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Has anyone built a cage with a fake rock background for a corn snake? I think that I really want to do something like that, but I'm not quite sure if the rough rocks would be too rough on my corn's soft skin. Of course I would still use a substrate(lizard litter). Any suggestions? Thanks a lot.
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Brandon
0.0.1 White's Tree Frog (I think he's a male....do you know any way to easily sex him?)
1.0 Creamsicle Cornsnake
corn_snake_dude@yahoo.com

As long as you dont make them out of broken glass or mica you should be fine.They do move across roads,rocks,etc.Check out the bearded dragon forum, those guys build plaster/rock walls for there dragons all the time...Paul

I was actually thinking of using natural slate tile on the bottom of my corn's tank, like I do for my gecko. Although as they crawl around on their bellies, I didn't try it. It makes sense that they encounter that stuff in the wild. Not sure if it's the best for them to be on it 24/7 mind you?

The only reason I'm staying on paper towels is to avoid accidental ingestion of the substrate (I like to feed in the tank) and obviously the slate would be safe that way as well.

Thank you both for your input. Is there any way that I could make the rocks sort of smooth?
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Brandon
0.0.1 White's Tree Frog (I think he's a male....do you know any way to easily sex him?)
1.0 Creamsicle Cornsnake
corn_snake_dude@yahoo.com

In one end of my tank (55 gal) I have a step setup made from edging bricks and slate tiles. The first level, the bricks are on their sides so they are only about 2 inches high instead of four. On top of them, I have a 12x12 slate tile. These are about 3 inches from the end of the tank. On top of the tile, against the end of the tank, I have two more bricks, upright. On those, I have another 12x12 tile. Along the edge of the tank I have 6x6 tiles to create privacy. To make sure the 6x6 tiles don't fall, I have a branch that goes from the floor of the tank to the top and the smaller branches keep the tiles from falling.

My snake loves the hides created my the tile and brick and has never had a problem.

Brett
Tank Pic

Sweet enclosure setup you've got there. Thank you so much for the info!
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Brandon
0.0.1 White's Tree Frog (I think he's a male....do you know any way to easily sex him?)
1.0 Creamsicle Cornsnake
corn_snake_dude@yahoo.com

Thanks Brett for the information and picture. Very creative!

>>I use real rocks so I doubt seriously that the fake rock backgrounds would be a problem.
go for it...it should look good
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