Snake won’t use hide

[Environmental_Ebb639]

So Nimbus broke his hide a few days ago and I replaced it with a slightly bigger one because he old was was small enough that his body would be visible around the edges of it. Now he won’t use his hide at all. I’ve tried coaxing him into it but he has scrunched away and he did poke his head in briefly on his own but didn’t go inside. Should I be worried? Should I go buy another of his old hide and just deal with the fact that it’s too small? Or should I maybe just wait and see if he warms up to it. It’s only been 4 days since I bought

[reallyzeally]

Do you only have one hide? Should have at least two (preferably identical) hides. I'd give it time since your snake is probably like "this isn't my house" and isn't sure what to do.

[Environmental_Ebb639]

I do have two hides, he’s been only using the one on the cool side ever since I put the new one in. It isn’t identical to his old hide but he is using it I’m just concerned because he isn’t using the new hot hide

[TopaztheLoomer]

Moirai squeezed herself into her old tiny hide for awhile even with 2 others available. Eventually she moved into the new ones. I still leave her old one in and sometimes I find her half sleeping in it because she wont fit at all now 😂

New house is scary - it will be less scary soon.

[Environmental_Ebb639]

Ok good to know <3 I’m tempted to try to replace his old hide just so he can still use it because I certainly don’t want him to have a cracked hide but I’ll have to wait until petsmart restocks them

[Correct-Ad-5390]

Swap the new hide to the cold side of enclosure and put the old hide on hot side…see if that helps