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Natural Corn Vivs

EllasLlama

EllasLlama

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I was wondering if anyone had made a natural viv for their corns. I have experience using great stuff foam and silicone to create a viv for my red-eye treefrogs, but the part I'm having trouble visualizing what types of plants would be used.

I would say that the treefrogs were easy with regards to most houseplants being of tropical origin, but what type of plants would you use for a natural cornsnake habitat?

Also, would you leave those plants in pots, or would you put them in pots? I think I would be tempted to put them in pots, simply because I wouldn't think that you would need the extra humidity of a false bottom.

Does anyone have pictures of their vivs they would like to share?
 
i tried a few plants but you have to be careful I cant remember what types you can use around the snakes. the only problem is the plants wont last but a few days maybe a week before the snake destroys them by climbing on them.
 
the fake plant that my corns seem to like best is the stereotypical house fern, the 'native' or Boston. It's actually a very sturdy plant. Spider plants are similar and also sturdy, considering my mother has two in a household with cats... one is a salad bar, the other is a place to sit. Both are, oddly enough, doing quite well. The prob with spider plants at least is that they are prolific and grow large quite quickly.

Now, that said, I don't know how safe spider plants are. You might try looking up species of fern that are native to where cornsnakes are found and placing those in your habitat.
 
Thanks for the help. Yea, I don't know about putting live plants, and I do think that they would get destroyed. Right now I sort of re-did the viv and put more natural logs and such in there instead of plants. I like the look of it right now.
 
You know what my snakes love- that cork bark! Lay that on the ground, and they curl up under it.
 
I could definitely try the cork bark. Right now, I have several different hides with some flat river rocks leaning up against them, and Kora seems to like those alright. If I run across some inexpensive cork bark, I should add that to the mix.
 
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