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Making a Hide?

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reddragon087

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Okay, so I have two cornsnakes that can fit in a good size hide right now but what about when they get older? My boyfriend has a problem finding hides because his ball python is 3 foot and his red tail is 7 foot. Would a planter work or would have the light on the cage melt it? Blaze has an egyptian sphinx right now he hides in but he's fastly growing out of it. Anyone have any suggestions?
 
I just discovered a great way to make hides is to use some insulating styrofoam from Lowes, carve it to the design you want, glue it to the shape and let it dry. Then you coat it in quickrete and let it dry! It's lightweight and looks natural. I'm going to work on a few in the future :) And you can make quite a few of them for under $20 with this!
 
cool! I bookmarked that. I might try it. That way every cage won't have to look almost the same if I make different hides and paint them different colors.
 
well, maybe not paint, I didn't watch the whole thing. I didn't want anyone to think I might accidentally use unsafe paint
 
I use boxes & cartons. The boxes that the butter cubes come in, the single serving ice cream containers, etc. When they get soiled, I throw them out. I have a stash of them. They're great for feeding too!
 
for our geckos we've used Styrofoam and Grout, you just carve or glue together Styrofoam into whatever shape you want and then use acrylic paint to make it look "natural" and then use a water based polymer to seal it up. make sure you leave it to air out for a week or so before introducing it to your viv and BINGO you have professional looking hides that are light weight and super cost effective :) I'm still working on some for my snake but she too will get some in the very near future
 
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