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    hides help

    what do you use to make your own hides ?

    i want to make my viv all pretty for when my babies arive

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    Re: hides help

    Anything.

    Various cardboard boxes, pieces of bark, toilet paper rolls, bent pieces of cardboard, plastic boxes etc. I've made a couple of hides out of clay and plaster, too.

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    Re: hides help

    fancy paper formed into stuff looks real nice too and so do fake or real plants
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    Re: hides help

    Use your imagination. Be prepared for them to make the final call. I tried to use a cool whip contaner on my newborns. They would lay beside it but not go in. I think it was because it was white(too bright inside) and didn't give them a feeling of security. I have a group of young ones who only want this stupid old shoe box. So far they've won the battle. Stubborn little Radixs!

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    Re: hides help

    For my babies I always use toilet paper tubes (slightly flattened and loosely stuffed with kitchen paper).
    James.

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    Re: hides help

    i'm collecting them and tissue and other small boxes for my babies
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    1 midland painted turtle
    1 bernese mountain dog
    1 half siamese cat

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    Re: hides help

    for my babies flowerpot shards - they love those
    rhea
    "you cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus" Mark Twain


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    Re: hides help

    aaaaa yes and tiny little baby flower pots!!!! and beer cosies cut in half!!!!!
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    1 midland painted turtle
    1 bernese mountain dog
    1 half siamese cat

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    Re: hides help

    I use substrate. :P
    Or egg carton pieces, especially from those 4-cup holder things.
    0.1 Storeria dekayi
    Hoping to get some T. s. sirtalis High-Reds next summer!


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    Re: hides help

    Afraid a lot of mine are small plastic bowls with holes cut into them and one shoe box. I am slowly, (emphasis on the "slowly") replacing them with rounded cork bark so they will look more natural.

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