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12-Nov-07, 08:11 PM
|  | Moorebank Reptiles Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Moorebank Age/Gender: 14  | | | | flat rocks put together, bark hollow logs, card bourd, home made cave
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12-Nov-07, 08:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Ipswich, Qld Age: 21 | | | | I used plastic pot plant pots, I paper macheid(spelling) the outside to make shapes or rocks, then i painted the brown and then sealed the outside with bondcrete, it looks like a rock, and they can be any size ya want and its cheap. Also I added some old fish tank plants in the top for a more rainforesty look.
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12-Nov-07, 08:23 PM
|  | Subscriber | | | | | i use the rectangle planter boxes that you can buy from the junk shops, the often have a base that can be used as a lid. All i do is solder an entry hole and away ya go, make for easy cleaning too. |
12-Nov-07, 08:24 PM
|  | Egg like Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: near brisbane Gender: | | | | I usually just hide in my room, but as snake hides I have bought smaller hides for some and cut enterance holes out of pots for others. |
13-Nov-07, 12:52 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 20 | | | | i buy those plastic rocks like he ones from universal habitats, they are just plastic with hollowed out insides and i cut a hole in the side so the snake can get in them. looks very natural that way
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13-Nov-07, 01:33 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender:  | | | | I dont know why people bother with plastic...it doesnt take heat & keep reptile cool & they cant rub against it to help with slothing/shedding.........
I go to my local dirt supplier...garden supplier..............i get sand that is sand pitsafe that they supply schools with & they also sell wood for burning...you get great pieces for a fraction of the cost.........
wouldnt cost me more than $30 a year & i go every 3 mnths to get new sand & wood for all the tanks i do.
They even keep hollow logs & ones that look like caves for me...every now & then i bring in a reptile to show them who its for..........they say that the amount i get would blow away in a day!
Cheaper than fake stuff,better for reptiles & better for the hip pocket! |
03-Dec-07, 01:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Hawthorn, VIC Age/Gender: 23 | | | | The ones that you can buy from reptile shops - are they okay? I'm not particularly creative or handy, so I'd rather just buy a couple!
Though I do like the idea of paper mache! Do you use non-toxic paint?? |
03-Dec-07, 01:59 PM
|  | BRISBANE ENCLOSURES Sponsor | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane | | | | Get off-cuts from a board supplier. I got about 200 pieces of form-ply 450x225mm and knocked together a few hides out of that. Only cost was the nails!
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03-Dec-07, 02:05 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Sydney NSW Gender: | | | for smaller pythons I like these professionally made hides (below) or plastic pot plant saucers with side entrance hole cut in. 
or for bigger pythons I use upside down tubs 
Last edited by Colin; 03-Dec-07 at 02:11 PM.
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03-Dec-07, 02:07 PM
|  | Sequestrate 4 life Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Age/Gender: 17 | | | | i just buy hides. i am neither creative or good with soldering irons so just buy them if there is a sale or something. but i have started to use old cardboard boxes! |
03-Dec-07, 02:12 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: sydney n.s.w Gender: | | | | i put rocks together to make hides,also traccocta (spelling?) pot plants, upside down with alittle hole! hehe also sometimes i buy the hides from the shops but there abit of a rip off i reckon,i bought a $30 hide and my snake wouldnt touch it,then i went out the back got a pot and made a hide outta it and the snake LOVES it to death *) |
03-Dec-07, 02:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Up the Ral Ral Creek. S.A. | | | | We just use these. I think I can remember getting them from the Reject Shop for a $1 or 2. Our MD's love them. Also use the boxes from Dry Cat Tucker.
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03-Dec-07, 03:42 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Hawthorn, VIC Age/Gender: 23 | | | | This might be a silly question, but please keep in mind that I've had mostly just mammals and birds as pets before...
When a snake is in its hide, can you get it out? Or is it (like mammals) their 'safe place' and you shouldn't disturb them in there?
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03-Dec-07, 03:57 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Sydney, NSW Age/Gender: 21 | | | | whether or not you can get it out of it's hide probably depends on the individual snake, I have adults who don't seem to mind but hatchies and juv's probably get a bit more defensive.
for my hides I use exo terra ones, and frozen dinner bowls which I cover in the substrate (aspen shavings) so it blends in with the rest of the tank theme or cardboard boxes covered with pebbles for same purpose. |
03-Dec-07, 04:06 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: | | | I use the good old terracotta pot. The kids were excited the other day when I came inside with a frisbee ...I think they thought I was going to head off to a park with them  Little did they know it was the perfect size to fill up with some Spagnum moss and place under the pot my slough-ready darwin was curled up under  (geez I'm cruel hehehe...I mean...Muhahahahahahahaha   ) | | |
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