I used to use cardboard hides before I decided to provide a more natural and better looking cage for my snake, I found that the measurements of the moulded plastic hides were not quite right for the dimentions of my viv, they would take up too much room , be too tall and such.I found a geat way to make your own hide and it only takes two mins or so.

Get you self a cheap terracota(speling?) pot ,break it in half and sand off any sharp edges,wash it off and allow it to dry(depending on where you got it you may or may not want to put it in the oven to kill off parasites).

Just squash the half pot down into the substrate so that there is just enough room beween the inside of the pot and the substrate for the snake to squeeze into.It makes a good low profile hide and again you may or may not want to cover the top with subsrate.
There you have it a nice low profile , cheap and customisable hide for your snake.

Im sure many of you have done it before ,but some people may not have the chance to buy hides and such so this ought to help anyone stuck for hide ideas.

Of course you can use almost anything as a hide within reason, keep posting ideas with pictures etc. Im interested to know what you all do