CaptainRatbag
Very Well-Known Member
I had been using fake rock hides for my snakes, but thought they looked a bit.... well.... fake :shock::lol: And this particular spotted (clyde) would cling under his fake rock hide, so when I lifted the hide up to get him out, he went up with the hide and I had to 'peel him out' :facepalm:
So I decided to make my own. All I did was cut a 295mm x 19mm board to the size I thought would suit my snakes and painted it. Then I got some 70mm x 19mm on 2 sides and a 3rd 'leg' in the corner and screwed them in place as you can see in the pics. Then I trimmed down one of those fake rock wall foam things and gently screwed them to the front and exposed side (mine sit in corner of mellamine enclosure, you can dress 3 sides if in a glass enclosure) then I topped it off with fake grass screwed to the top so stupid cant get under the carpet. Finally, I cut a doorway (at the junction of 2 of the foam facia pieces) lastly, I touched up the screw heads and any exposed black foam, inside the cut out doorway and joins with some brown paint
I like these because they can sit (wide footprint) on a heatpad under the fake grass on the floor without digging into the heatpad, the foam is also good insulation, you can make the gap/ceiling inside the hide to suit your snake using any width 'leg timber' from 35mm to .... well.... any height. You also dont lose any enclosure floor space with the hide in place, the snake can be in the hide or perfectly happy on top of it.
I know it is fake grass, fake rock facia.... but it looks better (to me) than an orange/brown fake rock hide
My snakes like them alot too, by the way And they take about half an hour (if that) to make out of scraps from home, or a little timber and hardware from a store like bunnings (check scrap bins)
So I decided to make my own. All I did was cut a 295mm x 19mm board to the size I thought would suit my snakes and painted it. Then I got some 70mm x 19mm on 2 sides and a 3rd 'leg' in the corner and screwed them in place as you can see in the pics. Then I trimmed down one of those fake rock wall foam things and gently screwed them to the front and exposed side (mine sit in corner of mellamine enclosure, you can dress 3 sides if in a glass enclosure) then I topped it off with fake grass screwed to the top so stupid cant get under the carpet. Finally, I cut a doorway (at the junction of 2 of the foam facia pieces) lastly, I touched up the screw heads and any exposed black foam, inside the cut out doorway and joins with some brown paint
I like these because they can sit (wide footprint) on a heatpad under the fake grass on the floor without digging into the heatpad, the foam is also good insulation, you can make the gap/ceiling inside the hide to suit your snake using any width 'leg timber' from 35mm to .... well.... any height. You also dont lose any enclosure floor space with the hide in place, the snake can be in the hide or perfectly happy on top of it.
I know it is fake grass, fake rock facia.... but it looks better (to me) than an orange/brown fake rock hide
My snakes like them alot too, by the way And they take about half an hour (if that) to make out of scraps from home, or a little timber and hardware from a store like bunnings (check scrap bins)
