Would this be a safe hide?

ok, im gonna confess... i wanna make a skull hide for my BP... (no hate please , I have a weir fascination for skulls, and no im not satanic...lol)

sooooooooo after looking and looking and looking for decent skulls to hollow out and make snake proof, I came across this, which is a aquarium decor piece, already hollowed out... I plan to take a dremel and sand out any rough edges/surfaces to make it safe for a BP....

pics:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...NL._SS500_.jpg

what do you think? (i could put in some carton inside of it to make it tighter for the snake)

No not really, while it looks cool, it's too large for a hatchling to feel secure in, maybe a juvenile may like it for a time, the openings will be too small, once your snake gets some size to it.

Didn't consider that :/ (the openings size)

http://www.amazon.com/World-Products..._petsupplies_1

This one has closed off eyes and nose, so you could hollow it out and customize it better.

And its a little cheaper.

I have already looked into it, and it looks way cooler, but it's resin (or something like that) and it would be a PITA to hollow out correctly.

To Ilovelace, what about putting some stuff inside (carton, foam, something) to fill some gap while it' a baby, and then remove it once it gets a lil bigger. Dont really mind not using anymore after he/she gets bigger (I could sanitize it and use it in the fish tank)?

Again, thanks for the input :)

Could you just use normal hides and then have the skull as a decorative piece anyway, you never know the snake might use the skull by his´or hers own choice. With this option you can make sure your snake feels secure and still have the skull in your set up. :headbang:

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Originally Posted by ms381

Could you just use normal hides and then have the skull as a decorative piece anyway, you never know the snake might use the skull by his´or hers own choice. With this option you can make sure your snake feels secure and still have the skull in your set up. :headbang:

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Right on! Done!
Thanks... Lol

while having the skull as a decorative piece is a great idea, you'd really wanna fill it up with dry foam (like the kind found at craft stores) to keep the snake from exploring it & risking getting itself stuck in one of the holes.
dry foam is also used by florists to make silk flower arrangements.

Hi,

My main worry is how would you get the snake out of it if you had to?


dr del

If it's not open from below, I plan to make it :P

I have wanted to do this for a while but haven't come across a skull of the appropriate size. The aquarium skulls I have seen in person were all pretty small.

This company sells a 2" as well as this one that is 6"

i bought one of these and wanted to do the same thing but i found that even my 3 month old hachling was getting a bit big for it looks cool but no a good hide snake could get stuck and then well i guess a dremil is the next step

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Originally Posted by Abaddon91

i bought one of these and wanted to do the same thing but i found that even my 3 month old hachling was getting a bit big for it looks cool but no a good hide snake could get stuck and then well i guess a dremil is the next step

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If you cut the top of the skull off just below the cheak bones it might work. So it looked like a buried skull with just the nose and eyes and no jaw. That would significantly cut down on the height of the hide which is my biggest problem with it. Then the snake could go in and out of the eye sockets.