fishead
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Gday guys, well it's another rainy day and i'm cleaning enclosures and thought I'd take a couple of pics of my hides. Everyone who sees them seems pretty impressed with the idea so thought I'd post them up. Been pretty slack on the posting last decade or so :lol:
The hide fitted up into the ceiling of the enclosure I think utilizes space efficiently and adds usable floor area to the enclosure. Not sure if that added floor space counts in the new regs to the overall measured floor area???? But it gives the snake another option for comfort and security and they seem to love just hanging out in there with their head sticking out looking around just like they might from a tree hollow.
Also big old adult snakes can get a bit lazy and the lure of the nice cozy dark hide up there can only help their health with the extra exercise as they are in and out of there to the basking spot to thermoregulate. Another natural behaviour.
These enclosures are close enough to 4x2x2' and the hides are 600mm long x 300mm wide x 140mm high so they can accomodate a mating pair of adult carpets no worries. They are hinged from the front bottom for easy access and have newspaper substrate for easy cleaning. There's a vent at the back of each so it doesn't get mouldy if a snake decides to soil it's bedroom.
Another added bonus is when I go to clean out Psychos (my oldest jungle girl) enclosure I can just stuff a rolled up pair of socks in the hide hole and I'm safe!:lol:
The hide fitted up into the ceiling of the enclosure I think utilizes space efficiently and adds usable floor area to the enclosure. Not sure if that added floor space counts in the new regs to the overall measured floor area???? But it gives the snake another option for comfort and security and they seem to love just hanging out in there with their head sticking out looking around just like they might from a tree hollow.
Also big old adult snakes can get a bit lazy and the lure of the nice cozy dark hide up there can only help their health with the extra exercise as they are in and out of there to the basking spot to thermoregulate. Another natural behaviour.
These enclosures are close enough to 4x2x2' and the hides are 600mm long x 300mm wide x 140mm high so they can accomodate a mating pair of adult carpets no worries. They are hinged from the front bottom for easy access and have newspaper substrate for easy cleaning. There's a vent at the back of each so it doesn't get mouldy if a snake decides to soil it's bedroom.
Another added bonus is when I go to clean out Psychos (my oldest jungle girl) enclosure I can just stuff a rolled up pair of socks in the hide hole and I'm safe!:lol:
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I might have to make some for myself
