Quote Originally Posted by JJpeep View Post
She is in a smaller neodesha cage for now. With two hides. One is an over turned flower pot and a cut in half log. She has a humid hide with sphagnum moss. Her substrate is just paper towels right now. The tank is usually at about 80-85. Like I said in the above post we just moved both snakes to a quieter area of the house. Both snakes are really active and like to ball up under the over turned flower pots when they aren't wandering around the enclosures. No handling except for last weekend just to take some photos. Other than that we have had them since father's day with handle just once.

Okay, I'd improve the hides, first of all. BPs feel insecure in hides that are too high (as I suspect your flower pot is), or in hides that are open-ended (pretty much useless for a "sense of security"- nice cage decor, but tree bark tunnels are NOT "hides"). In nature, they prefer places they can squeeze into- places that offer "back pressure" (a snug feeling so they know predators can't sneak up on them) so you want to give them hides with only one doorway that's not over-sized, that have a low ceiling & one that they will just fit into so they feel snug & safe.

There's a good reason why this type of hide is so popular: https://www.reptilebasics.com/images...mbs/mdhide.jpg But I'm not trying to endorse a specific brand here, just showing you what is optimal. (they make all sizes too: https://www.reptilebasics.com/hide-boxes ) You'll see many fancy 'hides' around for higher prices that may look cool to you, but still won't make your snake happy. Happy snakes EAT...nervous ones don't. These type of hides are a fairly heavy plastic- easy to clean/sanitize. (If you get hides that have room for a snake to "grow into", you can make them seem smaller for the time being by stuffing in some paper towels, etc.)

That's good you've provided a humid hide too, btw- But for the regular cool & warm side hides, you want 2 identical hides (preferably) because your snake will choose the one that feels the most secure rather than the one that provides the temperature they need to digest or otherwise function. You want them to choose based on temperature need rather than security, because they'll mostly choose security over the right temperature, & if it's too cool to digest, they may end up regurgitating their meal- NOT what you want to happen.

Clean cereal boxes with doorways cut in them would honestly be better hides than the 2 you're using (flower pot & log hide), but of course they get dirty & would require replacing, & being of lightweight cardboard, they don't feel as secure to a snake that coils up inside as one with a little more weight to it (like the plastic ones); remember they like "back pressure" to feel cozy.