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Cheap hides?
- Thread starter Richard
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Neil
Senior Member
You can get five pieces of MDF and stick them together to make a box with no bottom. Then you can cut a hole in the front. I thought this was a good idea because you can get the wood cut to any size that you want and it's cheap. Otherwise, you can stuff your existing hide with toilet paper so the snake feels more secure.
Tim Madsen
New member
I use plastic pet food dishes, the kind with a cavity under it. Serves two purposes and uses less space.
bmm
New member
yep
My ball python uses a plastic food dish...hide underneath and water dish above.
But mostly I use butter tubs LOL
I normally leave the lids on and cut a hole in the bottom. then I can easily pick up those little suckers (the younger fast ones!! LOL) and place the tub right on my scale for weighing.
bmm
My ball python uses a plastic food dish...hide underneath and water dish above.
But mostly I use butter tubs LOL
I normally leave the lids on and cut a hole in the bottom. then I can easily pick up those little suckers (the younger fast ones!! LOL) and place the tub right on my scale for weighing.
bmm
Be a bit cautious about using flower pots...one of my corns got stuck while trying to "escape" through the hole in the bottom (of course it was on top as the pot was turned upsidedown to make the hide). I had to carefully break the pot to get her "unstuck." She kept on trying to squeeze through the hole and would have nothing to do with me trying to "push" her back through the hole.
It was a bit distressing to break the pot with all that sharp sherds of clay falling around her. My solution was to plug the hole and have the snake enter and exit the pot through the section of pot I removed (and sanded smooth) on the side.
It was a bit distressing to break the pot with all that sharp sherds of clay falling around her. My solution was to plug the hole and have the snake enter and exit the pot through the section of pot I removed (and sanded smooth) on the side.
Axe
Hideously Addicted!
Speaking of the pot, you have a toilet right? 
Look through The Corn Snake Manual... they're using a kitchen/toilet roll tube as a hide for a baby in that.
That's what I was using with my two hatchling Hypos til I went the Tampa show this weekend.. then I picked up a whole bunch of lil pieces of grape wood for $2 each.
I picked out every one he had that was small enough to fit in my 12qt tubs, and had a concave surface underneath that'd allow it to sit flat on the ground with an opening or two so the snake could crawl in under it.
That's what I'm using now in the tubs, but sure, go for a kitchen roll tube, or a big piece of slate or something (make sure it's something that can absorb warmth instead of deflecting it, that way if it's big enough, you can have one end of it warm and one end of it cool), then hold it up on some smaller stones, or pieces of wood so it forms a roof with somewhere they can crawl under.
Garden & landscaping centers are good places for rocks. We got some beauties for our beardies at our local place. The guys working there thought we were nuts going around and feeling each type of rock to see which held the most heat , lol. It was a pretty warm day around 95 or so, so anything that was nice n' toasty to our touch was good for the dragons.
Look through The Corn Snake Manual... they're using a kitchen/toilet roll tube as a hide for a baby in that.
That's what I was using with my two hatchling Hypos til I went the Tampa show this weekend.. then I picked up a whole bunch of lil pieces of grape wood for $2 each.
I picked out every one he had that was small enough to fit in my 12qt tubs, and had a concave surface underneath that'd allow it to sit flat on the ground with an opening or two so the snake could crawl in under it.
That's what I'm using now in the tubs, but sure, go for a kitchen roll tube, or a big piece of slate or something (make sure it's something that can absorb warmth instead of deflecting it, that way if it's big enough, you can have one end of it warm and one end of it cool), then hold it up on some smaller stones, or pieces of wood so it forms a roof with somewhere they can crawl under.
Garden & landscaping centers are good places for rocks. We got some beauties for our beardies at our local place. The guys working there thought we were nuts going around and feeling each type of rock to see which held the most heat , lol. It was a pretty warm day around 95 or so, so anything that was nice n' toasty to our touch was good for the dragons.
hurricane1
Member...needs more corns
well, i put a worn shirt in my cage so my new snake could get used to my scent and he likes to hide in it, so if you have any old shirts...
I've tried many things...
but the things mine seem to like best are the things that they can contact on all sides, no matter the material. I have a few that just have a small flat board in the cage, propped on one side with a small rock. A couple others have drift wood with a nice hollow spot underneath. the babies are in opaque rubbermaids with aspen and don't seem to need anything as they can stay burrowed into the aspen.
I love the shirt idea! that would be perfect!
but the things mine seem to like best are the things that they can contact on all sides, no matter the material. I have a few that just have a small flat board in the cage, propped on one side with a small rock. A couple others have drift wood with a nice hollow spot underneath. the babies are in opaque rubbermaids with aspen and don't seem to need anything as they can stay burrowed into the aspen.
I love the shirt idea! that would be perfect!
Axe
Hideously Addicted!
yeah, the shirt idea sounds good, didn't think of that. My 5 corns are still babies, so they're all in 12qt rubbermaids, but I picked 'em up a whole bunch of lil pieces of grape wood. As flat as I could find, but with slight concave surfaces underneath. That way they can sit on the substrate and hide under 'em nicely.
Two of 'em are actually using the hiding spot I put in, the other three usually prefer to curl up in the lip of the lid. The lip is separated off into little sections due to the way it's made, each section about the size of a zippo lighter. Amazing how small a space these lil guys can get into.
Two of 'em are actually using the hiding spot I put in, the other three usually prefer to curl up in the lip of the lid. The lip is separated off into little sections due to the way it's made, each section about the size of a zippo lighter. Amazing how small a space these lil guys can get into.
BU5T4
New member
I just use a clay flower pot broken in half and the sharp edges sanded. This works a treet and gives you two for the price of one unless like me you make a mess of breaking them and end up with just one hide hehehe
the best way to break them i find is to get a flat head screwdriver and sit that on the lip then tap it with a hammer, this works a treat for me.
BU5T4
the best way to break them i find is to get a flat head screwdriver and sit that on the lip then tap it with a hammer, this works a treat for me.
BU5T4
Susan
Go Ahead, Make My Day!
I get my hides in the garden dept of Walmart. K-Mart, Home Depot, etc, but I use the plastic drip trays for flower pots, not the pots. They come in all the right sizes for different sized snakes, they don't break, are very inexpensive, and you can make the hole anywhere and any size you want. I use a cheap stick-type soldering iron to burn/cut out the hole and eliminate any sharp edges, and I can make some "ridges" along part of the hole that my snakes like to use for shedding.
One more thing is
Along with a lot of the things that everyone already mention I also use a plastic igloo that is made for small rodents. They come in all sizes, little "mouse" to rabbit. A couple of reason I like is that they are opeqed( did I spell that right?) a light color you can sort of see through to check out the snake without distrubling. They help to hold in the moisture when I spray the substate with water and the snakes like to hide in as well as rest on the top cuz they have alittle rim little a castle top. They are easy to clean and so far none of my snakes have pooped inside, so it kinds acts like a barrier for them to stay away from poop until I get home from school to clean They start at about $3.00 for the little ones up to about $6.00 I wish the colors were more like earth colors though, cuz they are purple, pink things like that but they work good.
Along with a lot of the things that everyone already mention I also use a plastic igloo that is made for small rodents. They come in all sizes, little "mouse" to rabbit. A couple of reason I like is that they are opeqed( did I spell that right?) a light color you can sort of see through to check out the snake without distrubling. They help to hold in the moisture when I spray the substate with water and the snakes like to hide in as well as rest on the top cuz they have alittle rim little a castle top. They are easy to clean and so far none of my snakes have pooped inside, so it kinds acts like a barrier for them to stay away from poop until I get home from school to clean They start at about $3.00 for the little ones up to about $6.00 I wish the colors were more like earth colors though, cuz they are purple, pink things like that but they work good.