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New climbing tubes.. mistaken for a hide!

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proileri

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I recently made a new, bigger viv for my snake. It's about 2' high, and as she seems to be interested in exploring the top corners and falling down while doing it (and waking me up with all the ruckus!), I needed to add some climbing holds for her.

I took some kitchen towel rolls and cut them in half, then zip-tied them through small holes on the wooden sides - they're about the size of a toilet paper roll. The only problem is, she used to have a large cardboard tube hide in the old viv, and she mistook the paper rolls as similar hiding places..

So this is what happens when almost an adult snake is thinking "hey I used to fit into one of these hides.."

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ghljmib43c8e7nh/nuppu13-tuubi.jpg
 
Oops sorry, Dropbox made hotlinking difficult a while ago, trying to still link images reliably..

nuppu13-tuubi.jpg
 
HAHA! Fantatsic idea!! I wonder if I could do something like this in a glass vive... ;)
 
NH93 said:
HAHA! Fantatsic idea!! I wonder if I could do something like this in a glass vive... ;)
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I used to have a long V-shaped branch running from the lower front edge to the upper rear edge. I did cut it pretty exactly, so when I put it in from the top, it fit in there pretty snug and didn't move much.
 
You can order strong magnets that work across the vivarium glass. Hot glue one to the item to be placed in the viv and put another magnet on the outside to hold it - use multiple magnets for heavier objects or larger snakes. Pangea Reptile sells them, and you can find them on Amazon too, I'm sure. I have to use these on some of my gecko enclosures, which have a smooth plastic side that will not hold a suction cup...
 
Guruofchem said:
You can order strong magnets that work across the vivarium glass. Hot glue one to the item to be placed in the viv and put another magnet on the outside to hold it - use multiple magnets for heavier objects or larger snakes.
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Yep, also craft stores seem to be stacking stronger magnets nowadays. If the magnets slide on the surface, it can be helped with some BluTack - it sticks surprisingly well to glass.
 
I'm not too sure about the magnet thing... You're talk strong magnets, they are heavy and when they come together that hit pretty hard. Not sure if I'd risk break my glass or not. That is just my opinion, though.
 
The magnet idea isn't that bad. In fact, it's a rather popular idea with turtle and arboreal reptile owners. You can get commercially made products that are basically teh same thing, magnetic shelves, but it's cheaper and rather easy to make something yourself.
 
You can prevent the magnets from smacking together on the glass. Simply place the outside magnet on the glass (away from the inside magnet) and slide it towards the inside magnet. Just make sure the inside magnet is already touching the glass.
 
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