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Cheap/favorite hide ideas anyone?
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Old 02-15-2015, 02:55 PM   #21
Kaifyre
I tried cardboard and paper towel tubes for a while and the snakes all preferred to burrow in the aspen. I go hiking a lot so I just collected a bunch of slate pieces and fallen branches. Sterilized everything in the oven and with boiling water and they were all good to go. I use the branches for climbing and the slate pieces for hides and our snakies all love them. As an added bonus I can lay a big chunk of slate over the UTH and the heat gets soaked up by the rock to make a perfect little basking rock, especially when I cover them with faux plants. : )

-- Kai
 
Old 05-21-2015, 12:44 PM   #22
nuts4hotwheels


I found this rock years ago and brought it home It's been out in the garden, but I decided to bring it in and sterilize it for my baby corn snake. It has a bunch of holes for him to climb through and he hides in the little crevices.




Brian
 
Old 05-22-2015, 12:17 AM   #23
ArvadaLanee
I have a little piece of tubing that was left over from our 55 gallon aquarium that I put in the viv with Nightmare. It has a slight curve to it, so I bury it in his aspen so that you can only see the two openings on the top of the aspen. He must love it, because when I clean it, there are always a couple poops in there. Haha.
 
Old 05-22-2015, 08:19 AM   #24
nuts4hotwheels
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I have a little piece of tubing that was left over from our 55 gallon aquarium that I put in the viv with Nightmare. It has a slight curve to it, so I bury it in his aspen so that you can only see the two openings on the top of the aspen. H.



I had a piece of pvc in my tterrarium but took it out to give a more "natural" look. I might use your idea and bury it in the bedding. It would give him a nice hide but not be an eyesore. I might even put rocks around it like a little cave.
 
Old 05-22-2015, 08:53 AM   #25
ArvadaLanee
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I had a piece of pvc in my tterrarium but took it out to give a more "natural" look. I might use your idea and bury it in the bedding. It would give him a nice hide but not be an eyesore. I might even put rocks around it like a little cave.
That's actually exactly what I did when I cleaned the viv yesterday. I made the aspen into a hill in one spot, with the tubing buried in it, and surrounded the front opening with a couple rocks. You can't even tell it's there.
 
Old 05-22-2015, 09:00 AM   #26
nuts4hotwheels
How big is your snake? What size pvc did you use?

Brian
 
Old 05-22-2015, 09:07 AM   #27
ArvadaLanee
Our little guy is just a baby. He only weighted 11 grams when I last weighed him. I didn't use PVC. I used a curved piece of tubing left over from when we set up our aquarium. I am not sure of the exact measurements, but the opening is a little bigger than a quarter. When he gets a bit larger, I will have to buy PVC to replace it.
 
Old 05-22-2015, 09:14 AM   #28
nuts4hotwheels
I have a baby too. The pvc I used was a 1-1/2" because that is what I had at home. I think that it is too big for him too feel secure. I am thinking about cutting it in half length wise to make a half circle, which might work better anyway.

Brian
 
Old 05-22-2015, 09:29 AM   #29
ArvadaLanee
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I have a baby too. The pvc I used was a 1-1/2" because that is what I had at home. I think that it is too big for him too feel secure. I am thinking about cutting it in half length wise to make a half circle, which might work better anyway.

Brian
That is a good idea. My little guy fits pretty snuggly in his tubing by folding himself in half. I was already thinking that the next time I do a full cleaning of the viv I should cut a slit all the way down the tube lengthwise, because I have read that they can get themselves stuck, and I worry about that. Maybe I will just cut off about a third of the bottom of it instead, and make sure the edges aren't sharp.
 
Old 05-22-2015, 11:18 AM   #30
nuts4hotwheels
I am at work on a slow day. So, I cut a piece of 2" PVC that I had here. It is now 7/8" x 3". I will clean it up and sterilize it, if I decide to use it. I mainly wanted to see how easy it was to cut and work with.







Brian
 

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