Quote Originally Posted by SDA View Post
The top perch is much smaller. I also have the perch extension that is even smaller. I have some vines coming in that will work as perches as well. I also know that she hates thin perches. I offered her several sizes when in quarantine and she refused to use the thin ones until I offered her a thicker pvc.

Gotta use what your snake will use
I hear ya. I gave Pat 3/8 inch and 1/4 inch perches when i had him in a 25 qt tub. He picked the 1/4 inch ones. One thing i was told on the GTP boards was that giving too big of perches can cause skin folds to develop on the snake. They basically have to pancake on the perch to be able to grip it vs just wrapping around it to hold on. So all that pancaking on it can cause skin folds to develop over years. I dont know if it's BS or not but more than 1 person mentioned it. It's kind of like I've heard people talk about keeping boas on newspaper or other 'slick' surfaces can cause them to lose muscle tone over the years and 'pancake' which in a boa, the snake becomes more flat and wide vs tall and square. Again, not sure about that but i have heard it from a few different people.

And i think i figured out why Pat isnt sleeping on his perches and only plays on them at night. They tend to spin. I ended up zip tying a center brace between 2 of the perches so now they are nice and secure. We will see come tomorrow if Pat sleeps on a perch. I know tonight he will like them as he is all over the place even more than Caesar lol.