O.K, but you said "it is frowned upon here to use anything but rubbermaids/tubs"Originally Posted by sg1trogdor
I am not saying that ppl don't use glass tanks. I would bet money that about 100% of the ppl on here have or have had their animals in glass tanks. But I have noticed that when ppl bring up the Large (50 gallon etc) tanks that ppl will always be quick to put them down. "temp is hard to keep stable in glass tanks", "humidity fluctuates", "its too big for the snake to feel secure" "they don't need that much room, they stay in their burrows all the time" . All these quotes are of course paraphrasing but you still get the idea. I have had this conversation with members before when I used to have a glass setup (which I still do for a few small snakes). All of these claims are BS if you ask me anyone who has all these problems just isnt doing it right I never had a problem and secondly I never had to tweak anything. I will look for specific threads but thats gonna take a while
Umm, no.
Yes, you can have issues with a 50 gallon or a large tank, and all of those points are accurate. With a young bp, it WILL feel insecure in a large tank if the correct measures are not taken.
The point is to show new comers the easiest and proven ways to be successful, there are MANY other ways to house ball pythons including in large tanks but when someone says "help my bp wont eat, btw it is a 200 gram baby in a 40 gallon" we can see right away what the issue MAY be.
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