Polystyrene Foam

[DragonKeeper]

I have heard you can use polystyrene foam to make fake rocks, But if you put it under the heat lamp will it melt? and will a beardie try to eat it?

[Adam]

Not a great idea, they will scratch it to pieces and it does melt very easily.

[boa]

You make the basic rock shape out of the polystyrene and then you coat it with something that goes off hard, some people use concrete in bigger cages.

[Bakes]

Do a google search on Taxidermy/fake rocks. These guys build all sorts of exhibits that look fantastic. There are a few how to articles floating around. Taxidermynet.com has a forum section you could look in.

[tempest]

You can paint it with Bondall (and mix some colour oxides with it for some colour, all of which you can get from any hardware store) and it is fine. I think in Wiki you will find instructions on how to make fake rock walls. The same thing would apply for fake rocks. It's quite a simple process.

[tempest]

http://www.aussiepythons.com/wiki/in...Own_Fake_Rocks

There's the link. Do a search though, there is a couple of threads with different methods.

[Ozzie Python]

i have seen a thread on using expanding foam for back grounds and then covering with contact adheasive and sand. apparently not toxic, and would possibly be ok for a snake, but i don't know about a beardie, they may destroy that too

[Earthling]

http://pilbarapythons.com/trueblue/index.php?topic=30.0

[dragons75]

I just cover it in about 6 layers of groet then paint and seal it

[chickenman]

i make fake backrounds for my ewd useing cardboard then covering it with PVA glue mixed with sand, i also made a cave 2

[hornet]

to difficult to work with and hard to make it look natural, where polystryrene its easy to make it look natural