Bricks

[jimmyd]

Hey all

Would like to know if anyone here uses bricks in their python enclosures as a way to create elevated positions with the enclosure?

or would it be best to use something that is easier to keep clean

cheers

jim

[waruikazi]

I don't now but i have used bricks, they weren't hard to keep clean and did the job pretty well. Only stopped using them cause i got a bigger enclsure.

[Bonustokin]

Jim, im not really with ya..... what do you mean by "to create elevated positions with the enclosure"?
Do u mean, like, make a step in the enclosure floor? Or u want to make a high platform, half way up the enclosure?
You could use a cardboard box.....
cheers

[jimmyd]

opps typo, sorry, yeah i meant within the enclosure - like a high platform. as a basking spot closer to the heat source.

jim

[waruikazi]

Bricks and rocks hold heat alot better than card baord

[jessop]

Yeah bricks work ok, i used em before i got some decent rocks and found that the 'sharpish' edge on the brick, provided a good 'scratching post' for him to rub against while sloughing/shedding.

[munkee]

I used half bricks and a tile for my beardies when they got too large for the branch I had in there I stacked them only 2 high but they held the heat well and I didn't have it fall apart on me. I don't have the pics any more but it looked like a tile sitting on bricks very pretty .

[Bonustokin]

Jim, there is a Thread on here for making fake rocks, you could make it to the size and height you want.
heres the link http://www.aussiepythons.com/index.p...ic&t=11694
there are some pics of the finished rock,on the 2nd page of that thread.
If you've got some spare time it would be worth making one.
hope that helps man, it would look better then plain old bricks....and hold heat.
cheers

[jeramie85]

hiya good question as ive been thinking about using bricks as i thought they may help with shedding from the sharpish edges to rub against


also to add to this topic
my friends makes bricks and he has bought around some brick things they use in bbqs theyre larger than bricks but hold the heat well but take a couple of days to heat up

im just wondering would they be ok to use as a flooring as they would be constantly warm (once heated) and have a kind of ruff surface

[waruikazi]

No reason why they wouldn't be jeramie. i wouldn't use them as the complete flooring just because of cleaning issues, and as long as they don't have any chemicals in them they should be just fine.

[zulu]

I used to use them with little carpets and diamonds jimmy,you get a couple of the extruded bricks that have the three big wholes through them and stand them together on edge,had a colored party light hanging down on one side near the holes.You can use different bricks with different sized holes etc depends on how big the young snakes are at the time.

[jeramie85]

same chemicals as bricks
just larger and dont sit as high

shouldnt be too hard to clean as i would just sit them in there against each other so they can be taken out easily so i could take em outside and hose em down

only problem is id have to have enough so that i could be warming a couple up a day or so before i do a complete clean of the cage every couple of days so that they arnt cold

ill try n find out what theyre called and get some pics up on here

[Bonustokin]

yea, you could just wash them in hot water so they are already warm :wink:

[jeramie85]

haha that too

that never crossed my mind

duuhh

[Reptilegirl]

bake em in the oven that way they are warm... and dry....