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littlemisschocolover
Snake Mite

United Kingdom
17 Posts

Posted - 22/10/2013 :  19:13:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is a pic of my first home made viv for my 3 year old corn, Mars xxx







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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5091 Posts

Posted - 22/10/2013 :  19:52:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wow that looks cool well done! I assume the snake is in blue in the water drinking pic? Or is there something wrong with it's left eye?

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Boomslang
Hatchling

United Kingdom
340 Posts

Posted - 22/10/2013 :  21:56:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Looks good :) where did you get the background from?

1.0.0 pinstripe Royal Python
1.0.0 Bumblebee Royal Python
1.0.0 Normal corn
1.0.0 Extreme red Hognose
0.1.0 Extreme red tiger Hognose
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
1.0.0 Piebald yemen
1.0.0 Tamatave panther
1.0.0 Quadricornis
2.1.0 pygmy chameleons
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serena_08
Yearling

United Kingdom
784 Posts

Posted - 23/10/2013 :  08:08:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by smart bunny

Wow that looks cool well done! I assume the snake is in blue in the water drinking pic? Or is there something wrong with it's left eye?



it could also be flash as it happens with my normal. The amel goes white or orange when flashed =)

1.0.0 Corn: D-Bo (Amel)
1.0.0 Western Hognose: C*ntyB*ll*cks
0.1.0 MBK: Rosa
0.0.1 Leopard Gecko: Zuko
0.0.1 Bearded Dragon: Kobe
0.0.1 Fire Bellied Toad: Snoop
1.1.0 Cats: Penny and Sheldon
1.0.0 Staffy: MooMoo


I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
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littlemisschocolover
Snake Mite

United Kingdom
17 Posts

Posted - 23/10/2013 :  20:13:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Boomslang

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littlemisschocolover
Snake Mite

United Kingdom
17 Posts

Posted - 23/10/2013 :  20:14:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
smart bunny
yes he is in blue x
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cornelious
Egg

United Kingdom
81 Posts

Posted - 27/10/2013 :  19:15:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Very nice looks good :)

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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5292 Posts

Posted - 28/10/2013 :  11:58:36  Show Profile  Visit ScalySituation's Homepage  Click to see ScalySituation's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
viv looks great

sorry to rain on your parade but what substrate are you using? in the pics it looks like ordinary pet shop wood shavings, which nearly always contain pine which can be lethal for our scaly friends

1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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ScaryVonHayleystine
Sub Adult

United Kingdom
1773 Posts

Posted - 28/10/2013 :  17:52:59  Show Profile  Visit ScaryVonHayleystine's Homepage  Click to see ScaryVonHayleystine's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Looking good :)

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0.1.0 - Creamsicle Cornsnake (Mo)
1.0.0 - Bubblegum Snow Corn (Gabriel)
1.0.0 - Lavendar 100% Het Hypo Corn (Ezra)
1.0.0 - Bairds Rat Snake (Lazarus)
0.0.1 - Crested Gecko (Pan)
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littlemisschocolover
Snake Mite

United Kingdom
17 Posts

Posted - 31/10/2013 :  09:27:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i have only had him a month and he has been on this substrate for over 3 years with his old owner but not had any problems
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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5091 Posts

Posted - 31/10/2013 :  10:10:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Pine oils are toxic to snakes. I'm not entirely sure if that means shavings would contain the oils or not - after all orchid bark is actually made from dried pine chips! HOWEVER I do know everyone says not to use shavings so to be on the safe side I personally would advise you only use a proper snake substrate such as aspen, beech chips, lignocel (I use lignocel), megazorb, repticard - there are loads of safe ones out there.

I would be willing to bet his previous owner used shavings because they didn't bother to look into things, not because they weighed up the pros and cons and decided it was safe...

Good spot Scaly, can't believe I missed that!

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littlemisschocolover
Snake Mite

United Kingdom
17 Posts

Posted - 01/11/2013 :  10:39:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thanks for the advice, where do you get yours from smart bunny x
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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5091 Posts

Posted - 01/11/2013 :  10:55:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Lignocel comes in a HUGE bag which will last you ages provided you have a garage or something to store it in lol. I think I got mine from here: http://www.wildworldreptileshop.co.uk/lignocel-12-5kg/ , it was a while ago lol. Will need to get some more soon.

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littlemisschocolover
Snake Mite

United Kingdom
17 Posts

Posted - 02/11/2013 :  08:36:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thank you x
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littlemisschocolover
Snake Mite

United Kingdom
17 Posts

Posted - 09/11/2013 :  10:57:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thanks smart bunny
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