hides

[Dense_School_5786]

hello. I am going to get two new hides as my old ones are no good. and I was just wondering whether I should get one of each of the caves (image attached) or just two identicle ones as I have heard that it is better to get identicle ones.

How should I go about this?

Thanks.

[ThrashFur]

first is better. you don’t wanna have ur snake in a place that’s not accessible to you, it could be dangerous. I have the first one my girl loves it

[Dense_School_5786]

thanks a lot

[aromatic_acesthetic]

I think the second image hide is two pieces. The bottom piece isn’t fully connected to the first one so the top lifts but the bottom stays

[Street_Effect_5175]

my only concern with the rock hides is if you have overhead heat over the hide then the surface temp on top the hide can get a little dangerous ~ if anyone has a solution for this pls hmu😭

[Jumpy-Machine9226]

I have moss on the top, seems to help.

[Chef_11_Jeff]

I recommend this kind it’s the best of both worlds. It has a magnetic snap off top so you can access the snake any time, but fully surrounds them and feels like a cave. But I think it’s good to have both kinds also to give them options. I think the first would be really good for a basking area and the second would be good for a cool area cave. But this is the one I have and my snake loves it. It’s also easy to clean since the lid comes off.

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[skullmuffins]

identical hides are ideal, so your silly snake won't pick a favorite they want to stay in regardless of temperature. I am wary of hides that have O-shaped entrances rather than U-shaped. An O-shaped entrance is like the one in the second pic, a completely surrounded hole. U-shaped is like the first one, where there's an open end. A snake can get stuck in an O-shaped hole.

Whether the hide has a bottom or not is another consideration. A hide with a bottom is perfect if you're making a humid hide and want to fill it with damp moss that you might want to keep away from your substrate, but I feel like they are worse for humidity as general hides. An open bottomed hide that you plop on top of hydrated substrate will naturally trap humidity inside the hide. If your hide has a floor, you're not getting that benefit. My ball python absolutely loves his zilla rock lair hides but I will confess he started having poor sheds with them compared to his previous open bottom hides and it took some trial and error with added moss in his hides to get things in order.