Is this to much stuff?

[Jr619]

So I've been adding stuff to my snakes take to gov it a cool look and make it more natural for my snake but I don't know if this is to much stuff for him. What do you think? Is it two much?

[albertagirl]

I think as long as your snake has room to curl up comfortably in each of the temperature zones, can easily navigate from one area to the other, and can't knock anything heavy or sharp over onto or injure himself, you're probably okay. But here are a couple of factors to think about:
1. The more stuff you have in there, the harder it is to get your snake out of there without tearing things apart and putting them back together all the time, which can get annoying.
2. The more stuff you have in there, the more you have to clean. Also the harder it will be to find and remove poop, even if he doesn't get any on the decorations.

Other than those considerations, I would say decorate to your heart's content.

[Jr619]

okay thank you

[Jim Smith]

Along the lines of what albertagirl shared with you, there will be times that you feed your snake and he/she grabs the mouse and drags in behind one of the decorations to eat in peace. You think that everything is fine until 2 or 3 days later when your snake room start to have a funky odor to it. Finally after another day or so, you decide to check a little more closely and find that mouse you "thought" he/she ate tucked in behind one of those neat decorations only now it looks like a miniature possum bloated on country on a hot summer day. Don't ask me how I know this

[macandchz]

looks good to me-but is going to be tough to clean. as he grows you can give him more space.

[cat001]

I think the importance of environmental complexity is sometimes overlooked. From my observations snakes generally appreciate the opportunity to remove themselves from view while also being able to change location and explore various crevices and hiding places. The main issue with a complex environment is maintaining hygiene so you just need to be fairly diligent with cleaning, which I'm sure you are.

[stevo-d]

Originally Posted by cat001

I think the importance of environmental complexity is sometimes overlooked. From my observations snakes generally appreciate the opportunity to remove themselves from view while also being able to change location and explore various crevices and hiding places. The main issue with a complex environment is maintaining hygiene so you just need to be fairly diligent with cleaning, which I'm sure you are.

I agree with you mate. Set ups with newspaper, a hide, and a water dish is boring. It's Easy to clean and maintain but I like the jungle look with 2 hides and a substrate that I can keep humidity up, if needed. I'll spot clean everyday and clean my tanks once a month and change them about so the snake doesn't get bored. Don't get me wrong if I had 22 snakes I would use newspaper/paper towels as it would be a lot easier/quicker to clean.