| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 20/09/2009 : 10:10:22
Heya , just been to "Wilkinsons" store , any garden type store will do and bought some half trays for seedlings etc , not the thin tear apart type but the nice plastic ones . I paid I believe 49p each for black , green ones were 39p . The size for these are 22cm x 16cm x 5cm high .
Was I thinking .
a) Oooh , I wonder what seeds I can find for these ?
or
b)Man that looks like it would be a great snake hide out .
If your answer was a) , then please look on the gardeners world site .
if b), read on :)
Okay first image is all the equipment .
I used a white pencil
Hacksaw
Stanley knife
File
Second pic is doorway marked out for snakey , I used a white gel pen here to make it show more .
Then proceeded to hacksaw , depending on the size you probably wont even have to use a stanley knife . Finished item with door area filed nice and smooth .
Please do not use the stanley knife if you are not that confident , a hacksaw will do just fine , any young uns wish to try this , please get parents permission , or better still , get your parents to do it , it's like a 30 second job .
These caves at this size cost somewhere in the region of £10 , I'm sure you will agree 49p is nothing .
Thanks for reading and go buy some cheap hides . |
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| ScalySituation |
Posted - 28/01/2012 : 18:30:31
[quote]Originally posted by smart bunny
The container from a microwave spondge pudding also works well and alot of the containers are black so even better.
I got a few of them... she'd appreciate that :) might have to do some snipping later :) |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 28/01/2012 : 14:08:35
The container from a microwave spondge pudding also works well and alot of the containers are black so even better.
Ohh ohh ohhh, I MUST go and buy some mini puddings then so I can make these, I'll just have to force myself to eat the fillings... I reckon Corno will need a couple fresh every day week in case they get dirty.....  |
| c00ki3z |
Posted - 12/01/2012 : 00:14:12
I make hides with used tissue boxes and kitchen roll tubes (and kitchen foil) using these in my RUBs just till my corns are big enough for proper vivs. :) Keeps it cheap. |
| eeji |
Posted - 08/12/2011 : 12:30:37
yup, anything like that is all good. |
| aboynton |
Posted - 07/12/2011 : 21:08:37
Is it safe to put any kinds of boxes/tubes in the viv for my corn snake to play in? One pet store told me that they could hold germs and things that may be halmful-but having read your posts i think they are just trying to sucker me into buying their expensive hides and moulds...so toilet rolls, cereal boxes, shoe boxes are all okay??? uww whhat about wrapping paper tubes..we'll have lots of those with christmas approaching. |
| cattNmo |
Posted - 09/08/2011 : 21:39:17
Now I don't work in a pet shop any more there are all sorts of cheap methods to keep my "children" happy :) |
| kobylka |
Posted - 14/06/2011 : 08:50:30
The snake with no name's favourite is the lid off a plastic jug!!! im not posh either!!! |
| MightyMouse |
Posted - 18/05/2011 : 15:02:35
Ive upturned a ceramic plant pot an cut a hole in the side so it has the origional 'vent' hole in the upturned base so it wouldnt act like an oven. Snakey seems to love it wont sleep anywhere else now.
id like to enlarge the 'vent' hole but it took me so long to cut out the door way and almost broke my dremel cutting through it, does anyone know of an easier way to cut through em?? |
| Red123 |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 17:56:42
Kitchen roll tubes are a favourite with mine but devil of a job to get them out if they don't want to. The container from a microwave spondge pudding also works well and alot of the containers are black so even better. |
| Mamma |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 14:09:27
Im using toilet roll tubes too :) heehee. |
| Laws |
Posted - 17/03/2011 : 01:39:17
i have cut the top from an egg box and made a little enterance for it , kodi seems to love it :) |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 11/03/2010 : 18:02:05
Sorry to bump the topic again but I have to say thanks for the idea! I normally use shoe boxes and cut a hole like you did in the seedtray. However, once they poop on the boxes I have to chuck them but with a seed tray I can wash it! I feel so stupid now for not thinking about this before. I'm off to Wilkos this week or next now XD
My snake's love this!
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/all-weather-bunny-warren-tunnel-by-snugglesafe-15888
I can't find the exact one but mine is smaller and mine only cost like £1 and I think I got it from glyn webb. |
| eeji |
Posted - 11/11/2009 : 19:27:27
i'm definetly not posh on this one, I use empty bog roll tubes and cornflakes boxes  |
| hiper2009 |
Posted - 11/11/2009 : 15:17:25
Is there not a thread to make a hide out of wood ? |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 11/11/2009 : 13:12:36
quote:
Originally posted by Mnementh
You must have very small corns , my 2 year olds fit nicely in there , those hides will be to small when they reach adult . You did read the size yeah ?
I dunno actually, I have a standard kids lunchbox which measure 8x7x4 inches. I originally had it in my Viv as a nest box, yet it's prefered by all of my snakes.
On more than 1 occasion I have had all 3 snakes inside it, that's approx 13ft in length of snakes inside it. |
| n/a |
Posted - 11/11/2009 : 12:02:20
I kinda copied this, but using the cardboard box off my habistat, I cut it down so it wasn't too tall for teh faunarium, and then cut an arch in it, and ta daaaaa a small hatchling hide :)
looks cute as it has a pic of a snake on hahaha
xx |
| Mnementh |
Posted - 26/10/2009 : 10:42:04
You must have very small corns , my 2 year olds fit nicely in there , those hides will be to small when they reach adult . You did read the size yeah ? |
| hiper2009 |
Posted - 12/10/2009 : 22:37:31
quote:
Originally posted by Kazerella
Heya , just been to "Wilkinsons" store , any garden type store will do and bought some half trays for seedlings etc , not the thin tear apart type but the nice plastic ones . I paid I believe 49p each for black , green ones were 39p . The size for these are 22cm x 16cm x 5cm high .
Was I thinking .
a) Oooh , I wonder what seeds I can find for these ?
or
b)Man that looks like it would be a great snake hide out .
If your answer was a) , then please look on the gardeners world site .
if b), read on :)
Okay first image is all the equipment .
I used a white pencil
Hacksaw
Stanley knife
File
Second pic is doorway marked out for snakey , I used a white gel pen here to make it show more .
Then proceeded to hacksaw , depending on the size you probably wont even have to use a stanley knife . Finished item with door area filed nice and smooth .
Please do not use the stanley knife if you are not that confident , a hacksaw will do just fine , any young uns wish to try this , please get parents permission , or better still , get your parents to do it , it's like a 30 second job .
These caves at this size cost somewhere in the region of £10 , I'm sure you will agree 49p is nothing .
Thanks for reading and go buy some cheap hides .
Isn't that a little big for a cornsnake ? But it would be perfect for a royal python  |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 20/09/2009 : 10:11:29
Ceramic plant pots can also be used this way too 
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