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

[Tonald Drump]

I, personally, am going to have to disagree with zina. This might sound like I'm challenging zina, but I'm not. Also, I'm barely experienced, just had Pylox for about a month. I keep him in a tank, but with near-perfect husbandry, and I've never seen him display any sort of behaviour that indicates he's stressed ever since I finished setting up the husbandry.

This is the tank I keep him in, I split the tank in half and just put a UTH under one half for heating. He eats regularly, poops (almost) on schedule, but I don't plan to breed him. So far, this setup is doing completely fine, in fact, Pylox actually prefers being in there than being in the small tub I bought him in. As you can see, I put a branch and a log-shaped "hidebox" in there for him. He rarely ever uses them, but when he does, he can stay on there for up to half an hour. So, in a way, this is kinda agreeing with zina, but my point is it's okay to provide enrichment and space for ball pythons, just don't expect them to use it every day. Ball pythons are one of the snakes that have lots of personality, some snakes might use the enrichment you give them daily, some might not even use it. But in my opinion, I'd say it's better to provide enrichment so your snake can use it when he/she wants to, than to not provide anything at all and not have anything in the enclosure for when your snake wants to roam.

P. S. Sorry for the long read, just wanted to get my point across.

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