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kept in a 10g. what are your suggestions?

thanks.
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Something she can fit snug into preferably something with just one small opening (in other words not a big open habba hide). You can buy them or make them yourself - flower pots, cereal boxes, plastic dishes, etc. But they do like the security of tight spaces.
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Tosha

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Two thing come to mind, a plastic shoe box with a hole in the side filled with damp sphagnum moss for a damp hide. Or, a clay flowerpot saucer flipped upside down with a hole cut in the lip for a dry hide.

>>kept in a 10g. what are your suggestions?
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>>thanks.
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>>1.0 Cranwelli Horned Frog
>>0.1 Ornate Horned Frog
>>1.0 '05 Snow Corn Snake from SMR
>>0.1 '05 Ball Python
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>>www.ceratophrys.com

I use the bottom of a plastic house plant pot with a hole cut in the side of it. It doesn't look great, but they come in alot of different sizes and usually only cost a dollar or two. I think it is a waste to buy a more expensive hide box for a baby because they will out grow it pretty quickly anyway.

does anybody use a store bought hide box that they really like? let me know. by the way, how do you cut a clay pot w/o breaking it?
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1.0 Cranwelli Horned Frog
0.1 Ornate Horned Frog
1.0 '05 Snow Corn Snake from SMR
0.1 '05 Ball Python

www.ceratophrys.com

You can pick up a masonry blade for your jigsaw (I got mine at sears) which you can use to cut a nice round notch on the lip of the pot.

>>does anybody use a store bought hide box that they really like? let me know. by the way, how do you cut a clay pot w/o breaking it?
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>>1.0 Cranwelli Horned Frog
>>0.1 Ornate Horned Frog
>>1.0 '05 Snow Corn Snake from SMR
>>0.1 '05 Ball Python
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>>www.ceratophrys.com

I use clay flower pots for all of my snakes - the old way that I used to enlarge the "drainage" hole in the "bottom" (now the top) and to put a "door" in the lip of the pot was to use a wood rasp/file... and while it probably wasn't the best of things for me to do to the rasp, it worked pretty fast & easy, since terra cotta is really soft clay, even after it has been fired. The way I do it now, I went to Lowe's and bought a 2" and a 2.5" hole saw that specifically said it was rated for ceramic materials... used the hole saw in the cordless drill and was done in seconds! I did go back after the hole saw with a file though, to smooth over the edges.

The great thing about the terra cotta flower pots is that you can soak or mist them to provide humidity in the cage, since (UNglazed) terra cotta absorbs water, the humidity is released somewhat slowly over the course of a day or so - depending a little on what kind of a heat source you are using.

Also, I like the "azalea" flower pots best - they are shorter and wider than the regular flower pots.

hope that helps

~Rebecca
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check out our FAQ on hidespots at our site, linked below. once you understand the theory of what makes a good hidespot, there are lots of things you can use.

as for "cutting" a whole in clay bases, which are excellent hide spots, there is a short video clip linked at the top of the FAQ. no blades, no saws, no fancy tools needed, it is quick and easy.
PE FAQ on Hidespots

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