toys

what kind of toys do your slithering friend have (water bowl and hide doesnt count) any unusual toys?

i was thinking about a bonsai tree myself but not sure if that could pose health issues

come on, someone must provide some neuro stimulation for there critter. basking branch? driftwood? plastic clown? small toy motorcycle perhaps?

How about a rubber rat? They should be plentiful this time of year!

Seriously though, a bp gets no benefit whatsoever from "toys". Provide two identical hides, one for the hot side, and one for the cool side, and he'll be fine. BPs are terrestrial, so they don't need anything to climb on. In fact, they seem to be a little clumsy about climbing, and tend to fall off branches occasionally. I do find some of mine on top of their hides sometimes. Any cage decorations that you add will be more for your benefit than theirs.

Steve

while floyd is very clumsy, he does seem to like climbing. he's got a driftwood branch he hangs out on sometimes. he used to have a 'herp hammock' that he'd sit on but it didn't last long... didn't really hold his weight. like steve said, tank deco is more for our benefit than theirs. that in mind, we also have some fake plants that pretty much just make cleaning day more of a pain...

Do thermometer units count? Mine seems to take great pleasure in knocking them about and moving them so that I can't read them without opening up her enclosure and picking them up. LOL

Each one of my my snakes has a plasic climbig thing in its cage... I picked em up at petco in the fish dept for like 15$ea... they have like holes in them and are like 1ft tall or so... They all use em so i'll aways provide them for my snakes... As far as toys does my room count? I usually take out like 4 snakes per night (pending feeding/shed) and they get free roam of my room for anywhere between 1/2hr-3... all depends what I'm doing. Its not really toys but Its like play time for them and it gives them exercise so that another thing ill always do.

I have a branch - now and then Dakota will climb about and rub his face against it and climb over his hides. :snake:

They may not NEED the accessories, and yes, they are mostly for our looking pleasure, but I do know that many snakes enjoy them. One of these is my girl. If I don't put her driftwood and branch with the greenery in there, she gets upset. She just loves slithering over that stuff and hiding behind it. :)

mine use the driftwood to help shed. too. and i forgot to say before that floyd has a vine that goes across the tank. he plays around on it every now and again.

All mine are in tubs so no "toys".

while i agree snakes or other animals for that matter do not "need" toys to survive or even thrive, i do belive they are much happier creatures when they do have something for mental stimulation.

Mine get big ol females to play with next month:colbert2::bolt:

A couple of mine seem to love the PVC deli cup water holders. Every time I change the water they knock over the PVC fitting and slither through it. Although they probably do it more to annoy me than for fun, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

Yeah, Emily has her Triathalon Training, Bonnie stays on the net all day looking at lock pics (lil perv)...
Elphaba has her Ninja activities
http://sarah.digeratihost.com/images/ninja.jpg
And Trey has his Hot Wheels
http://sarah.digeratihost.com/images/treyhot.jpg

:lmao:
Does that ever get old?

Just branches and silk vivarium plants...good for pooping on. /nod

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Originally Posted by JLC

Do thermometer units count? Mine seems to take great pleasure in knocking them about and moving them so that I can't read them without opening up her enclosure and picking them up. LOL

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Our snakes must be of the same mind, my albino took her thermometer the first day and stuck it in her water bowl. :rolleyes: