Dragoon
01-01-04, 12:04 PM
Hi all
Attached is a pic of my little sling rack. I wanted the baby T's close to the kitchen sink, for convenience. So far, this is working for me....
Babies are in those clear portion cups, and whenever they molt, I just transfer them to a new cup with new peat and a new piece of bark.
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For cheaper larger caging, you can see I'm using those clear acrylic butter dishes. Those things are awesome! I get them at the buck store for a dollar each. Unfortunately, the bottoms of them are opaque plastic.:mad:
So I took a piece of thin plexi, marked it in rectangles that fit the butter dishes, scored it with a 9$ solder iron on both sides of the line, and it broke right where I wanted it to. Yippee. Then, using the solder iron, I smoothed out any sharp edges.
The advantage of scoring the lines with an iron is that a tiny ridge forms, and this helps keep the lid from sliding around. It stays put while I fit the elastic band in place.
Here is the terrestrial box:
You can see a B.emilia and a L.parahybana. They scooped out hollows under the bark, but they prefer to sit atop the bark most of the time.
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Here is my idea for an arboreal box:
I cut the lid, so that I can remove only the lower portion to change the water, and insert a cricket. That way, I will stop wrecking their webs! I also put a dab of glue gun to secure the bark from moving around. On the left, you can see my A. metallica. He is ignoring the bark, and is busy constructing a tube web using the rounded corner. Yeah, whatever floats his boat...
My A.geroldi and A.versicolor are in premolt right now so won't be installed in their new dishes until they are ready. I can't wait to see what they build!
Cheers all, and happy new year!
D.
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Attached is a pic of my little sling rack. I wanted the baby T's close to the kitchen sink, for convenience. So far, this is working for me....
Babies are in those clear portion cups, and whenever they molt, I just transfer them to a new cup with new peat and a new piece of bark.
<IMG SRC="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/504/596Slingrack-med.JPG">
For cheaper larger caging, you can see I'm using those clear acrylic butter dishes. Those things are awesome! I get them at the buck store for a dollar each. Unfortunately, the bottoms of them are opaque plastic.:mad:
So I took a piece of thin plexi, marked it in rectangles that fit the butter dishes, scored it with a 9$ solder iron on both sides of the line, and it broke right where I wanted it to. Yippee. Then, using the solder iron, I smoothed out any sharp edges.
The advantage of scoring the lines with an iron is that a tiny ridge forms, and this helps keep the lid from sliding around. It stays put while I fit the elastic band in place.
Here is the terrestrial box:
You can see a B.emilia and a L.parahybana. They scooped out hollows under the bark, but they prefer to sit atop the bark most of the time.
<IMG SRC="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/504/596Terrestdish-med.JPG">
Here is my idea for an arboreal box:
I cut the lid, so that I can remove only the lower portion to change the water, and insert a cricket. That way, I will stop wrecking their webs! I also put a dab of glue gun to secure the bark from moving around. On the left, you can see my A. metallica. He is ignoring the bark, and is busy constructing a tube web using the rounded corner. Yeah, whatever floats his boat...
My A.geroldi and A.versicolor are in premolt right now so won't be installed in their new dishes until they are ready. I can't wait to see what they build!
Cheers all, and happy new year!
D.
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