What you say is true, but its not the temps or the dirty water bowls. In most cases, average temps, that is temps held below their full range, compromises their immune system and they cannot fight off mild common pathogens. Which is one huge problem with rack type cages. They are very hard to maintain with a good range of temps. With hognose, its a bit varanid like, its hard to support usable temps. That is, a temp range they understand how to use. Kings, ratsnakes and crots are so easy behaviorally its ridiculous, hogs a bit more complicated. To me this is the fun stuff. To figure out what they want. What nasty gets confused by is, who wants what. What the keeper wants, compared to what the animal wants.
Fossorial snakes like balls and hogs do well in small dark boxes, because its a duplication of an underground burrow. In which they spend most of their lives. Only their burrows are located to take advantage of different temps. our burrows, the boxes, are not. Again, fun stuff.

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