Quote Originally Posted by WmHrbst View Post
First off, congrats! Great choice, I am a huge AP fan! I do not use hides in any of my racks. I use clean white packing paper and the animals go under that towards the back, it serves as their hide

Typically in racks, the animals can feel secure because of the design.
Thanks for the info. The concern came from the fact that while experimenting, I decided to take hides away from a few snakes for a week to see what happened. The result was they all started soaking in their water bowl 24/7 and were super stressed. I figure the darkness of the rack should hopefully make them less stressed and allow me to remove hides.