Long story short...
So I got these dart frogs and joined a dart frog forum, and saw everyone on there making fake rock walls and backgrounds and all sorts of stuff. Soooo, I figured I'd try my hand at this by making a rock hide for James and Ernestine.
here's how it started:
Hot glue, packing foam, pvc scraps, cardboard box, and toilet paper tube
coated with Laticrete
then coated with silicone
then spray painted with faux stone paint
The laticrete took two coats, in two phases each to penetrate the foam and cover it. The silicone was put on in phases as well. This was a surprisingly labor intensive project!!!! And curing time, well, this thing sat on the kitchen table for about 2 weeks til it was done!
However, Erni just LOVES the pvc part!!!!!! She's ALWAYS in there now. I would have been so upset if no one liked it!!!! I'll get a pic of it in the viv soon. I'd love to get one with a head or two poking out, but James hasn't taken to it yet, and Erni is IN the tube!
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Thread: Almost not worth it
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02-09-2009, 12:27 AM #1"Third shed, A Success"
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Almost not worth it
Stephi
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02-09-2009, 05:54 AM #2Ophiuchus rhea
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Re: Almost not worth it
it looks good
better even in the enclosure, I imaginerhea
"you cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus" Mark Twain
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02-09-2009, 05:57 AM #3T. radix Ranch
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Re: Almost not worth it
Great devotion to your snakes, I'm sure they will love it
Steve
5 awesome kids!
Emmy, Kale, Molly, Gabby, Hailee
They are not just snakes. They're garter snakes.
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02-09-2009, 07:36 AM #4thamnophis puniceus
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Re: Almost not worth it
But Stephi, you make it look so easy!!! lol It looks GREAT!!!!
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02-09-2009, 07:39 AM #5Juvenile snake
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Re: Almost not worth it
That's very impressive. It looks great!
Patrick and sometimes Bethany
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02-09-2009, 08:44 AM #6The Leader of the Eastern Gang
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Re: Almost not worth it
Very nice! It looks better than the ones you buy. Definitely worth the work!
Anji
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02-09-2009, 10:46 AM #7It's all about the Fuzzies
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Re: Almost not worth it
It looks great Stephi!!! I'm sure the next one will be easier
TamiOh. Because you know, it seems to me that, aside
from being a little mentally ill, she's pretty normal.
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02-09-2009, 02:39 PM #8"Third shed, A Success"
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Re: Almost not worth it
Thats really cool, would love to see it in "action"
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02-09-2009, 02:43 PM #9"Preparing For Second shed"
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Re: Almost not worth it
that is really neat!!!
and you do make it look easy...
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02-09-2009, 04:12 PM #10Old and wise snake
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Re: Almost not worth it
Yaman it works ,you did great job honestly !well done
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