thinking about Natural habitat... Does the Snake ever spend time in anything that is the same ?? Wouldn't you want to offer something that is more realistic to the Snakes natural habitat ??
The reason for this in captivity, is if they prefer one hide to the other, they may not thermoregulate. If say they don't like the hide that's on the hot side, or vice versa. They may stick to one hide because they prefer it, even if its too hot/cold.