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Where are all of the good cage furniture pieces?

I have this wonderful platic piece of cage furniture that is the perfect size for my 42" corn snake. It looks like a tree stump, and has a built in water dish. Since I bought it years ago, I've not seen anything like it.

I also have a tiny little cave looking thing that was great for baby snakes. All it says on the bottom is [Copyright symbol] M RF, USA Not sure if the two pieces are related, but they were bought from the same place around the same time.

My milksnake is still pretty small, and he's actually using a homemade hide that is a kiln fired clay piece from when I was a kid. But eventually he's going to need something bigger.

I like to think of each terrarium as a piece of art, and I like the natural appearance that many of today's herp supplies offer. But most of the hides are fake caves with multiple openings and are not very shallow, which my milk and corsn love. Of course, there is an abundance of half logs, which offer not much security for my snakes. I've resorted to stuffing fake plants on either side of the logs to help, but even still that isn't the best.

Am I the only one who thinks the diversity of accessories out there is limited, and most of the ones available suck? For example, Michael's craft store has a better selection of fake plants than any of the local pet stores (big box or otherwise).

Is there a secret store that carries more natural looking things than mass produced insecure rock caves and half logs?

That Fish Place /That Pet Place advertises on here....
and is the "Largest Pet shop in the world....
happens to be 7 miles from me....

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........JY

Thanks. I went and looked at their online page. Maybe I'm just picky, but I found more of the same - Rock Dens and Habba Hut half logs.

Maybe I have odd snakes, but I have 3 sizes of rock cave things and my snakes never ever use them. Either the snakes are too big or when the space inside is big enough, the ceiling is like 2" taller than the snake. I've set them in the tank and they look like cathedrals. Warm side or cool side, it doesn't matter the snake doesn't use them. For a while, my one corn instead of using the cave would curl up between the rock hide and the side of the tank.

And the openings on some of these look like garage doors.

Go on to a Clipart type search engine, and enter "reptile hides" or "snake hides". Hundreds of photos pop up. Clic on the photo to find the shop that sells them...

My Black Milksnake loves his two cave hides, and uses them all the time when he's not tunnelling in the aspen bedding or pretending to be a tree snake!

Clipart Searcher

I used alot of cork bark...sheets , rolled, hollow , and just chunks.......on aspen or cypress, the snakes liked it....made tunnels under it....I stacked multiple pieces even ....I used real wood, drift wood usually....I gathered alot myself....while fishing...I carried wood as much as fish some days....!....

......I have used flat rocks siliconed together to form my own caves....pieces of cinder block, brick, PVC pipe.....

...in the old days...we were happy with a good macaroni box....LOL.......Pop -Tarts?.....
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........JY

Thanks, these have been great ideas.

No you aren't the only one... realistic accessories are very limited... I've looked for good fake rock hides with no luck.

Just an idea for you... look and see if there are taxidermists near to you... some of them make rock bases/displays to accent their work.

Check out Habitat Supplies in the link provided...might be something you want there.

Gerry
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The fake rocks look great. A bit of painting on some, but you could create some awesome looking caves and hiding spots.

The reptile and amphibian replica collection is interesting too.