POST YER CHEAP HIDES

Being the skinflint and cheapskate that i am, I am always on the lookout for cheap hides especially as we need to upsize them. Here are some pics of some I have stumbled across recently:

http://www.madwag.com/picture_library/cheaphide1.jpg
Found this laying around the workroom - looks dirty but has been disinfected/cleaned thoroughly.


http://www.madwag.com/picture_library/cheaphide2.jpg
99 cent oval plastic planter from BigLots


http://www.madwag.com/picture_library/cheaphide3.jpg
99 cent plastic sandbucket (handle removed) from toy section at Target.


http://www.madwag.com/picture_library/cheaphide5.jpg
99 cent round plastic planter from BigLots


http://www.madwag.com/picture_library/cheaphide4.jpg
Humid hide - 3 for 99cent tupperware from Wal Mart filled with Sphagnum Moss.

Post what you've found!

I see you're keeping busy on your day off, honey.

P.S. You forgot the PVC hides upstairs.

lol, you guys crack me up....

here ya go smulk, made this one the other day out of an old wooden bowl. my bci has yet to emerge, so i think he likes it... :)

https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...l_DSCN4634.JPG

id show a few more but i have nowhere to host pics anymore. my bp.net gallery ran out of space after like 15 pics. how unfortunate.

DAMMIT WIZILL!! Not only did you STEAL my friggin salad bowl you BURNT it and chopped a hole in it!

/weeps for the arrugala lost

Yeah just had to take a few minutes from Tech Report and reviews to get my BP fix :P - did not mean to demean your PVC - soon coming!

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Thanks for the tip, Smulkin. :)

Will, how did you make the hole in the bowl without shattering it? That's a cool hide I hadn't thought of, but I know the wood is pretty thin and I'd be worried about wasting a bowl.

Everyone's seen most of my hides, including my favorite humid hide of the coconut fiber, but I'll say this: the dollar store is your friend. :)

marla, i just used a simple pointed sand-paperish attachment that came with my craftsman rotary :). it took me all of like 5 minutes. you're right though, it isn't even really a bowl as much as it is a thick basket. it does have some weight to it though. anyway, i also have a couple more wooden bowls i plan to do the same thing too, only these are much much thicker and much heavier. i'll get some pics of those when i get around to drilling them out.

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DAMMIT WIZILL!! Not only did you STEAL my friggin salad bowl you BURNT it and chopped a hole in it!

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i'm sorry, it was enevitable. everything i look at, i somehow incorporate it into snake decor. :)
this bowl made an awesome hide, so eat your salad out of something else.

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Originally Posted by Wizill

i'm sorry, it was enevitable. everything i look at, i somehow incorporate it into snake decor. :)

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Gee, Will, he's the same way. You should have seen him staring at those plastic sand buckets at Target.

Cool, Will, I look forward to seeing the results of those. And it quite expands the options for hides ... hmmm ...

lol Marla. The go to the dollar store all the time for hides! I have some cool looking vases in a couple of enclosures. They look great and are very cheap. I recommend everyone take a trip to the dollar store!

Bob is to big for them now (Nanners uses one of them though) but I had taken the kids old Sidewalk Chalk buckets for lack of a better word and used those.

They are actually a rectangular bucket not round although I have seen round ones. And yes I cleaned em real good before and after each snake :D

I use the black plastic take out food bowls from my local carry-out.
Also those big plastic salad bowls like Subway and MacD's are using makes good hides.
Spotted in the plastic reusable section in the grocery store the 8"x8"x2" plastic pans with lids 3 for 2.98
And the $ store is the king of all the hides places.
Also swipe the big 3 and 4" pvc Y's and such from my plumbers when they do rough-ins on my houses.

Here the last i made.
https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...l_HPIM0328.JPG

Cool deal - what did you make it out of?

My BP, chong, lovvvves to go in the loose substate. Just wondering where you can get that moss you have shown in one of ur hides, i fell my bp would LOVVVE that.

i made that with cardboard, its all of cardboard

I'm taking a trip to the dollar store soon, I need somehting ot function as a water bowl. And of course a few hides.

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Originally Posted by Carnivoro

i made that with cardboard, its all of cardboard

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How did you make it strong enough to with stand a ball from crushing it if it decided to get on top of it?

Chong - I got the moss here:

http://www.mosserlee.com/products/lfsm.html


It was the third or fourth source I had tried seeing as how buying it in pet store is astronomically overpriced. GREAT for high-humidity needin' snakes like bloods. A lot of other stuff I wound trying with had way too many stems - I snagged the 2 cu ft bag for $17 ordering by phone. Nice as hell folks to boot.



GREAT posts, folks keep sharing/adding what you come up with or stumble upon.

Doesen't get much cheaper then this.

http://img65.photobucket.com/albums/...y/DSCN0200.jpg

Is it me or when you go to the hardwear store there are lots and lots of cheap but nice gutter supplies that make great looking hides....and they are like 1 buck! I think i go to the hardwear store for everything now.

I won't post a pic, because everyone knows what they look like......toilet paper and paper towel rolls. Espcially for the younger/smaller snakes. Big hit with my colubrids.

I have a question about hides if I may. The first year or so with my first BP i setup a hide, a clear plastic tub. He used it normally off and on then gradually stopped using it. He started taking to trying to hide undernieth it, and he's been this way the past couple years. I have a yearling acting in a similiar manor also. I think I already know my answer but was just wondering if anyone can confirm this or agrees. I'm thinking that because its a clear type plastic, it lets to much light through it and the snake doesn't feel like he's really hiding...I will be changing to something a more solid color color as soon as I find something and see if he likes it more.

They do prefer a darker environment when they are 'hiding'...I would suggest using something that doesn't let in so much light....also, what do you mean by 'hiding underneath it'? If they are underneath it, they essentially they are in it....confused me a bit....

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I have a question about hides if I may. The first year or so with my first BP i setup a hide, a clear plastic tub. He used it normally off and on then gradually stopped using it. He started taking to trying to hide undernieth it, and he's been this way the past couple years. I have a yearling acting in a similiar manor also. I think I already know my answer but was just wondering if anyone can confirm this or agrees. I'm thinking that because its a clear type plastic, it lets to much light through it and the snake doesn't feel like he's really hiding...I will be changing to something a more solid color color as soon as I find something and see if he likes it more.

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Yep - you're right. They like low, snug, solid colored hides - these provide great security. My BP also only uses round hides - that way he's touching all sides. Won't even go in his half log hide, but crawls on top.

There is another alternative. Not that my wife would ever let me use them in her "designer" enclosures. Irrigation Valve boxes from home depot. They come in different sizes for different snakes and you can take the top off them if you want to take a look inside without moving the hide.

I'm able to get my "Mosser Lee" sphagnum moss from my local garden supply. I got the 432 CU IN bag for $5. Now if I can just get the right size humid hide....... :roll: :)

Danielle

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Originally Posted by sophie42204

They do prefer a darker environment when they are 'hiding'...I would suggest using something that doesn't let in so much light....also, what do you mean by 'hiding underneath it'? If they are underneath it, they essentially they are in it....confused me a bit....

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With my hides I use the whole container, lid and all. I cut a hole a bit larger than the snake is on the top and on one side of the cantainer. I usually keep moss inside and keep it misted so it holds moisture off and on. When I say under...I literally mean UNDER the container, not inside or under something that is upside down with no lid...yes it looks a tad odd but they do as they will. Thanks for the comments and I will be looking for something different and a little smaller so they may feel more secure inside.