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How do you make a hideout for your snake.

Sgttank

Sgttank

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My corn snake's cage almost empty and I want to give him a bigger hideout. I don't know how to make hideout can you tell me the easiest way.
 
Kitchen roll or toilet roll tubes cut in half lengthwise.... Old cereal boxes or similar, with a snake-sized hole cut in the side or top.... Doesn't have to be anything special - the snake won't care!
 
I get these water bowls from Walmart in the pet section. They are for dogs, but they work well for me and are cheap like $1 or 2. They are hallow and have 2 sides where the snakes can get under it.
 
Here's some pic of the bowl with my Ice Corn (het Amel) male.
 

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Yeah I think your safe with the link. That is a really really really great idea. Its summer time and I think I will be putting my kids to work. I got alot of eggs about to pop.
 
My king's favorite hide is under a piece of driftwood. You can grab some outside and bake it for a bit in the oven to get rid of germs or pests. My corn on the other hand loves her tupperware box that I drilled a hole in the lid. After drilling the hole, I simply burned the rim with a lighter to make the edges smooth. Also, it's usually nice to keep glass bottles around for babies, of course, tinted. If you know someone who eats coconuts, Grab half of the shell and just cut open a door~ viola! Almost anything works.
 
All my hides a a variety of "take-out" containers on one side and waterbowls similar to the one pictured above.
 
Well for all the hides I have ever used were wood boxes I made that didn't have a top so the snake can enter from the bottom and a small hole in the side. If you want a hide that can "expand" so to speak you can do
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something like this. That center divider is loosely hot glued in so it can come out as the snake grows.
 
SidewaysAt100 said:
I don't know if we are allowed to post links to other forums and sites, are we? If so here is the link, if we're not supposed to post other forms thread links sorry.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?77863-DIY-Home-made-quot-realistic-quot-Hides&highlight=hides
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I was thinking about buying some air/oven-drying sculpting clay from the crafts store and making something similar. Should work exactly the same way :)

I wouldn't use dough to make the shell, it appears a bit fragile and if you get a crack on the waterproof skin and add moisture, you get mold.. That being said, I would also coat anything else that sucks up water, like wood or cardboard.
 
Butter tubs, as said, make great hides. I use the plastic/rock hides from the pet store. Although I use tiny cardboard boxes with doors cut in them. They are great for hatchlings. My first corn was a hatchling... She liked the boxes. :)
 
That idea from the link is awesome!! I think I'm going to try that with my kids ;) maybe have them mold something themselves instead of using a pre-existing hide, since the only one I have is a drink mix lid with a hole in the side and its plastic, probably wouldn't be a good idea to bake that!
 
I like TP rolls for babies, paper towel rolls as they grow, and sometimes just a cardboard box panel with a corner folded for bigger snakes.
 
Anything will work. I've used TP rolls, paper towel rolls. Boxes with openings cut in them. For my big jungle carpet python I bought a big rubber made container, turned it on its end, cut couple holes in it. He can climb on the top to get closer to the heat source (light) or go under it for cooler / hiding. He loves it. :)
 
ive also used tp rolls, paper towel tubes for when they're bigger, right now i'm using 2 cheap plastic bowls i got from the dollar store with a hole cut out and she LOVES them :)
 
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