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Question on hides

Droptines said:
It seems like my snake doesn't use her hides as much as she did when I first got her.I would say half as much now.But,,also I think it could be a food thing.I have to bump up her food size to keep her full a bit longer.I have 3 of the smaller pinkies left,,then I'm going to go to larger size.When she eats now,,the lump is almost not noticeable,AND she keeps crawling around,right after she has eaten.Shes do to eat tonight,so I'm going to give her 2 pinkies,see how that goes.
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I think it is a security thing. She is feeling safer and more comfortable in her viv now, and so is getting bolder in her explorations. Remember, just because a snake is moving, doesn't mean it is starving. Nor does it mean that because a snake cruises, it needs to be fed. If I fed my Onyx every time he was out and about, he'd look like a python.
 
Mina said:
Right now there is not room in the 5 1/2 gallon for 2 hides and his water dish. I'll have to wait until this weekend to move him to the 10 gallon, then I can put in another hide.
I did change things around in his tank while he was eating, I gave him a much smaller water dish, and a smaller hide. I was hoping he wanted to curl up and the other hide was much bigger than him. He curled up in the coconut hut after I put him back, so he seems to like it. I'll put all of your suggestions to use right away, and put in more hides as soon as I can.
Thanks!!!!!!!
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I get my water dishs from the pet dept in Target. They have bowls that have opening on both sides for the snakes to get under. So I have a hide on the warm side and the water dish on the cool side. They get 2 hides and their vivs aren't cramped. All my snakes prefer the water dish. Oh yeah! They cost a whopping $0.97.
 
BeckyG said:
Just because the hide is there doesn't mean they stay in it all the time. However, the issue here is not exercise, it's stress.
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This is very true. It helps for naturally shy animals to have places to retire too when needed. In fact, you'd probably see them MORE if they had loads of places to hide. Helps them to feel secure.
 
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