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Starling96
03-31-2012, 04:10 PM
I just moved my eastern into his permanent home :) heres a fee pics of his home and him!
http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u486/jaxon1298/31fa11cd.jpg
http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u486/jaxon1298/fe660926.jpg

EasternGirl
03-31-2012, 04:57 PM
The rocks in your set up are all looking very dangerous to me the way that you have them set up in there...they are positioned in a way that most of them can shift and fall over on your snake. Heavy objects like that must be placed flush against the glass on the bottom of the tank to keep the snake from getting underneath them and also to keep them from moving and falling on the snake and injuring it. I honestly wouldn't put that many rocks in one of my set-ups...maybe one or two small ones...but I prefer to use hides and plastic plants for the snake to hide in and climb on. Also...the wood...if you got that outside...has it been heat treated for mites? If you use wood from outside it needs to be heat treated to prevent mites from being transferred to your snake. You can make hides out of cardboard boxes and buy plastic plants at the dollar store if you don't have a lot of money to spend and still make a great home for your snake...check out this link: http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/enclosures/3359-how-save-money-have-fun.html

Here is a picture of one of my enclosures to give you an idea of a set-up: 4530

Starling96
03-31-2012, 09:39 PM
On the rock thing there acutally gorrilla glued in kind of a rock pile i guess and the other big one is secure and now bout the sticks, theyve been rinsed with boiling water, then placed in the oven at 350 fir 45 minutes

EasternGirl
03-31-2012, 10:27 PM
Oh...well...my mistake then...guess you know what you are doing!:) Sorry about that...just looking out for your snake.

Selkielass
04-01-2012, 09:13 AM
Nice! 30 gallons is lots of room for a garter- you'll probably. Have a lot of fun customizing his 'crib'.

Starling96
04-01-2012, 01:57 PM
I appreciate the concern ;) and thanks hes alreadt more active than he was in his 10 gallon