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When to move from shoebox to sweaterbox?

JaimeP

JaimeP

The Eternal Student
Hey all,
I've got all 5 of my "hatchlings" (they don't seem so much like hatchlings anymore haha) in shoebox sized sterlites right now. All of them are somewhere in the realm of 50g. At what point do you guys normally move yours up to sweaterbox sized sterlites? I've got plenty of space in my rack for them to move up, and I'm pretty sure they couldn't push out of the tiny (maybe 1/16") gap between my sweatbox tubs and the top of the rack.
Am I right in thinking there's no reason to NOT move them up? All of them have been with me for at least 3 months, some of them more, and none of them have nervousness or feeding issues. They're starting to look so cramped in their shoeboxes!

Thanks!
 
I lost some snakes that I thought were too big to get out of gaps like this... It was a lesson learned the hard way. I do put bigger ones like yours in sweaterboxes but the sweaterboxes have lids so there is no gap. You can always find something to put underneath the sweater box if you don't have lids, like magazine or piece of cardboard.
 
That's a good idea. I thought about putting cardboard covering over the boxes to keep them in, but putting it under makes a lot more sense. That would make me a lot more comfortable... My biggest concern is definitely the chance that one of my babies will wiggle out. Thanks!
 
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