Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
I agree this is not ideal...maybe if it was divided into only TWO enclosures, but not four...because it appears each is mostly square, so it's hard to provide a warm end
and a cool end for the snake to have necessary choices. Also the height gives you the impression of space but it's fairly useless for terrestrial snakes like BPs...they need
horizontal room, & if you went with over-head heating using an RHP, I'm not sure how well that would reach the floor. This is an intriguing pick-up but far from ideal for
the stated purpose. If you decide to keep it, there are other creatures (like geckos) that it would work much better for, or even corn snakes & others that climb & don't
need the higher warmth & humidity like BPs do.

Agreed that they need horizontal space. Vertical space is a good thing to have, but it’s not much use unless you provide ways for the snake to use it. Platforms are great; they can be free-standing on the floor, they don’t have to be attached to the walls. They create more places the snake can go, more places to put hides, and more ways to access different temperature and humidity zones. Ball pythons will definitely make use of branches and other stuff to climb, too. Yes, they’re terrestrial, but we’re talking about stuff that’s two feet high for an animal that’s four feet long. If the snake has never had stuff like that in its cage before, it might take a long time before you ever see it making use of it. But it’s there for when the animal wants it.