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What large hides do you use?

Nanci said:
Because, I don't know, what if there's an emergency and you have to get them out! You can't just rip it open. It's so rigid. Probably an irrational fear. But I did not like the experience of having to saw a hide open to get a snake out the one time I had to do it...
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Just take the whole PVC pipe with you!! That's how I would do it!

My corn snake-Muscles-seems to like tight hides. He had a big hide once, he NEVER used it. Now he uses one, and he squeezes himself in there so tight I can't get him out! It's really quite funny, he loves that thing.
 
This discussion just reminded me of a funny python photo... my 2600g gal Mona LOVES her XL Exoterra hide, but this is what happens after a big meal. :D

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I take the cheapest route--empty boxes, esp. tissue boxes, both the square ones and the larger ones. They love them, and if/when they get dirty just toss them out and put a new one in. Cereal boxes, pasta boxes...anything they can hide in. Plus I like the idea of recycling. I use cardboard tubes, too.
 
In a pinch I use empty Kleenex boxes, the large ones and the small ones for different sizes. They seem to be pretty popular with my larger corns. Also, when I put them in my rack my snakes will hang out on top of them, in between the top of the rack and the top of the Kleenex box. Not great for decorative purposes, but pretty functional! Oh also, I usually put substrate in the box for them.
 
Lynnea said:
I take the cheapest route--empty boxes, esp. tissue boxes, both the square ones and the larger ones. They love them, and if/when they get dirty just toss them out and put a new one in. Cereal boxes, pasta boxes...anything they can hide in. Plus I like the idea of recycling. I use cardboard tubes, too.
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I've recently started doing this. Any cardboard or plastic container that I get now, I look at as a possible hide...boxes that the butter sticks come in, various boxes that come from items I buy or get in the mail. When they get soiled, I toss them, & put in a new one.

I did see one that someone made, from the black corrugated drainage pipe, cut to the length needed, then cut in half, length-wise. It's washable, & they cannot get stuck in it, since it's only half of the tube.
I plan on making a few of these for my bigger kids, as I have some on hand for my ferrets. I use a dremmel tool to cut them & smooth the edges.
 
At first, I had a coffee can hide for my corn, but he never used it. So I replaced that with a funnel that I cut an opening in the side of. I see him use it more often, but he still prefers the pvc pipe that I have for him. I think it's 2 inches in diameter, and about 1.5 feet long. He fits in there quite tightly and he loves it.
 
Nanci said:
I gave Jasmine a mini-moist hide when she was a baby. She really, really liked it, so I was loathe to take it away from her as she grew. Until I saw this...(Yup- she's over 300g, and was still able to stuff herself into that, mostly)
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hahaha, that picture reminds me of "oh noez guys my BP escaped. Oh, ok I found him, he was in a paper towel tube." lololol cornsknakekid drama FTW!
 
Nanci said:
Because, I don't know, what if there's an emergency and you have to get them out! You can't just rip it open. It's so rigid. Probably an irrational fear. But I did not like the experience of having to saw a hide open to get a snake out the one time I had to do it...
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Seems pretty unlikely, but I guess planning for emergencies is good. :D

Nanci said:
That reminds me...stuck!!
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Yeah rigid shelled turtles always pose a problem when choosing stuff to put in their tanks, you have to make sure they can't get wedged.
 
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