I've had an attack of creativity with my snakes lately and have tried my hand at making them new hides out of sculpey. The original idea was better than the result. My hides look like something from a Woodstock hallucination! Uh pretty but what is it? Warped teepees and tubes with holes in it and such. Something that would only make sense to a snake. Oh well!

Anyway I added these hides to my garters tanks. I also added some fake aquarium grass for them. In all three cases, all my garters preferred the aquarium grass to my slaved over, warped hides! They spend all their time hiding in the grass. And I can see the benefit of nature's design for them. They tend to VANISH COMPLETELY in the grass! Bogo has taken to pretending she's a branch. I walk in the room and she's reared up in the grass, looking out of the tank and if it wasn't for her eyes on either side of her head, I would believe the "branch" act. She's so funny to watch!

Has anyone else noticed their garters to prefer some hides to others??

Devon