do so.Originally Posted by JLC
Ok....glad to hear the cracks didn't go all the way through. Sounds purely cosmetic then.Hopefully you can get it fixed up the way you like it and still have it be a safe environment.
About the hide...I can't recommend more strongly that you ditch it completely and use something else. I know you think the tape is secure...but I've heard wayyy too many horror stories from people who were just as confident that there was "no way" the snake could get to the sticky side....only to come home and find their snake completely tangled in it. And duct tape is about the worst of them all. It's really, really dangerous.
You can use all sorts of inexpensive things for hides...a hole cut into the side of a cheap plastic bowl from the dollar store will work just as well as an expensive cave from the pet store. Anything that doesn't involve tape....please!
Plus, even if he somehow managed to rip some of the duct tape off, the sticky side wouldn't be sticky anymore because it would rip off the carboard if it was removed.
P.S. My snakes hide is an inverted top ramen box with a hole cut in one side + other cardboard taped onto the sides. ( I've been changing his hide alot to try to keep as most light as possible out. )
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