my snake LOVES his tree branch, acts like a GTP somewhat as you can see, after he eats he loves basking like that... and yes i do watch my snake till 4 in the morning, hes all over the place, its crazy...

as for the shower idea... that would be an amazing setup for an aborial monitor thats also water dwelling... water monitor, if you had more room a croc monitor would love that but that setup sounds great for a mangrove monitor or nile monitor... they are aborial and can spend up to 24hrs at a time in the water... and very active and much more of a show piece IMHO