Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
"Matching hides" is standard advice for BPs & other snakes. They're shy & they want to hide but tend to choose "safety & security" (ie. the hide they prefer) over the right temperature. If the hides are identical, he'll choose according to the correct temperature.

I would suggest losing the "skull" thing- snakes grow slowly but meals make them suddenly wider- they've been known to get stuck in the holes on such things & need some dangerous cutting (the skull apart) to rescue them- sometimes the snake gets hurt. You never want hides or any decor that have such holes- they're intended for tropical fish- they don't get stuck. You want something like this instead, so the snake can always get out. The skull also has too many openings for a snake to feel secure in anyway. He's using it out of desperation. Your snake is stressed- please fix that a.s.a.p.
Those kind of hides you showed me definitely don't look aesthetically pleasing, but something cheap and especially safe for my BP will be perfect. I order things from amazon, but the problem is i really struggle with inches, i only know what cm are ahah ^^". My boy is about 50 cm with something, and he got wider and stronger compared to before when i bought him (he got fat, but not overweight i mean haha). Have you got an idea of what size i should get him? I don't want to do any big mistake again and get him a hide that is too big or small, and almost everyone on this forum knows more things than i do.