Any good ideas on making your own hides?

[stargazed85]

Hey.

Instead of spending more money on expensive hides from the pet store I was wondering if any of you guys had good ideas on making your own hides? Open for all suggestions.

I will be needing hides for 2 baby boas and a baby ball.

Thanks

[Elise.m]

I think the cheapest is getting bowls from the dollar store and cutting little holes in them on the side. Or like Kaorte, use plastic chinese food boxes

[Freakie_frog]

Hey.

Instead of spending more money on expensive hides from the pet store I was wondering if any of you guys had good ideas on making your own hides? Open for all suggestions.

I will be needing hides for 2 baby boas and a baby ball.

Thanks

I use the plastic flower pot saucers with the middle cut out not a bad hide for $0.15

[stargazed85]

I think the cheapest is getting bowls from the dollar store and cutting little holes in them on the side. Or like Kaorte, use plastic chinese food boxes

That's a good idea. What exactly does a plastic chinese food box look like? Are you referring to what your food comes in?

I use the plastic flower pot saucers with the middle cut out not a bad hide for $0.15

Very inexspensive and useful! You have beautiful snakes by the way

Any other ideas guys?

[wolfy-hound]

I'm making some on the pottery wheel. LOL. Not super cheap, but great fun.

You can use almost anything that will cover the snake. Flower pots with doors knocked out, plastic bowls, margarine tubs, etc with doors cut in the sides or top. Disposable cardboard boxes! Opaque juice or milk jugs, cut apart the end off and a doorway.

Just be certain that any cut area/surface is not sharp. You can rasp the edges of pottery, using a heavy nail file, or any metal file. The edges of plastics can be melted gently with a flame, hot butter knife, or filed as with the pottery.

Be certain that top openings are wide enough for your snake, and as your snake grows, keep an eye that it is not outgrowing the doorway.

[pavlovk1025]

Lots of cheap alternatives in the DIY section. I have one in there too, I use the bottoms of 2.5 gallon Water jugs.

[stargazed85]

I'm making some on the pottery wheel. LOL. Not super cheap, but great fun.

You can use almost anything that will cover the snake. Flower pots with doors knocked out, plastic bowls, margarine tubs, etc with doors cut in the sides or top. Disposable cardboard boxes! Opaque juice or milk jugs, cut apart the end off and a doorway.

Just be certain that any cut area/surface is not sharp. You can rasp the edges of pottery, using a heavy nail file, or any metal file. The edges of plastics can be melted gently with a flame, hot butter knife, or filed as with the pottery.

Be certain that top openings are wide enough for your snake, and as your snake grows, keep an eye that it is not outgrowing the doorway.

Nice idea. I'm not so crafty though Good luck with that. You should post pictures when your done.

Lots of cheap alternatives in the DIY section. I have one in there too, I use the bottoms of 2.5 gallon Water jugs.

I never thought about checking there. Thanks for the info.

[Kaorte]

These are my chinese food boxes. One day when I get another soldering iron I will make a crappy tutorial

I only get these kind of boxes when I order large dishes. I know you can buy these somewhere because they actually use these at shows sometimes to display animals or package them for taking them home.

[stargazed85]

These are my chinese food boxes. One day when I get another soldering iron I will make a crappy tutorial

I only get these kind of boxes when I order large dishes. I know you can buy these somewhere because they actually use these at shows sometimes to display animals or package them for taking them home.

Ahhh I see now. That really helped because I had a huge brain fart on thinking what the box looked like. LOL That's real clever. Your ball looks like it has grown a lot compared to the other pictures. Unless I'm wrong.

[Kaorte]

Ahhh I see now. That really helped because I had a huge brain fart on thinking what the box looked like. LOL That's real clever. Your ball looks like it has grown a lot compared to the other pictures. Unless I'm wrong.

yeah, they have both grown quite a bit! I still keep two of the tiny hides in there though because they still use them. They like wearing the hats.