Paper towel tubes

A couple of mine are obsessed with paper towel rolls. :> It's ADORABLE. But one of them...

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Loves paper rolls! Hehe, he fits better. He slithered off the rack into the tube. :P Got stuck, hehe.

I have quite a few that love them: My normal corn and king live in theirs and I'm sure some of my other snakes would too if they had them in their tubs (they don't have the luxury of having them since I think some would get stuck with their chubby butts).

My crestie quite enjoys his as well :)

I bought a PVC T-piece. It's 2" in diameter and my new baby Enchi loves it. I think it might be the smoothness, but she spent her first night sleeping on top of it.....and the good thing is that I vould just tilt it a bit and she'd slide right out having to go an inch or so max as a hatchling, if she curled up in there..

Hahaha, I agree! Thanks for the pic, SquamishSerpents, that is amazing!

Yeah, I love watching my girl crawl through the tube and poke her little nose out at the other side and then look back at her tail sticking out the other end all confused. It's so adorable to watch them try to figure things out with the simple little brain nature gave them. They are such curious and innocent little creatures.

Toxic Tessa, Kaa is adorable! My Zola interrupts my homework too. It seems like she will never sit still when I am trying to do something, but if I want to play and watch her crawl, she just sits on my hand and stares at me. Cheeky.

I heavily advise AGAINST using PVC tubes, because they WILL get stuck. I had a snake get stuck in this so called toy of paper towel roll, and I had to rip it off.

I've got to try a tube now. My Baloo is a crack up. She seems to be obsessed with being half in and half out of any hole in her viv. :rolleyes: I'm starting to wonder if she thinks she's a dog or something. I came home this morning to find her stretched out across her viv with her head resting on her tree hide looking around. She reminded me of my dog when she's bidding for my attention. hahaha

haha thanks guys, he's a real character.

wow i didn't know PVC tubes posed such a risk! are you sure they were stuck, and not just reluctant to come out? i know when i try to get my snakes out of the paper tubes, sometimes they tense up all their muscles, and i guess sort of "inflate" themselves in an effort to NOT let you remove them. i imagine they would come out on their own time?

but yeah if people think their snakes have been stuck, i would most definitely stay away from PVC tube. i've had a snake get stuck before, and it was soooooo awful. i will see if i can dig up a photo of the thing she got stuck in, i totally didn't even think it was possible, but there she was with her head quite literally STUCK inside. they can be kind of silly, sometimes. trying to fit in spaces they clearly won't fit in.

i have another really good tube photo of my Dumeril's boa, it's not uploaded though so perhaps i'll post that when i get home from work.

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Originally Posted by Emily Hubbard

Does anyone else have a snake that thinks paper towel tubes are the greatest things ever? I usually put one in the tank when I finish a roll, just until it gets dirty or my girl knocks it into the water dish, which doesn't take long, but she will crawl in it and over it all day long like it's the best thing she has ever seen. It's not like she can curl up and hide in it, I don't know what the fascination is. I just put one in there once for giggles to see what she would do. Since it's such a hit, I am thinking about going to Home Depot and getting a cut of a big PVC pipe for her, something that can be cleaned and is permanent.

Anyone else discover a "toy" that your snake goes crazy for?

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Iggy's first "happy place" was paper towel tubes.

She ignored her pricey store bought hides and spent all her time in her tubes.

She was really upset when she outgrew her ability to get out of them.
[she could curl up inside of them]

The last time she went in, I had to carefully unwrap the tube to get her out and she hasn't had one, since.

I keep an eye open for discarded carpet tubes, now.

I bet she'd love those....:)

The other "toy" that one snake is batty about is his "stone pillow" right at the entrance of his favorite hide.

It's just a cleaned flat river rock but he is always resting his head on it, watching me go about my chores.

One time I moved it to clean up some mess and forgot to put it back "in place".

I found him looking disgusted with the rest of his body in his hide and his neck stretched waaaay out to rest his head on the rock which was now about 6-8 inches from where it "should be".

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Originally Posted by loonunit

This is the funniest dang thing I've seen all day.

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The rare and mysterious "Hermit Ball Python"


:D

Maybe cut the cardboard with before you put it in there? It should stay together somewhat and then you could just pull it apart if you needed to.