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[littleindiangirl]

Or are you trying to tell me that BPs in Ghana stay within 2 feet of their hide entrance? I think that as long as you provide plenty of adequate hides, there is no such thing as a tub/tank that is too big.

Where do you think BP's are most often found in the wild? In burrows. If you have the opportunity, I suggest picking up either VPI's book, or Kevin's the Complete ball python.

Again, I think the point of my posts has been missed. I will repost it for your benefit.

When designing an enclosure for a snake, you have to put their needs first, and our desires last. A tub is a great way to fullfill all of their needs simply, but tanks are a harder to get the hang of to fullfill those same needs. That's my theory behind tubs.

I still think your not thinking about the BP's requirements.

I'm not bashing your dreams of a nice enclosure, you must understand the delicate mannerisms of BP's in particular. They are very easily stressed with large enclosures, if you meet their requirements of nice tight hides, thermoregulation, good ground cover for them to feel safe moving around, all the while providing perfect temps and humidity, then you very well could have a large nice natural enclosure.

My post was merely stating that we humans too often put our desires before the snakes NEEDS. Think about what any snake need first, and plan around that.

I have merely stated, again, meet the needs of the snake, the rest is just fringe benefits for us. You have obviously done this with yours, while providing a more stimulating environment with no harm to the snakes requirements.

Does this make any sense now? Put the snakes requirements first and foremost. Security is number one for BP's. Heat, humidity, and security. Those are the most important things we should be doing for our snakes. For BP's we often overlook how nervous it makes them to be in a large enclosure. Put their NEEDS before our desires.