Cool,......good for you on reading some books. This is something not NEARLY enough people do now days to get a decent foundation knowledge to build on. You can always refer to them whenever you want, and they prevent many problems BEFORE they can arise. Books generally put things in an organized order too which can make things easier to retain compared to random bits and pieces of information found here and there on the internet.



Hatchling and juvenile milks generally do best in smaller containers as opposed to larger ones, so keep this in mind and don't be too quick on the idea of putting it in a larger vivarium. Large, spacious vivs certainly looks more interesting to people than a simple little plastic container, but secretive types like milksnakes like much less open quarters for feeling secure. Most breeders of hatchling and juvenile milks (including myself) put them in shoebox sized containers until they are a bit larger.



Whatever you do though, please take this advice to the bank............MAKE SURE the lid, doors, and edges to whatever it is kept in has NO small questionable gaps and is secure as Fort Knox, because believe me, your snake WILL find these and escape....many times never to be seen again!!. Snakes are born escape artists, and you just wouldn't believe how many COUNTLESS escape stories I have heard about over the years. I have experienced my fair share of these first-hand mishaps myself..LOL!!





cheers, ~Doug
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