...the long and thin boxes that I use have heat on the back end. The snakes justsit there. WHY? Maybe they choose the warm because as neonates are vervous and jitterish and strike at every movement. SO maybe they want the cooler front side but because they feel vunerable and scared of everything they make the choice ina box which would not emulate the best security and temsp. They choose the back over the front due to stress.

This all changes with kingsnakes as they get older as we all know.HWen they get past the hopper stage of mice they do calm down and realize that they are getting higher on the food chain.

So putting a neonate into a larger 10 gallon aquaurium is nice for the keeper. But do we really undertand what makes a snake choose things within that small box and why? Could be that they choose to cold or to hot due to what differs the least amount of stress from a predator.

So yes., I believe that a small neonate will do better in a small unit!..most definetly!

And what I meant by "do better" is it will feed and grow faster. That is my interpretation of "do better". Thereby being more resistant to desease and reproduce sooner and well, they calm down and you can enjoy them better than when they crap and stike at everything.
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