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What's the "perfect" hide height? Any general rules?
Dozer has grown enough that I need to remodel his cage to get hime some taller hides. He's developing a small rub mark down his back from rubbing against the hides as he enters and exits them. I'm thinking somewhere in the 2" tall area would be good.

Thanks in advance.

TooDeep,
Sumthin tells me you already know the answers to your own questions... But, let's get some ideas anyway!

I have a full grown female mali and the ideal hide height for her is 1.5"

Kim

the ideal hide-height is 0" (until they dig under it). I let them do it, because I don't know exactly what they want their hides to be like, so I just let them dig into the dirt, and usually the height of the hiding areas they construct are surprisingly low. My two mali's usually make it low enough that they have to squish themselves inside. The young mali squishes herself into areas you'd think she would never fit. Basically anything as tall as her head, she likes to hide under.

The tortoises are even funnier, as they just bury themselves in dirt. They have plenty of hiding areas, plenty of dirt to build burrows, but they bury themselves around early afternoon and surface the next morning. It's somewhat bizarre.

But basically, almost all reptiles (aside from arboreal) like to hide in spots where they can feel the floor on their stomach and the ceiling on their back and that same time, and they can be touching at least three sides of the chosen hiding spot.

In general I just try to remember that it's their hiding spot, not mine. Who am I to choose what specifications they like to hide in?