there's another thread here:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=64582

hides can be as imaginative as you wish. the nice thing about DIY hides are they are inexpensive and you can easily make new ones as your BP grows so they'll always have the right size hide.

I have used fancy storebought ones and very cheap DIY ones and like little children they seem to like the cheapies best

I was looking at hides at the show last weekend. I like the look of the ones that look like stone dome caves, but when you flip them over and look at the inside, there's all these sharp pointy edges that look very unsafe. I just don't get why they didn't make them with the animal's comfort in mind. Buyer beware!