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what do you guys do to have a natural looking humid hide? plus, i don't like using perlite...it looks dumb, and it gets out everywhere sometimes. would some type of moss be ok?

as of now, my humid hides consist of coolwhip containers. any suggestions?

-chip

You shouldn't be using perlite in a humid hide anyway. Leos will lick that stuff up and die.

Anyway, if you want something natural, you can go to the pet store and buy resin hides that look like rocks. Just stick some moist moss under it and keep it on the warm side of the cage. That'd look pretty sweet and be nice and moist.

Reptilesupply.com has some awesome caves for really cheap that'd be good to use for a humid hide.

Click to see my suggested cave
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Are there any side effects on using spagnum moss to hold moisture in a humid hide box ?

ive herd of people puttings moss inside and all outside ontop and stuff there humid hides to make it look more natural. and hold the moister in better. just dont do it for babies.
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1.0.1 Green Anole(tedo, bubbles)
1.0 Leo Gecko(Brut)

I've been using spaghnum moss for my humid hides. I got all my geckos when they were about 2 weeks old and they loved laying in it and licking the water from it. There was never a problem with them swallowing it or anything. The only problem I had was that when my oldest gecko got to about 6 months old she had a habit of raking the moss out of the humid hide... so I would have to clean it up off the tank substrate to make her takn look as clean as possible

I just took my rubbermaid container and used silicone to "glue" pieces of smashed slate and ceramic tiles to make it blend in a little better. I use Flukers moss bedding in all of my hides with no problems. (You can get it at most pet supply stores)

My Hide

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0.3.0 Dogs - Delaney, Darcie, Mali
2.1.0 Cats - Dante, Diesel, Dixie
2.0.0 Cockatiels - Toast, Waffles
2.0.0 White's Treefrogs - Splish, Splash
1.2.0 Leopard Geckos - Joey, Phoebe, Rachael
3.0.0 Crested Geckos - Stubbie Mike, Chandler, Ross
0.0.3 House Geckos - Ben, Erica, Jack
1.1.0 Jeweled Curly-Tailed Lizards - Harry, Sally
1.0.0 Chinchilla - Poncho
4.0.0 Guinea Pigs - Rodney, Reese, Ray, Rufus
0.1.0 "Fancy" Mouse - Ella

Not to mention the plethera of fish:
5.0.0 Bettas
0.0.1 Goldfish
55 Gallon Community
29 Gallon African Cichlid
20 Gallon Marine
1.1.0 Ocellaris Clown - Jack, Diane
0.0.1. Neon Blue Goby - Cecilia

1.0.0 Boyfriend - Michael

here is a pic of my Humid Hide it also has a few rocks on the inside to aid in shedding. I used a glue gun and Hot Glue.I also left the lid on the bottom so I can just pick it up and spray it with water.
Hope this helps
Bill

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Leos
1.0 Blizzard "Mr.Freeze" AKA " SID VICIOUS"
1.0 SHCT Baldy "Thor"
0.2 Tremper Albinos "Betty & Pinky"
0.1 SHCT Baldy "Lemon"
0.1 Hypo Tang "Sherbert"
0.1 Hypo Golden "Dott"
0.2 juveniles " Spot & White Stripe"
0.0.4 hatchlings wooo hoooo
Boas
0.1 Nicaraguan "Peaches"

Domestic Livestock

0.1 WIFE "PAM"
0.2 Daughters "Haleigh & Chloe"

Canines
1.0 Beagle "Chance"
0.1 Pit rodesian ridgeback mix "Missy"

wow, that's pretty sweet...and a pretty sweet idea. thanks for all your help

-chip

That is grand!@ it looks like hobbits live there.

Where did you get the rocks for the hide? I want to make a couple for my sons geckos.