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Sorry to keep posting on this; I'll try and keep this short this time...

I currently have my baby in a small, confining plastic container with a hidespot and a water bowl, to make him feel secure. This is kept inside the 20 gallon setup I originally had him in, to make heating easier. The plastic container has a couple of large holes cut in the top to keep the humidity down, but I don't think they would make him feel less secure. The thing is, he can get out through these holes, and he keeps leaving the smaller container and hiding under the newspaper in the larger (20 gal.) one. This morning I found him soaking in the water bowl that's inside the 20 gallon (which was a very cute sight, and he seemed secure enough.) I've been putting him back in the smaller container the past few times this happened -- is this a dumb thing to do? Should I just leave him in the 20 gallon, if that's where he'd rather be? Or should I make him another plastic container, with smaller holes so that he can't leave it?

Sorry that this wasn't very short. Just trying to figure out how to make his adjustment as easy as possible (I'm afraid I haven't been doing that).

Thanks for any help,
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A. Fox

I would let him have the 20 gallon tank with a hide box and a nice water bowl that they love. Caution about small holes that they can get through but not big enough to turn around in. If your snake decides to turn around half way through the hole and gets stuck, it can really get hurt. Humidity in the tank should be pretty high, so don't worry about trying to keep it down unless it's just real wet. They love to hide under newspaper as well, just make sure they have good heat. Hope this helps you some,,

Good Luck, Jody

Fox,
I would just leave the rubbermaid container in there and leave him alone. If he feels safe leaving it thats fine let him go, but if he was that stressed out before I wouldn't take the container out just yet, the big open space is probably what did it to begin with. Leave it like that and if he stays out of the rubbermaid all together for a few weeks it should be safe to take out, actually a pretty nice way to get them acclimated to a larger container
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior

Fox, I agree with jordanm. I didn't see in your post where you stated that the snake was really stressed out. Stressed out snakes are better off with the choices as jordanm stated. Best of luck with him.