What's With Keeping Snakes In Racks Small Without Hides?

[redshepherd]

Thank you for taking time to read what I posted, I never meant to say tubs and racks were cruel or anything I was trying to advocate for bigger ones. I am well aware that tubs and racks are more space efficient and keep heat easier and the like. The picture was a breeding pair of bps in a little tub that they barely fit in, I can send it to you if you want. This whole thread turned into a mess that I wasn't prepared for

It's alright, it is a touchy subject, and there's honestly random newbies every couple months who come online telling everyone to put their ball pythons in tanks/give them more room in tanks. So I think it's easy to jump straight to that response, because that is pretty annoying. Dr del also makes a good point... a surprising amount of newbies don't do "large setups" correctly, and encounter problems. So it's always better to push newbies to start out safe before venturing, unless you are smart.

And I see, it is a bit different for breeding purposes actually, because you want the snakes to interact and thus some breeders intentionally do smaller tubs, sterile, with nothing else. If you put too many hides and stuff, it actually lowers their chances of breeding since they can hide away from each other. they don't live like together like that permanently, only a couple days at a time.