The best hides i have found for all snakes depending on size are the dishes they sell for putting under your potted plants. Just get 2 the same size that will allow your snake to have a snug curlup in. As they get older and bigger and they out grow those kind of hides, I use cheap plastic small cat litter trays. These hides will cost you any where from 20 cents each to 2 dollars.

I have found that whether you use a tank or a tub that the K.I.S.S. principle works. (KISS= Keep It Simple Stupid) You dont need all the fancy things, all your snake wants is a warm place he or she feels safe in and an equal cool place, water to drink or soak at its leisure, and food.

As to being bit, I will say to you the same thing I told my 7 yrold son this last week. It doesnt matter how careful you are ( though it does help) If your snake feels at all the need to it will bite you. And as far as im concerned if it bites it bites and i get on with it. A BP bite isnt that bad even when older. A young bite might not even draw blood but be more of a suprise. An older snake will in fact draw blood but the pain from the bite is no worse than a bad paper cut and is forgotten in a couple of days and doesnt leave a trace.

I run my own rescue and am bitten by upset snakes and lizards on a daily basis im my routine maintance of them. It is a fact or life when owning or caring for these lovely creatures You can provide to its every need and will still get bit sometime in your life.

Hope this helped,
Beauty the BP