Yes, it will do better in a small container. But make sure you closely monitor your heat source INSIDE the small container that you supply on the one end too. The heat source needs to be monitored at the very floor surface of the container, not in the upper portion with a cheap stick-on thermometer like pet shops sell. The opposite cooler side should have a thermogradient in the mid-upper 70's. Your surrounding ambient air room temp sets the entire stage for how you go about doing this. For example.....If you put a heat source that heats the one side in a very tiny enclosure to say 90 degrees, and the outside ambient temperature in the room is already fairly warm, then it MUST be adjusted very differently than a room that is kept much colder to offset the difference. they MUST be able to get away to a cooler side as needed when not digesting to conserve energy and body mass.

Also, if there are not enough ventilation holes in these tiny containers, it will also retain the heat in the entire container much more than one that had more surface area or many more holes as well. Make sure all this is checked out and tweaked accordingly with a temp probe/thermostat/rheostat or temp gun well BEFORE you put the snake into this enclosure. The snake has to be allowed to properly digest in the mid-upper 80's as needed, but also has to be able to get away as it needs to. If you had a ridiculously long 10 foot long enclosure, then you could theoretically have one end at freezing temps, and the opposit end at 125 degrees, and the snake would always choose a place somewhere between these two extreme temps as needed. In a tiny container, this is far more crucial to know exactly what's going on with either side. Everyone's location, room temps and housing situation can be very different, so this has to be accounted for and adjusted as needed.


regards, ~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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