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Best sized cage for a hatchling?
I am just preparing ahead of time in case this egg does decide to hatch; what size r-maid would you recommend for a hatchling? I have a shoebox sized one now; is this too small or just right? I am figuring that a 10g-tank-floorspace sized one is WAY too big; is this right?
-Jen. Back in the hobby after a hiatus!
Ball pythons:
0.1 normal; 1.1 albino. 1.0 pied; 0.1 het pied; 1.0 banana.
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Re: Best sized cage for a hatchling?
i have a couple youngins coming soon too and i am trying to get ready for them. I was reading on adams site that he uses a 20" x 9 " tubs for his hatchlings.
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Re: Best sized cage for a hatchling?
i think 6,12,15 qt tubs are good sizes for babies. just have enough hides.
vaughn
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Re: Best sized cage for a hatchling?
oh yeh and lots of rooled up paper balls
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Re: Best sized cage for a hatchling?
I've got two of my new girls (right at 100 grams) in 15 quart tubs, and even those are a bit roomy for them. I just have two of the smallest plastic flower pot saucers in there for them and even those are big for them - but they're feeding, so it's all good!
The challenge of smaller tubs is finding hides small enough to fit AND a small enough water dish (at least for me).
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Re: Best sized cage for a hatchling?
I will go out and get something along those lines. The smallest one I have is too small, and the bigger one is huge; go figure 
We are on Day 36..
-Jen. Back in the hobby after a hiatus!
Ball pythons:
0.1 normal; 1.1 albino. 1.0 pied; 0.1 het pied; 1.0 banana.
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Re: Best sized cage for a hatchling?
There's no such thing as "too small" for a hatchling ball python.
-adam
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- Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty
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Re: Best sized cage for a hatchling?
 Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
There's no such thing as "too small" for a hatchling ball python.
-adam
How about this one? (the lid is off.)
-Jen. Back in the hobby after a hiatus!
Ball pythons:
0.1 normal; 1.1 albino. 1.0 pied; 0.1 het pied; 1.0 banana.
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Re: Best sized cage for a hatchling?
 Originally Posted by Ginevive
How about this one? (the lid is off.)

What size tub does it say on the sticker?
"Wild" Bill Hicok
Wild Bill's Ball Pythons

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