Can you leave a baby kingsnake in a shoe box with holes?

Say, you didn%26#039;t have an enclosure - could you put a tshirt/rock/water bowl in a moderately sized shoe box with holes and use that as a temporary enclosure for a while? The heating is fine, but what about the light; how does it know when its day if it doesn%26#039;t get any light?

Can you leave a baby kingsnake in a shoe box with holes?
If by shoe box you mean a plastic tub of the size reffered to as shoe box, then yes, absolutely. As a breeder, I would actually recommend a sterilite shoe box over a tank of any kind until the snake is bigger and older. Baby kings, just like baby corns are tiny and very good at escaping. Probably the most often occuring problem among new corn/king owners is that their babies escape, and at that size, you%26#039;d need a miracle to find it.


So if you don%26#039;t already have one, run to the dollar store or Walmart or Meijer and pick up a sterilite shoe box for $1 and line it with paper towel. Keep your new friend in this set up until he%26#039;s about 2ft long, or until you feel confident that he%26#039;s big enough to be seen should he get out of a tank.


Good luck!
Reply:48L is not too big, and will actually work for the life of the snake. That%26#039;s what my 5ft chocolate Cal King is in.





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Reply:if you don%26#039;t have an enclosure ready for the snake, you can go to the nearest dollar store and buy a plastic rubbermaid sweater box or storage box for like 3-5 bucks, they will have clear-ish sides and a solid colored lid, take a nail and hold it with pliers, then heat the nail with a lighter and punch a lot of holes in the top of the lid.
Reply:You could buy a little critter keeper at a pet store and put it in there. I%26#039;d be worried about the snake escaping fom the shoe box. They are good escape artists.



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