Just wanted to share a successful hide box for young snakes. These are 18 inch lengths cut from tubing for central vacuum units. A 10 foot length of this tubing is only $5 here and at about 2 inch diameter, it is just right for young corns and kings. It cuts easily with a hack saw, and this length is still easy to wash out.
The real advantage is that is can extend from end to end of the cage and allows the snake a secure, dark hide that includes all areas of temperature gradient, from the room temperature end to the end over the UTH. They seem to like the tight space to curl up in and it is only a bit challenging to get them out if they don't want to leave.
These are a couple inches shorter that the tank and we just pop their prey item into one end to feed. Since there are no shavings in the tube, it forms a clean feeding surface and seems to encourage them to feed calmly - hard to do intense constricting in these. We use the same size in larger tanks and rubbemaids until the snakes outgrow them.
Mary v.
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