Fake Plants

[jylesa]

Hey guys,

Sorry again for another post. I got some fake plants for my snake. He seems to like climbing all about them and stuff. They're the kind that you buy at craft stores and stuff. I stuck 'em in there by fixing them under a heavy rock, but it's not super sturdy and it falls down on him when he climbs on them. Is there a better way you guys fix your python's cages?

[StellaStarr]

I would love to know this as well. I'm getting ready to move my baby into a bigger home so I need to put more plants etc.


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[Morris Reese]

There is not really a good way to fix them. You will need to remove them for cleaning.
One thing I would suggest is if you have any type of wood such as grape vine you could use a wood screw and attach it. I buy most of my fake plants from craft stores and they have a thick stem that sticks into foam blocks. I put that to the back side of the wood and run a small screw in it. This will allow you to remove it for cleaning.

[JLC]

One thing to be careful of with plastic plants...check over them very carefully to look for any closed loops of plastic. We had a pretty "vine" in a snake's cage for years without realizing it had such loops until our gopher snake got itself wedged so tightly into one of them that it left a permanent dented ring around its body and may have led to its death a few months later. A few simple snips with scissors would have prevented a terrible event.

[Morris Reese]

One thing to be careful of with plastic plants...check over them very carefully to look for any closed loops of plastic. We had a pretty "vine" in a snake's cage for years without realizing it had such loops until our gopher snake got itself wedged so tightly into one of them that it left a permanent dented ring around its body and may have led to its death a few months later. A few simple snips with scissors would have prevented a terrible event.

Thanks for the heads up!! I never really thought about that.

[jylesa]

Thanks for the advice, guys. He seems to really like the plants, but just need a way to keep them there when he climbs on them.

And JLC I think I saw your post on that while prowling on the threads here. Sorry to hear about that--it's something that I would've never thought about prior to visiting these boards.