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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 16/05/2011 : 17:11:56
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Due to a rather insistent cat trying to bat Rimmers faun off everytime he sneaks in my room, I decided to move Rimmer into Listers Exo Terra 12" cube and get Lister a new, bigger house. I was going to get the Exo Terra 18", but it was ridiculously huge! So I decided to get a 2 foot viv and pack it out with plants and such. However, the shop only had Tobacco in, my least favourite viv colour. So, a quick trip to B&Q and an hour of cutting and sticking later, I have this:
(Dont mind the piggy bank!)
You can see the original colour on the bottom of the viv
It was done with stickon wood stuff (I forget the name) and I got a 4 meter roll for £6 :)
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Comparison:
Can you guess I have a dog? :P |
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Invalid User
Account Deactivated
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/05/2011 : 17:16:02
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That looks great, I would never have known.
I'm thinking of using that stuff for the inside of my brbs viv later to help stop the wood warping from the humidity.
It's called Fablon (I think!) |
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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1135 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 17:31:27
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Thanks :D
and yes! Thats the stuff, Fablon! :)
And I reckon that would work, it's basically a plastic sheet! :D |
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Invalid User
Account Deactivated
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/05/2011 : 17:33:00
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| I have used it before but never got it as smooth as you have. I get loads of air bubbles lol |
Edited by - Invalid User on 16/05/2011 17:33:19 |
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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1135 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 18:26:50
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| Lets just say it involved A LOT of resticking on some pieces lol! :D |
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HannahB
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/05/2011 : 19:15:25
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ooh that looks really good 
nice work! |
2.0 Normal Royal Pythons - Q and Little One
1.0 Chihauhaun Mountain Kingsnake - Simba
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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1135 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 19:44:33
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Thanks HannahB, I'm really pleased with it!
Also, my first time putting a wooden viv together, was fun, I love DIY :D |
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ptmbradley
Yearling
United Kingdom
676 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 21:37:53
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Well done that looks great. Like Louise, I'm probably going to be using that stuff for my brb when he's big enough for a viv so it's nice to see it in action.  |
Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)
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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1135 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 22:02:17
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| Yeah, it seems like it would hold humidity well! My only problem would be that when I was placing the runners and runner uh, thing it sits on in, it scraped the cover abit of the sides :( |
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 23:22:32
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| I have got some black vinyl (just like fablon) that I was going to use in the back of my new second-hand viv stack as it has been stained by snakey poo. The only thing that put me off was that I didnt know if there was any risk of loose edges and the snakies getting stuck in it |
4.1.0 corns - Izzy (Carolina) Alice (Amel) Peanut (Butter Motley) Swayze (Ghost) Carmellia (Butter Motley)
0.1.0 cat - Kizzy
1.0.0 Dog - Dobbie
Location - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1135 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2011 : 00:18:25
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| So long as you take the back panel off and fold and stick the stuff to the inside edges (the edges hidden) there will be no places for snakey to get stuck! :) |
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kobylka
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/06/2011 : 09:13:19
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a bit off topic but i got loads of fablon off ebay and used it to cover my kitchen cupboards. it is really hardy, rarely tears and the edges stay stuck, never thought of using it on a viv..... hmmmmmm ideas :)
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tarotpodge
Hatchling
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Posted - 14/06/2011 : 09:43:25
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| What a good idea. Have ofen wondered if that would be safe to use, to cover a viv. |
2.0.3 Corns, Creamsicle(Phoenix), Ghost motley(Savanna), 2x carolina(Indiana+Severus), Amel stripe (Frazzle).
0.3.0 Dogs, Shar pei cross, Staff and Dalmation 0.3.0 Cats 2.0.0 Chinchillas 7.11.23 Tropical fish 1.0.0 Iguana |
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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1135 Posts |
Posted - 14/06/2011 : 10:42:17
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Originally posted by tarotpodge
What a good idea. Have ofen wondered if that would be safe to use, to cover a viv.
Yeah, it's fine, just gotta make sure there are no exposed sticky bits :) |
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Tobacco colour? I think not!
