More and more these days, everybody from "noob" too "expert" always recommends and states in forums and care sheets that snakes do best in rubber maid totes and storage bins. I also see a lot of people talking about how many snakes they have and the just show a 10 bin rack as the set up. Just take a look on youtube, tons of videos of people sliding open drawers and taking out snakes that are far to large for the enclosure they are house in.
A big point made is that snakes feel safer in opaque caging and that bins and tubs hold humidity better...
Now this is how I see things, most snakes grow and grow quick. Keeping them in a inexpensive tote or two as it grows is perfectly acceptable and smart thing to do for the first year maybe two of it's life.
I keep snakes, reptiles, because I love them. Not to make money, not to be different, not to cover costs or any of that. They are simply the animal I love to keep and so I do so. Now because I love my pets, I like to see them and give them a nice place to live. For example, I keep my adult female western hognose in a 23 gallon long tank. She is not a very large snake, maybe just over 2 feet but she uses every inch of that tank and then some, and I love watching her. I don't understand how an individual can keep something they love and never see it.
Now about the animal being more secure. I provide two hides, one on the warm side and one on the cold side and I have never had a problem with feeding or stress or anything in that respect. Let's take a look at humidity, it is simply water vapor in the air. Glass holds in water and fish... So someone telling you they are bad for humidity is totally false.
Really, I like to provide a cage long enough for a active snake to stretch out. I only keep snakes in aquariums up to 4 feet long. This is because they are lightweight and relatively inexpensive. For larger cages, for my two boas and future large snakes, I build my own. I know not everyone is as DIY as me but it is possible to purchase them pre-made. I have a hard time grasping how so many people keep "pets" in such bad conditions. One of my largest complaints is a 4-5 foot female ball python being housed in a tote, 33 inches long 14 inches wide and 6 inches tall.
I hope I am not the only one who feels this way. Many snakes such are carpet pythons, retics, and boas love to climb but are denied it. Even the ball python will utilize branches when provided. All I want is the animals, our pets, the living thing who rely on us for survival to have a good home, is that to much to ask?
A big point made is that snakes feel safer in opaque caging and that bins and tubs hold humidity better...
Now this is how I see things, most snakes grow and grow quick. Keeping them in a inexpensive tote or two as it grows is perfectly acceptable and smart thing to do for the first year maybe two of it's life.
I keep snakes, reptiles, because I love them. Not to make money, not to be different, not to cover costs or any of that. They are simply the animal I love to keep and so I do so. Now because I love my pets, I like to see them and give them a nice place to live. For example, I keep my adult female western hognose in a 23 gallon long tank. She is not a very large snake, maybe just over 2 feet but she uses every inch of that tank and then some, and I love watching her. I don't understand how an individual can keep something they love and never see it.
Now about the animal being more secure. I provide two hides, one on the warm side and one on the cold side and I have never had a problem with feeding or stress or anything in that respect. Let's take a look at humidity, it is simply water vapor in the air. Glass holds in water and fish... So someone telling you they are bad for humidity is totally false.
Really, I like to provide a cage long enough for a active snake to stretch out. I only keep snakes in aquariums up to 4 feet long. This is because they are lightweight and relatively inexpensive. For larger cages, for my two boas and future large snakes, I build my own. I know not everyone is as DIY as me but it is possible to purchase them pre-made. I have a hard time grasping how so many people keep "pets" in such bad conditions. One of my largest complaints is a 4-5 foot female ball python being housed in a tote, 33 inches long 14 inches wide and 6 inches tall.
I hope I am not the only one who feels this way. Many snakes such are carpet pythons, retics, and boas love to climb but are denied it. Even the ball python will utilize branches when provided. All I want is the animals, our pets, the living thing who rely on us for survival to have a good home, is that to much to ask?
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