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Rocks?

Missymonkey

Missymonkey

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Does anyone put rocks in their set-ups? I was up north (or as we say in wisconsin up nort) by lake superior and found some nice flat stones which I thought may be nice basking stones (I am not sure if snakes bask, I know lizards do because in that one song over in the meadow by the gate made of pine lives an old mother lizard and her little lizards nine, "bask" said the mother we bask said the nine and they basked all day by the....) I was also wondering if there is anything I should stear away from ie: limestone or sandstone,...

I guess I never hear people talk about rocks and snakes, and I am just curious if its a good idea or a bad idea,...
 
Rocks...

I have used rocks before. I used to use flat rocks which had "rough" edges. Not pointy or potentially dangerous edges. The snakes may not use them to bask like a lizard would. But if you use a Night Red light they might bask under the cover of darkness to warm up. The snakes particularly like to use the rocks to help them shed. If you get one from the lake or from a petshop you should clean it very well then soak in bleach. Some people actually put them in the oven for a while. Also make sure the rock isn't capable of falling over and also make sure the snake can't get under it. This could lead to your snake being collapsed, trapped, or maybe even killed.

Robert Gonzalez
 
I have been furnishing my snake's habitat to look as natural as possible, and that includes the use of rocks that I have collected locally and sterilized with a bleach solution. I made a hide out of rock, using a large flat stone with fossils in it (very cool), using silicone to attach two other rocks for it to rest on so that the snakes can't knock them down.

I also have found several interesting wood pieces that are good for climbing, and am currently switching them around to see which seem to get the most use. Of course they have also been sterilized and set in the sun for several days, too.
 
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