New Toy

[Cfleming]

Very cool. I made a "jungle gym" out of PVC for my garters. They love it. I have also made similar structures to yours in the past for other species of snakes. It is a cheap and effective way to give them more "space".

[RedSidedSPR]

That's pretty darn cool. Snake hammock.

[katach]

Thanks!. My hubby is still going to write out the instructions on making it. I'll post it when he does.

[Starling96]

looking forward :P

[Mommy2many]

A Thamnophis jungle gym. Nice

That's exactly what I was gonna say, except I wasn't gonna be sssspecific. I was gonna use the universally accepted scientific term: "snakie" jungle gym

[katach]

OK all here it is.
Supplies:
1 Leather Chamois
26 zip ties or string
1 3in wooden dowel
4 6in wooden dowels
4 12in wooden dowels

Assembly:
Make a rectangle with 2 6in wooden dowels and 2 12in wooden dowels. Place the 3 in wooden dowel in the middle of the rectangle and zip tie or tie it in place. It should look like an hourglass. Attach to one end the remaining 12in wooden dowels and the remaining 6in wooden dowels to the other. Bill used 5 zip ties per corner, 3 to make the rectangle and another 2 to attach the legs, the center uses 3 zip ties per side. This may be easier to do with string, but we had zip ties.
To cover the joints cut a dry leather chamois in to long strips. Dip the strips in water. Wrap the center joints with one strip. Moving back and forth and the tie it off. Do the same with the end joints. Then twist a strip along the the hourglass shape to look like a zig-zag pattern. As the leather drys it will shrink everything tightly together.

I know this may be king of confusing, but try to get an engineer to explain something that makes sense to anyone else...

If you get stuck, I'd be happy to try and answer questions.

[Starling96]

I mad something similar but out of sticks

[katach]

Picture??... I love to see other peoples snake toys.

[Starling96]

I will later on tonight I'm not home

[katach]

Cool! I'm looking forward to seeing it!!