Does anyone have a exoterra reptile den?

[darkmorning1]

oh mine does not have Magnets in it

 

[Chrome]

In the picture posted he has half inside the tank and half OUTside....rendering the half outside useless.

1. The picture SHE has posted
2. It is not useless as its not useable. Its a lid. The idea is you put half on the out side, so when you move the lid, you can see inside the cave, its like a cross section. The idea is you can quickly check on your snake without disturbing them at all. The lid is flat to go agaisnt the side of glass. That is the point of the magnet, thats the point of the whole thing. Its a cross section hide.

 

[Roy Munson]

1. The picture SHE has posted
2. It is not useless as its not useable. Its a lid. The idea is you put half on the out side, so when you move the lid, you can see inside the cave, its like a cross section. The idea is you can quickly check on your snake without disturbing them at all. The lid is flat to go agaisnt the side of glass. That is the point of the magnet, thats the point of the whole thing. Its a cross section hide.

Ohhhhhhhh. I was wondering how the thing could be dangerous as Chris/Tyflier suggested. Now I get it. Unless the inside portion was well secured against the glass, I can understand how a small snake or lizard could be injured when the magnets were re-engaged by bringing the inside and outside portions together. *SNAP* When I thought it was just ornamental, I couldn't understand why anyone would put the two sides together with a snake anywhere near it.

I think I'd feel safer having an open-sided hide like those half-log hides, with one end pointed toward the glass. Then I'd adhere a panel of some kind (paper, plastic, cardboard, nice photo, etc..) on the outside that I could lift to take a peek.

Most of the snakes I've owned seemed to have preferred a fairly flat hide that kept them squished between the ceiling and substrate. When I kept snakes in glass, I used to put a couple of thick, flat rocks on the back corner edge of the tank, and place a large piece of flat slate on them to form a very shallow lean-to. They loved those hides, and they looked more natural than any of the manufactored stuff. But now I use bent pieces of cardboard.

 

[texastailfeathers]

I think I'd feel safer having an open-sided hide like those half-log hides, with one end pointed toward the glass. Then I'd adhere a panel of some kind (paper, plastic, cardboard, nice photo, etc..) on the outside that I could lift to take a peek.

Most of the snakes I've owned seemed to have preferred a fairly flat hide that kept them squished between the ceiling and substrate.

LOL...Dean...for some reason that made me picture those little exhibits at zoos and museums where you read some information and try to make a guess as to "what's behind the door" and then you slide a little flap of plastic over and see a flower or a centipede or whatever.

Then I imagined someone playing a game of "peek-a-boo" with their cornsnake.

Picturing Yogi Bear in Kingsnake markings, imagining peek-a-boo games with cornsnakes...I think it's time for a weekend. :grin01:

Two of my '06 girls came to me in a reptarium with a styrofoam "rock" background. From the amount of poo stuck to the back of the styrofoam (yuck), it was obvious they spent a LOT of time squished between the glass and the background. They're now separated, the styrofoam is long gone, and the reptarium houses two flapneck cham hatchlings...but I still wonder how I could make some more hides like that for my rack tubs. I bet they'd like a really narrow cardboard box...like one used to package a DVD or a book...

 

[Corny Noob]

Wow this topic took off.
Well I think something interesting cathy mentioned once, to give them the real tunnel and burrowing effect was to lay something flat like a peice of plastic above a few inches of bedding, that way you could look down through the plastic and see them, but they still think they're underground.