One thing about the covering the 3 sides. If you use any kind of fake plants make sure the fake plants,vines or whatever. Dont have anything your snake can get caught in. I know some of the vines have little circles at the end for hanging them up. Ive herd of smaller snakes trying to go through them and getting them stuck. I havent herd of any dieing from it but they have had some nasty sores from them.