Quote Originally Posted by TanyaL View Post
It's preached that bps should have two identical hides, right? And, that tubs are favorable over glass enclosures, correct? Can I ask then why is it that those using the tub setups only have one hide?

Also, the tubs look rather small. Is it still possible to keep a temp gradient?

I'm not trying to open another can of worms or anything, I'm just curious.

Yes it is very easy to keep a temp gradient UTH heating only heats the spot it is placed, 4" away it will be ambient temps.

I myself keep 2 hides but when using small tubs some keepers feel the tub alone makes them secure enough and they will go wherever they want but keep hide on warmer side. I have used one long hide before that covers warm and cool areas and they can move to the corner they prefer.


As far as the big tank theories I think Brian from BHB summed it up when he said for many years snakes were kept in larger enclosures and what they found is they spent 99% of the time in one smaller area of tank, wasting the majority of the space. When they moved them into smaller enclosures they found improved eating and breeding habits. This is evaluating 100's if not 1000's of animals not just a few. So no one is saying that you cant house them in larger tanks, thats how it was done for years, what they are saying is the people that work with large amounts of snakes have found better results with smaller enclosures for BP's. I have snakes that could care less where they are and others that are always nervous and paranoid and have to be in small tubs hiding constantly. So this is not every snake but some more than others.
To each his own.