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What Ive added is two new large plants and two makshift hides to take up space. If you see the before picture you'll notice the different.

One of the hides has a bit of ducktape around it (which is what that pattern is). Don't worry though it's not coming off, stuff sticks on like super glue. She probably wont even go inside the hide its mostly just there to take up space.

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Originally Posted by FeathersRuff

Don't worry though it's not coming off

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Famous last words followed by snake death or huge vet bill. I am tired of participating in threads where snakes are severely injured by tape. Please just get it out of there.

Never, ever, ever put tape in a snake's enclosure.

If there is anything to be learned from today's posts, and the top stickies, and the horror stories - NO TAPE EVER. NOTHING W/ STICKY ADHESIVE OF ANY SORT INSIDE ENCLOSURE. No matter how minimal. If you can pull the tape back (which you can), so can your snake.

Totally not worth it based on the damage that can be done. I don't have my snake yet, but I basically have the no tape rule tattooed on my forehead after hanging out here for a couple of months.

Jeezes, alright Ill take both hides out then. Well then thats all I can add, just the two plants. I dont have anything else that can take up space in those places so she'll just have to deal with it for now.

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Originally Posted by FeathersRuff

What Ive added is two new large plants and two makshift hides to take up space. If you see the before picture you'll notice the different.

One of the hides has a bit of ducktape around it (which is what that pattern is). Don't worry though it's not coming off, stuff sticks on like super glue. She probably wont even go inside the hide its mostly just there to take up space.

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Funny enough I just made a post in another thread about the dangers of duct tape. Even if it's temporary it will, in time, come off as tape of any kind in humid environments are susceptible to peeling. If you don't believe it then please look at the linked examples in the following link. Bad bad times have happened with snakes and tape.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...03#post2571403

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Originally Posted by FeathersRuff

What Ive added is two new large plants and two makshift hides to take up space. If you see the before picture you'll notice the different.

One of the hides has a bit of ducktape around it (which is what that pattern is). Don't worry though it's not coming off, stuff sticks on like super glue. She probably wont even go inside the hide its mostly just there to take up space.

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Well I whole heartedly approve of you using a viv rather than one of those dreadful ( just my opinion) plastic RUBs and you've added hides and plants so you're going in the right direction ..

When you get time I'd get to a dollar shop and get hold of some more plastic plants / foliage and even collect a few branches from the local woods / parks .

They just don't seem to appreciate open spaces ..

I'd STRONGLY suggest removing all the ducktape IMMEDIATELY though!!

It can cause horrendous injuries and damage to your precious snake - seriously !!


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Arent dollar store plastic plants/etc toxic though? Because everyone else has told me that only reptile friendly non toxic ones can be used. The coating on general plastic plants they say can be toxic to most animals.

Same with branches and such from the outside, theyll probably have bugs to mites in them which is worse than any ducktape accident.

And the hides are gone, the ones I made anyway.

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Originally Posted by FeathersRuff

Arent dollar store plastic plants/etc toxic though? Because everyone else has told me that only reptile friendly non toxic ones can be used. The coating on general plastic plants they say can be toxic to most animals.

Same with branches and such from the outside, theyll probably have bugs to mites in them which is worse than any ducktape accident.

And the hides are gone, the ones I made anyway.

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Stuff from the outside can be made safe if it is done properly. As far as the plastic plants go, I would worry more about entanglements then toxicity. I don't deal too much with this stuff for my snakes because I have quite of few of them. I deal more in function than form. There are a few on here who know how to safely decorate. Hopefully they will chime in.

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Jeezes, alright Ill take both hides out then. Well then thats all I can add, just the two plants. I dont have anything else that can take up space in those places so she'll just have to deal with it for now.

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Hi,

It's the humidity that makes the very edges/ corners of it lift inside the enclosures - then the snake rubs across it..... boom. major problem with a snake twisting and pulling more of the tape onto itself. :(

I know you think we are over-reacting but we have honestly seen it so many times it beggars belief.

No they are not. Last time I checked a ball python does not have an appetite for artificial plants. You simply want to avoid anything with spray coating that is fuzzy like or anything attached in a chain looking pattern since that can get the snake stuck in.

Branches from outside need not be anything soft wood or with phenols like evergreen branches. You can bake a branch for 3-4 hours at 250 degrees and kill anything living including spores. You also need to season wood before baking or boiling since unseasoned wood (green) can mold if put in a tank due to high moisture content and split in unwanted ways if baked. For that reason the vast majority of people should probably not grab anything from outside unless they are familiar with plant species and how to properly season and treat wood.