Will the smell of plastic hurt your snake?

olll

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Hi guys I am wondering if the smell of the plastic hurt my ball python? I am using a Sterilite tube without pvc
 

olll

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I don’t have a rack System. Just a tube with lid and ventilation holes. It does smell bad so should I just make more holes
 

Two short legs

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Really Usefull Storage boxes the snakes where in.the boxes you talk about look good, I'd put holes maybe in the lid and the sides.did not have any problems .but you can cause flex in lids!
 

viper69

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I never expose my animal, including my snakes, to plastic fumes. It’s not a good idea.
 

olll

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I don’t want get a tank because they are 200$ in where I live
 

The Snark

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Let's slam the brakes on. Around 30,000 different plastics in over 1,000,000 formulations.

General rule: plastics giving off odors aren't stable. DO NOT USE. They are decomposing and there are a LOT of toxins given off, some highly hazardous.
Acceptable odor level: Empty PET plastic water bottle left in the sun all day,
 

olll

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I do still see a lot of people using tubes for ball python, are there different tubes, are some safe? Or all tubes are bad
 
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