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Hi, I'm looking for a link to some good looking humid hides. I've got various Exo Terra hides and such, but they don't seem conducive to acting as humid hides.

Thanks!

I'm not sure what your budget is but as a college student mine was/is basically non-existent. Therefore, I've actually used empty glass liquor bottles (Patron, Cuervo, etc...) filled with peat moss and moistened every few days. Works pretty well for my kings. They don't seem to complain. The only problem that occurs with these is that when the little guy doesn't wanna come out there isn't much you can do about it.

I'm not sure what your budget is but as a college student mine was/is basically non-existent. Therefore, I've actually used empty glass liquor bottles

Sounds like your liquor habit was/is consuming (ha) that tight budget!
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Chris McMartin
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I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet

I think PVC is nice and clean looking. Snakes (kings/milks/gophersnakes) love the shape. Spray with water inside - makes a humid hide w/o wetting the substrate.

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Mark

This is one of the snakes that loves to hole-up in 2" PVC pipe.

She will often coil in a ball shape to fill the pipe diameter and essentially plug it up. I imagine they do this in burrows too.

I only have one gophersnake - a Sonoran. It is fascinating to see how much Sonoran can fit into 2" dia PVC. I provide 18 inch pieces (one under the heater, one away from the heat), and the snake will occupy about 1/3 of any one pipe by choice, just like the milksnakes, filling up the inside diameter. She is over 3ft and bulky.

This kind of hide reduces evaporation from the snake. An occasional spritz of water in the pipe, and the humidity in there lasts awhile.

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Mark

You asked for "nice looking" hides.

What I have been wanting to do but haven't, is to glue on little pieces of styrene foam sheet all over the PVC pipe except the bottom, cover with coats of grout/water mixture, texture the grout to look like rock, and seal with mod-podge.

I experimented with this on some 3/4 inch dia PVC pipe, where I sprayed some foam sealant on it and did the above. I messed up by putting on too thick of a coat of grout on the first coat. It is best to go very thin on the first and second coats, then go thicker on the last coat of grout. It is also better to make the edges of the foam very rough and irregular, like broken rock, instead of trying to shape the edges with grout.

A talented person could make a very nice hide with this method that suits the snake's natural tendencies, is functional and looks good.
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Mark

I tried it after reading this post with extra piece I had in garage. Snake likes it.

Never thought of using it before.

Thanks

Bit late, but I've had to face this problem. This only works for the smaller species, but I use a basic ceramic flower pot filled with damp peat moss. The ceramic holds extra moisture and all I have to do is turn it over to get her out. My corn loves it. I'm building a backyard/garden style vivarium so it works well with the aesthetic and cost me $2.
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