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    Registered User Trillian's Avatar
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    Glass viv hide ideas

    I got some plastic partyware bowls today, dark blue and the perfect size for my bp. Only problems I see are them being too lightweight to be secure enough for her, and taping up the cut hole so it isn't sharp. I saw ceramic flowerpots, but pretty sure I couldn't make a hole without totally shattering the pot.

    Even been looking at bird houses, croc shoes, and children's wellies!

    What do other people use for hides for small BPs in a 10g viv?
    Ball python 0.1, Russian tortoise 2.0, crested gecko 1.2, Rankins dragon 1.0

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    NO TAPE!!! use a lighter to melt the edges. NEVER use tape inside the enclosure. I use all kinds of hides some exoterra some moulded plastic and flower pots too. I use an abrasive cutter (cutting wheel on a dremel to cut it. but a friend uses pliers to carefully break away out a door. There is also no problem with light hides either there is no chance of dropping a heavy hide on a snake if they are not heavy.

    http://www.npicages.com/abs_plastic_hide_boxes.html
    http://www.bigreptileworld.co.uk/lar...-box-378-p.asp
    http://www.celticserpents.com/other.html

    http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/reptile_cave.php

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    Bloody hell, I knew the tape thing too... thank you!

    So she won't feel less secure because it's just a very lightweight plastic bowl (like a solo cup)? Was considering air-drying clay or similar to weigh it down, but maybe I'm over-thinking it!
    Ball python 0.1, Russian tortoise 2.0, crested gecko 1.2, Rankins dragon 1.0

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