Do I need hide anymore?

[Zincubus]

Hey guys,
So Damian hate his first FT rat the other night and I am happy to say he appears quite plump after taking his first rat. The meal was about 12% body weight.. My question is this.. So for feeding him, I removed the hide.. after he ate I found him on the warm side of his tub. I gently moved him over to replaced his hide in the back of the tub in case he wanted to use it. I found him this morning hanging out behind his hide and not inside of it at all. I have heard some people that keep their snakes in an enclosed rack dont use hides at all. I have removed the hide because he was just sitting behind hit bunched up between the hide and the back of the tub. Should I keep the hide out or leave it in there for him? He has settled in quite nicely and has eaten weekly for me since his first successful feeding. He was born April 2nd if that makes a difference.

I'm presuming you have a Royal python ??

All my Royals over the years have certainty preferred a hide .. in fact mine all strike from under a hide and eat in there as well .

I have had Boas , Retics and Burms in the past and they were fine , even preferred not to have a hide . They all had loads of branches and bark on there though so they could find a quiet place ..


I think it's generally accepted that Royals do so much better ( feeding wise ) if they have two identical hides ... one over the warm area the other in the cool side .

Pretty sure that layout helps and even encourages them to move from one hide/area to the other and back and forth - thermoregulating .

If there's only one hide they will sometimes just stay in there where it's safe rather than moving from warm to cooler and back .

I've heard the same behaviour if they have two completely different hides and they just stay in the preferred hide ..


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