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20-May-08, 09:12 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: Epping , NSW Age/Gender: 16  | | |
Hey i was wondering if anyone can post pics of their home made hides cause i am thinking of making my own
Thanks heaps
Simon
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20-May-08, 04:54 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Location: Melbourne Gender: | | | | Home Made Hides
Hi Simon
The home made hides i am in the process of making is similar method to fake rock walls.
I got some foam packaging from work that came with our external hdd so the center was already cut out. All i have done is cut a entry hole and roughed up the foam with a steak knife to create a rocky appearance, applied several coats of brown tile grout then painted and sealed.
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20-May-08, 05:30 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Age/Gender: 17  | | | | i just go to like crazy clarks or chicken feed (one of those really cheap shops) and get a few of the 50c cups, bowls etc depending on size. solder a hole as an entrance and it is done.
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20-May-08, 07:52 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: Epping , NSW Age/Gender: 16 | | | | photos would be great i am very interested in the ideas people have come up with!
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20-May-08, 11:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender: | | | | ive seen in pics...some use mdf bird boxes..
but dont know if they would work with all species?
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20-May-08, 11:26 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Adelaide Gender: | | | My hide boxes are:
- shoe boxes with a hole cut out as an entrance (newspaper inside to get them to last for longer... alternatively, I can just buy more shoes  ), or
- plastic lunch boxes, again with an entrance hole cut out, or
- toilet roll cores,
It all depends on the size of the snake |
20-May-08, 11:27 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-08 Location: south east qld Gender: | | | | ive made one from an ice cream container. i cut a hole in the front for an entry and then got fake leaves and glued them to it.
it looks ok, does the job , very quick and easy,. i'll post a pic 2mro.. |
20-May-08, 11:38 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender: | | | | why does news paper make them last longer......
do they do doo-doo's in their hides?
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21-May-08, 09:58 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: Epping , NSW Age/Gender: 16 | | | | how do you cut a opening through plastic lunch boxs some of thoe boxs are really tough
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21-May-08, 10:02 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: May-06 Location: Brizzy Age/Gender: 30 | | | I use all the cardboard boxes generated by a family of 5, coffee boxes, cereal boxes, shoe boxes anything like that, they do tend to poo in the hides, so with the cardboard, just chuck and replace 
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21-May-08, 10:45 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: melb Age/Gender: 19 | | | heres a couple i made  
hope they help |
22-May-08, 03:07 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Brisbane Gender: | | | | they are awesome whitey! what are they out of, foam and grout??? | |
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