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by Jahon on September 11, 2008
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Out of curiosity what do you guys use as hide boxes. I personally use boxes like cereal boxes, shoe boxes, Ziploc bag boxes, etc. etc. The thing is I don't want to go out and spend $25 at the local pet stores for a big piece of bark. Thanks in advance and have a great day!
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by LarryDFishel on September 11, 2008
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Depending on the size, I buy either one of those black plastic office trash cans or one of the opaque Sterilite storage containers and cut off the bottom few inches. Costs less than $4, easy to clean and lasts forever.
For smaller ones, I sometimes use the bottom of a plastic flower pot.
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by LadyBloodRose on September 11, 2008
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In all honesty I try to be elaborate with my snakes no mater what the enclosure, weither its for one of my HOT's or my pythons etc.
I am using everything from Red Clay pot's to old plastic bowls. I ga lil over bored espiclay withmy hots an try an give them just extremly nice setups. infact my 2yr old cottonmouth is now in a half an half (land/xwater) setup atm thats desighned to resemble a waters edge kinda enviroment so he has mroe fauna an what not to hide an disguide himself under, my coppers - one has a fake peice o wood that resembles a fallen log proped up with rock, the other simply has a plastic bowl with foliage secured to it (sorta the urban trash kinda look)
But prety much anything goes for hides for me, I'm not fond of using boxes due to humidity etc though.
I evently want a trap/hide box though least for my rattlers, whom atm emply driftwood as their hides.
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by LadyBloodRose on September 11, 2008
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forgot to add - Dollar Store!!!! Great place to pick up cheap stuff to work as hides lol. Also never know what you can find when you go down on the river! Espiclay after a nice rain ^^ - but always make sure anythin form out doors is thurly cleaned.
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by agkistrodude on September 11, 2008
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My cages are set up to look "natural". I have allot of nice large curved pieces of tree bark that I peeled right off dead logs. Mostly oak, a good 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick. Bring it home, throw it in the oven @ about 200 degrees for an hour or 2 or freeze it for a couple weeks(to get rid of bugs and parasites) and you have free natural looking hide spots. In a couple of cages I have bent pieces of old roofing tin as a hide.Partially cover it with your substrate and throw in some dried leaves,and it looks like you just walked up on it out in the woods. All snakes like tin! Clay pots cut in half and layed on their side, partially covered work well too. Marty
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by LadyBloodRose on September 11, 2008
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oh!! MArty you just gave me a good idea for a hide in my rattlers cage! i hadn;t though of working a peice of tin ^_^ haha! May have to play with that idea a bit ^_^.
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by Cro on September 11, 2008
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Whenever possible, I use natural Cork Bark.
I buy it in 110 LB Bales from the largest wholesaler in the US.
I keep a lot of the nice pieces for use with my reptile collection, then sell the rest at reptile shows.
The biggest problem is the frieght costs have gotten more expensive than the cork bark itself. The next time I am in New York, I plan to go directly to the wholesaler, and purchase two or three bales of it, and bring it home in my pickup truck, or on a small trailer. That way, I will save on the shipping, and be able to offer it at a lot better price at the reptile shows.
I also use half coconut shells with a entrance hole cut into them.
For a few really large, really messy snakes, like my big pair of Canebrake Rattlesnakes, I tend to use cardboard boxes instead of cork, as they always seem to mess up the hide boxes when they deficate.
It is easier to just throw the box out than scrub cork.
Best Regards John Z
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by FSB on September 12, 2008
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I always liked an overturned flower pot with an enlarged drainage hole. The snakes seem to like the round shape and the "heaviness" of the hide (I think snakes are very sensitive about how secure their hide spot is... ever notice how you rarely find them under the easiest rocks to turn over?).
I also like curved bark and pieces of wood (regularly baked or frozen!) that allow you to still see the snake underneath.
One thing I've gotten into lately are those large clusters of fake leaves that are available at Wal-de-Mort for $3-4 each. Some are very realistic-looking, and can easily be cleaned by soaking in a soap solution. The thing I like about them is that many snakes enjoy lying amongst them and seem to feel "secure" enough, and yet the snakes remain visible. My gabooons and rhinos especially like them.
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by LadyBloodRose on September 12, 2008
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The dollar general stores here rightnow are putting out their fall decorations, amongst all that are some vine like pecies with nicely colroed fall maple leaves i took an striped teh leaves from them which was realy easy an just stre them around my copperheads cages, they seem to realy love it. Where as with my canes i have the vine wraped around some driftwood.
I definately hear ya cro on howmessy canes can be.. I try an digure out what dog got in mt tank an took a drump any time i have ta clean it out!
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