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Not using her hide?

Snake_Plissken

Snake_Plissken

Life is Study
Hello,

My newly acquired ghost will not go into her hide. We have another snake who will use the same exact type of hide, and I know she can fit into it, but she seems to not even to understand the concept of a hide. I certainly don't mind her being outgoing, she is a real sweetheart. I just worry because from what I have read a snake can get stressed if they don't have an available hide. As long as she has the option of using it in her viv will she be ok? If pictures help I can try to do those shortly, but she does have access to it.
 
Snake_Plissken said:
Hello,

My newly acquired ghost will not go into her hide. We have another snake who will use the same exact type of hide, and I know she can fit into it, but she seems to not even to understand the concept of a hide. I certainly don't mind her being outgoing, she is a real sweetheart. I just worry because from what I have read a snake can get stressed if they don't have an available hide. As long as she has the option of using it in her viv will she be ok? If pictures help I can try to do those shortly, but she does have access to it.
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Do you have more then one hide, if not add more in different areas of viv. She will pick her comfy spot. susang
 
mine never uses her's either. She just buries herself in the aspen. Silly girl. I spent good money on that little cave and fake skull.
 
Its totaly normal.

Over the years allot of my snakes have not gone in hides. My adult still wont go in any hide at all, he prefers to be in the open so he can see whats going on in the world.
 
As long as all the temps are good, it comes down to your snake's personal comfort level. You might just have a laid back, ain't nuthin bothering me kind of snake.
 
Mine have so many places to get out of the world's eye that it is always a challenge to find them. THey do have their favorite spots. I think Niblet has a total of 5 or 6 "hides" and probably uses 2 of them. He also likes to lay up on branches.
 
My "Yolanda", only goes into her hide after she has eaten. Other then that, she hangs out on her tree or curled up in front of the pen, just waiting to be picked up. When she is on me, she goes inside my shirt, slithers into the cup of my bra and goes to sleep. Ahhhh, such is life.

Hugs, Squeak
 
Thanks for the replies, I think that part of why she does not go into her hide (other than the fact that she is a ditz and probably doesn't realize what it is) is that she rather enjoys being coiled around something and the bottom of her bio-vine is on the other side of her viv. I'd like to say that I have been experimenting with 2 of my corns with calcium sand as a substrate and so far so good. I have been looking at their eyes and checking their tongues as they flick and I am not seeing any sand grains, also nothing stuck in scales. Though I can see how it would have been a poor substrate for my oketee because he tends to flick his tongue down often and would probably ingest the sand.
 
Snake_Plissken said:
Thanks for the replies, I think that part of why she does not go into her hide (other than the fact that she is a ditz and probably doesn't realize what it is) is that she rather enjoys being coiled around something and the bottom of her bio-vine is on the other side of her viv. I'd like to say that I have been experimenting with 2 of my corns with calcium sand as a substrate and so far so good. I have been looking at their eyes and checking their tongues as they flick and I am not seeing any sand grains, also nothing stuck in scales. Though I can see how it would have been a poor substrate for my oketee because he tends to flick his tongue down often and would probably ingest the sand.
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Any reason why you're trying it? Sand isn't absorbent, any moisture with the snakes' waste forms a biofilm around each grain, where bacteria can grow away and potentially cause problems. All snakes flick their tongues to scent the air, even if you haven't seen them do it, and they could therefore ingest the calcisand which could lead to impaction. Perhaps your snake doesn't like the feel of the sand? Perhaps it's irritating her skin?
 
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