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- Thread starter Crimson
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Hallie
SNOW!!!!
My aquariums (I have two 10 gal and two 20L) are pretty well decorated, fake plants, multiple hides, etc. My ATB terrarium is the same way (she's in an 18x18x24 Exoterra terrarium), lots of branches and vines and plants.
My tub kept animals lead simpler lives. They each have a water bowl and a hide (for the smaller tubs, once they are in adult sized tubs they get multiple hides).
Since corns are generally very secretive animals, it is always good to give them every opportunity to hide (fake plants offer good cover, extra hides, etc.).
Sorry I don't have any photos.
:-offtopic Where in PA are you?
My tub kept animals lead simpler lives. They each have a water bowl and a hide (for the smaller tubs, once they are in adult sized tubs they get multiple hides).
Since corns are generally very secretive animals, it is always good to give them every opportunity to hide (fake plants offer good cover, extra hides, etc.).
Sorry I don't have any photos.
:-offtopic Where in PA are you?
Crimson
New member
thanks for the quick replies and Hallie I live in Levittown Pa, what about you?
I was asking because I have one snake and he's my prized pet so I'm willing to spend money on him if it's better to really go nuts with his tank. He's in a 40 breeder tank & I'm considering making it look like an intricate display but I wanted to make sure it wouldn't make him miserable... lots of people seem to stick with the simple stuff like a half log, a plant, the water bowl and bedding in a plastic tub or rack system which makes sense especially if you breed them and have lots of them.
I was asking because I have one snake and he's my prized pet so I'm willing to spend money on him if it's better to really go nuts with his tank. He's in a 40 breeder tank & I'm considering making it look like an intricate display but I wanted to make sure it wouldn't make him miserable... lots of people seem to stick with the simple stuff like a half log, a plant, the water bowl and bedding in a plastic tub or rack system which makes sense especially if you breed them and have lots of them.
Chip
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I generally put a flattened toilet paper tube and a water dish atop paper towels for neonate corns. Older snakes get newspaper, a water dish, and perhaps a small cardboard box with a hole cut in it for a hide. I have seen nor heard any evidence that any snake "prefers" a naturalistic setting. When I have set up display vivs, the animals seem just as likely to hide under the water dish or substrate as a natural-looking hide.
If you wish to get elaborate, that's fine. Just be aware that if you throw a flattened toilet paper tube in, the snake is likely to go right to that!
Set your tank up in such a way that is pleasing to you. If the temps are right and there are secure places to tuck away into, the snake does not care.
If you wish to get elaborate, that's fine. Just be aware that if you throw a flattened toilet paper tube in, the snake is likely to go right to that!
Set your tank up in such a way that is pleasing to you. If the temps are right and there are secure places to tuck away into, the snake does not care.
danielle
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You have a point for sure, but today I just gave Jaxson one vine wrapping it through his hides and around the cage. He came out immediately tongue flicking like crazy and for the first time is actually using his real hide he always ignored. I am sure either way works just fine, but they have to enjoy additional hide options a little.
Crimson
New member
Very good points, when my snake was younger all he did was burrow you could put one sheet of newspaper in and he would find a way to burrow under it, but luckily he stopped doing that and spends 99% of his time above the substrate but still hiding in something
Nice set up Mdrews!
My tank now
snake in his favorite hideout...the fake trees stump
Nice set up Mdrews!
My tank now
snake in his favorite hideout...the fake trees stump
measley
Smile, you are alive!!
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59625&highlight=show+vivs Here's a great thread with pictures of members' vivs...
EDIT: Cute snake, by the way!!
EDIT: Cute snake, by the way!!
Hallie
SNOW!!!!
I'm in Erie, so we're pretty much as far apart as possible in PA.
And it is great that you are willing to spend the money on him. (He's very cute, btw, and your tank looks fantastic.) I try to make my aquariums look as naturalistic as I can, just for 'decorative' purposes in my house, but since everyone else lives in tubs, they just get the essentials.