Semi aquatic enclosure

[smudgelg]

I have seven snakes and have had them for years without issue I am just looking to spice up an enclosure or two and have seen some with tiny pools in it. I was wondering if anyone knew how to do that without putting up a glass divider. I want to do it for my hypo vanishing pattern tangerine Honduran milk snake. Can anyone kinda give me a step by step? I have an exo terra cage. I was thinking the exo terra turtle cliff for a filter, but i do not know how to separate the water and dry part.

[Corey209]

The TetraFauna filter (http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=15403) seems decent and I would set something up so the substrate doesn't absorb all the water.

[smudgelg]

Ya I am just not sure on how to do that, and thanks i will check that out also.

[Corey209]

Ya I am just not sure on how to do that, and thanks i will check that out also.

You could do some sort of ceramic or plastic thing for the water and paint it similar color to the substrate.

[smudgelg]

other ideas? simpler the better

[Corey209]

The simplest thing to do is to use plexiglass
http://www.amphibiancare.com/frogs/caresheets/images/semiaquatic_setup04.jpg

Other then that you gotta buy the stuff so that the water doesn't sit in your substrate.

Here's someone elses semi aquatic enclosure. (http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=193491&d=1301649358)

[smudgelg]

could i use rocks and or those turtle pebbles and than build my substrate on top of that once it gets to a point where its dry?

[Corey209]

You can get a substrate divider here (http://shop.pollywog.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=substrate+divi der&x=0&y=0) and here (http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/living-vivarium-products/-/poly-foam-substrate-divider/).

I'm assuming gravel would work but hydroleca (http://www.greenshorticulture.co.uk/categories/Growing-Media/Hydroleca-&-Seramis/Hydroleca-8%252d16MM-(Clay-Pellets)/)would be better

[KORBIN5895]

I used Plexiglas and silicone. I used a propane torch to heat it for bends. Beware they do poop in the pool. I'll grab pics later.