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[poisonjedhead]

hey had a thought, of using plastic piping to act as additional hides. Around 4" diameter for younger snakes and larger diameter for the bigger fellows.

Can any one share some convincing arguments why this may not be a good idea, what would the chances be of an animal getting stuck in one should it be the wrong diameter?

At the moment it's just a thought as it would be easy to clean reusable and light on the pocket if having to furnish many vivs.
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[Stuart]

Just make sure the ends of the tube are not accessible to the snakes..heard of a few horror stories regarding bamboo tubes!
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[negri]

no idea if it should be used with snakes but it is something im going to use in my crested tank when i get round to getting some ..

i will bore some holes into the side of it so there is more than one entrance and exit ..

good for hiding in and climbing on
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[Stuart Marquis]

do you mean the whole pipe or do you mean cutting the pipe in half length ways?

I you use a whole piece of pipe how will you get to the animal if you need to, except for tipping the pipe on end and trying to get the snake to slide out?!?! I'd cut the pipe in half length ways so that the snake can go under the pipe but you can just lift the pipe up to get to the animal.

You could also scorch the pipe with a gas torch. If you use white piping this has the effect of making the pipe look a bit more wood/log like.

cheers

Stuart

[kingcobra]

presumably to end up with 2 semicircular pieces,cant see any real problems apart from the bulk and weight of larger snakes might preclude any stability of the hide if its made of light plastic.
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[paplan]

If using a whole pipe would it not roll around.

If using a 4" diameter pipe cut in half, this would only give you 2" or 50mm at the high point which to me seems rather low.

How many snakes per viv?
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[Lynne]

when i bought my rat snake i bought him a bark pipe for in his viv. ended up having to break it into bits cause he wouldnt come out. i would half them if i were you.
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[poisonjedhead]

thanks for your thoughts all.

i think if i do go down this route i shall halve the tubes.
don't need any unnecessary stress....
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[poisonjedhead]

mmm. interesting i guess one can get them from the usual suspects.
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