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3/16" holes too big?

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Flagg

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I've got 2 new corns coming tomorrow and I'm going to keep them temporarily in rubbermaid tubs until I get my rack in a month or so.

One of the tubs already has 3/16" holes melted along the sides with a soldering iron. I'm wondering if an 06 hatchling can squeeze through a hole that size. I wouldn't think so unless it's a newborn hatchling but I don't want to have any escapes.

I don't know their exact size yet, but I would hope they have grown some since being hatched last fall or summer.

Is 3/16" a risk for escape or should it be alright?

I tried a search and couldn't find much of anything.
 
I've always seen 1/8" given as the limit for ventilation holes for hatchling enclosures. I wouldn't risk it unless I knew that the snakes were over 20g.
 
Thanks. I'll weigh them as soon as I get them but I would certainly hope they are larger than 20g.

I was just told "They are both larger than a pencil if that helps. Much larger"

I'll find out in the morning I guess.
Looking at the holes, they are REALLY small. But I've been surprised before, my adult corn was caught squeezing through 1/2" rat cage bars once.
 
Okay, got my new corns. The male is 21g and the female about 25g. I put the female in the tub with the 3/16" holes. I hope she can't squeeze through them.
 
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