Budget friendly Ball Python cage ($60 set-up)

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Concerning the tape, I may have misled some of you. I don't have tape on the base of the enclosure. The tape that I have on the heat mat is OUTSIDE of the enclosure. The only tape inside is to patch up holes on the hiding area. I don't know why the ball python would feel the need to burrow between the tape and the hiding area. It is in very long strands pulled tight so that IF the snake wants to get under it, it'd have to bite its way through. If someone thinks this will happen, please let me know.

Cages get wet, they get humid... humidity + tape = comes loose. Loose tape can and will find it's way onto a snake. Tape on a snake (not going to bother debating surgical tape so for this, tape is tape is tape), will lead to damage. Just google to find images and videos of snakes with skin ripped open and needing emergency surgery.

NEVER PUT TAPE INSIDE AN ENCLOSURE EVER