Hides in Tubs

What type of hide and brand of hide do you use in your tubs?
I know some of you dont use Hides in your tubs without problems.


Thanks Richard

I personally use basic black hide boxes, they are inexpensive, easy to find, very easy to move up to next size without hurting the good ole' wallet, look uniform when your using several boxes and easy to clean. Besides, they are in tubs getting expensive hides that are more pleasing to the eye would be silly when 90% of the time your snake is the only one looking at it. ;)

plastic plant bases from Walmart...........The snakes love them. I've seen some people use the ceramic ones and I used to myself but the plastic ones are easier to disinfect and you can cut openings in them. Plus, they are naturally shaped like a coiled BP. And they're cheap and come in many sizes.........

I also use the black hides for some of my snakes, I think their called creature cubbyholes. We also use these at the zoo for some of the snakes.

Zilla (ESU) Creature Cubbyholes. Medium and Larges.

I use dark plastic bowls from the dollar store for the small ones, and for my bigger kids I use these:
http://www.fortexfortiflex.com/rubberpans.html

I use the big heavy weight dog bowls found at walmart.

Called crock bowls. Then just melt an entrance into em in the side with my soldering iron.

I was using those plastic planters. But they don't weigh but a few grams and every day I'd be moving the hides back after they pushed em around the tub.

2K,

your right about that, they move them around....! can't decide if thats a good thing or bad. They can thermoregulate with their hide spot! May give the dog bowl thing a try though and see how something heavier works out.

If they move them around they move them around...they'll go where they are happy anyways....and seeing as most racks offer a hidelike enclosure in the first place some of mine to not use the hides that I've offered.

I also use the plastic base for the plant pots. I cut holes in the side or the top, then sand the edges smooth. They are so easy to clean and come in several sizes. When they are too small for a snake I do the same thing with a small cat litter pan. Works great.

i use those throw away food containers and color them black with a marker but the snakes i have that didnt use them i took them out

haha I actually JUST JUST JUST put a new hide in my 1400+g Yellow Bellys tub. I used to have this half log thing but it was to tall for the 32qt tub I just put him in. So I use a 3.1qt tuperware bowl. Sterilite im pretty sure makes it. I just melt a whole big enough to fit his body through and be just coils up and does the rest. I had a question though... He almost hardly ever uses his hides and its been increasingly harder to find a hide he can fit into, that I can fit two of, in his 32qt world. Any suggestions?

Only three of my bigger snakes use hides and they love the kitty litter pans from walmart, just solder a hole for them on the bottom of the pan. Not even $2 bucks each.:gj:

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haha I actually JUST JUST JUST put a new hide in my 1400+g Yellow Bellys tub. I used to have this half log thing but it was to tall for the 32qt tub I just put him in. So I use a 3.1qt tuperware bowl. Sterilite im pretty sure makes it. I just melt a whole big enough to fit his body through and be just coils up and does the rest. I had a question though... He almost hardly ever uses his hides and its been increasingly harder to find a hide he can fit into, that I can fit two of, in his 32qt world. Any suggestions?

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Is it a deep rack or a sideways rack. If its deep i would say loose the hides all together maybe he just doesnt want one. Sometimes i try and offer hides and noone uses them so i dont even bother as long as they are eating and growing healthy.:gj:

Kitty Liter pan seems to big, mine are like 4-5 inches deep. They are the most average looking 32qts out there by sterilite.

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Kitty Liter pan seems to big, mine are like 4-5 inches deep. They are the most average looking 32qts out there by sterilite.

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I have 32qt sterilite bin racks, and these kitty litter pans fit pretty good. They even have enough room to sit on top of the litter pan. If you go to walmart and look at the cheapest kitty litter pans they have you will see what i mean.

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Kitty Liter pan seems to big, mine are like 4-5 inches deep. They are the most average looking 32qts out there by sterilite.

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Mine are 6 " deep and it still works quite well.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...outsidetub.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...oraAugust5.jpg

i have large snakes that want hides but i found out that they even use ones that are way too small for them and they are just happy coiled up with the hide sitting on top of them. even when their body is stickin half out

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Originally Posted by nixer

i have large snakes that want hides but i found out that they even use ones that are way too small for them and they are just happy coiled up with the hide sitting on top of them. even when their body is stickin half out

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Ive got quite a few that do that, they seem to love the hides that are way to small.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...n18fresize.jpg

I don't use hides in my racks. For those that are constantly digging up the newspaper to hide underneath, I'll throw in an extra crumpled up sheet of newspaper so they don't have to dig to the bottom of the entire pile (though a lot of them do it anyway)

Mark

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I don't use hides in my racks. For those that are constantly digging up the newspaper to hide underneath, I'll throw in an extra crumpled up sheet of newspaper so they don't have to dig to the bottom of the entire pile (though a lot of them do it anyway)

Mark

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i tried that with my het pied female but it wouldnt work she wants 2 hides and niether is big enough just like worldcupkeeper posted