To enable my pythons to climb I used to cut a tree branch and screw it onto the side of the enclosure, or wedge it in place from one side to another. This presented a couple of problems – cleaning the branch could be difficult if the snake crapped on it, and if I needed to remove the snake from the enclosure and it had other ideas, it could be fiddly trying to disentangle the snake from the branch.
I recently bought an enclosure from a member of this site – Artie – and he had a system in place which I think is great and so simple.
Instead of screwing the branches in place, screw a couple of tri-corner braces (available at Bunnings) onto either side of the enclosure. Then cut a branch to length and sit it in the braces. If you flatten one side at the ends it will stop it from rolling too much. These can then be lifted straight for cleaning or replacement, and is an easy way to get a snake out of the cage without even bothering to disentangle it.
This idea has probably been around for a long time, but I hadn’t seen it before, and I thought other members that also hadn’t seen it might be interested.
I recently bought an enclosure from a member of this site – Artie – and he had a system in place which I think is great and so simple.
Instead of screwing the branches in place, screw a couple of tri-corner braces (available at Bunnings) onto either side of the enclosure. Then cut a branch to length and sit it in the braces. If you flatten one side at the ends it will stop it from rolling too much. These can then be lifted straight for cleaning or replacement, and is an easy way to get a snake out of the cage without even bothering to disentangle it.
This idea has probably been around for a long time, but I hadn’t seen it before, and I thought other members that also hadn’t seen it might be interested.