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ari
Hatchling
United Kingdom
213 Posts |
 Posted - 21/03/2010 : 12:37:43
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Hey all, im sure most of you have suffered the same problems with weak suction cups. mine refuse to stay in place and plants fall within minutes of mounting them. That's without mystery roaming all over them. any ideas on how to get them to stay, replacements/ alternative methods. Not very keen on tapes etc
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elament
Yearling
United Kingdom
942 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2010 : 12:44:18
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| When I had my plants hanging from the back of the viv i used those bread ties to attach them to the back of the viv by poking the ends through the vent at the top and twisting them tight on the outside. That did the job really well but to be honest I recently took them all down and drapped them over the branches I have in Colins viv to form a canopy from one side to the other. Looks really nice and gives him cover. |
1.1.0 Amel Corns Colin and Xena
1.0.0 Dog Talan
1.1.0 Cats Wotsit and Willow
1.0.0 Ferret Chaos
Location: Lowestoft Suffolk |
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DannyBrown91
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3070 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2010 : 13:00:46
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At the minute i just have my hanging plants draped over vines but i found that the suction cups weren't very good.
What ever you do don't resort to using tapes or anything that the snake could get stuck to or tangled up in. You could try staples but you would have to make sure they were in good and weren't going to fall out if your snake climbed on them. |
0.0.1 Ghost Corn - Casper
0.0.1 Diffused Corn - Reggie
0.0.1 Amel Corn - Candy A.K.A Baby
1.0 Commom BCI - Rocky
0.1 Japanese Akita - Sasha
Location: Liverpool |
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sexychef
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
937 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2010 : 13:15:41
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i use plastic coated screw hooks  |
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ari
Hatchling
United Kingdom
213 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2010 : 13:20:52
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| i probably should have mentioned i have a glass viv with a foam background in so its not strong enough to handle those kinds of pin :( shame because they could have worked. Definately not going down the tape route. |
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480 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2010 : 18:28:20
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| thanks for the great idea SC, we were just wondering how to hang plants in Steve's new viv. |
1.0.0 Amel, Steve
WISH LIST: blue tongue skink. |
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sexychef
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
937 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2010 : 19:35:28
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286 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2010 : 20:50:16
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| blob of sealent in the sucky bit and fix them as you would normally? have to evacuate the snake for a day though...possibly more hassle than its worth but an idea. |
corns
0.1 Maizy, carolina 05
0.1 violet, anery 09
1.0 Smithy, amel 07
0.1 Nessa,amel 07
0.1 Lois normal/hypo motley 02
1.0 Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz anery 00
1.0 Fry normal 08
0.1 Dora amel aztec 09
1.0 Red bloodred 08
0.0.1 Conker kastanie 10
house bunny
1.0 rex, 09
kittys
2.1 tom,jerry 09 Mittens 10
kids
3.1 Charlie-jane 98, ethan 99,coby 06,adam 07
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2010 : 22:11:48
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I got some suction cup hooks from the range for a quid for 2.
They're in the iguana viv and holding up the plants happily even with the iguana jumping about.
The other option is magnets that they have on the end of supermarket checkouts, they have small hooks on them and are incredibly powerful, all you need is a small bit of fabric to go underneath and they'll hold incredibly well. |
-=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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ari
Hatchling
United Kingdom
213 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2010 : 22:15:40
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| magnets sound interesting.. ill have to check those out |
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gregDT
Egg
United Kingdom
84 Posts |
Posted - 17/06/2010 : 12:01:00
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| Sorry to resurrect this one but I had exactly the same problem this week setting up my new Vivarium. Almost by accident I worked out I could use exo-terra jungle vines http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/jungle_vines.php I looped them up into the top of the vivarium and hung the hanging plants from them. Seems to work although I've yet to see how snake proof they are when it comes to staying put. They seem quite sturdy. |
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anoying suction cups - need an alternative
