opinions on enclosure size? - Page 2

pdomensis · 03-05-14, 08:24 AM

I once saw a snake outside. It didn't seem to mind the extra room.

poomwah · 03-05-14, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by pdomensis

I once saw a snake outside. It didn't seem to mind the extra room.

THAT is too funny :]

Starbuck · 03-05-14, 09:02 AM

i *had* a mexican pine, but he got out when i lived in NY in a crappy apartment with 3 cats, and we never found him

I do think i would like another when i get some 'room at the inn' heh heh

poomwah · 03-05-14, 09:11 AM

starbuck, I'm so sorry to hear about that. That's awful. My first pit escaped. Nibbler, he was an awesome little bull snake, only about a year old when he pulled a houdini.

pdomensis · 03-05-14, 09:20 AM

Seriously though, it's all about having plenty of cover. It might look cluttered bbut the snake should be able to move and sneak around the cage and stay concealed if it wants to. If there's a 6 inch gap where you see nothing but substrate I would put something in it. Not necessarily a hide, but leaves or bark or something.

poomwah · 03-05-14, 09:23 AM

does a substrate that allows burrowing help?

pdomensis · 03-05-14, 09:43 AM

absolutely

poomwah · 03-05-14, 09:48 AM

I was curious because while I imagined it would help immensely, most of mine don't use the hides, they tend to burrow under the substrate instead. Even when they are under the hide, they are under the hide and under the substrate, LOL. Kinda defeats the purpose of the hide :P

Sharlynn93 · 03-05-14, 09:55 AM

some of mine do that...but the hides still "fill" the enclosure, so its less "open" to them...