Show your vivs! Show your vivs!

[Strutter769]

Lucy Edition:

[Lankyrob]

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/Lankyrob1975/Animals/Reptiles/Photo0180.jpg

The two lit vivs were the lizards vivs, they will soon contain the GTP and JCP instead and the arboreal set up to the far left will be up for sale.

[Strutter769]

BRB Condo Edition:

[Strutter769]

Where're all the cool enclosures at? I'm especially interested in seeing tropical, humid cages, BRB-Style! Who's got one?

[BarelyBreathing]

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_0052-1.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_0008-1.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_0006-3.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_00012.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_00072-2.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_00112-1.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_0127-1.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_0003-2.jpg

[Quack]

I don't have this tank anymore but i used to have dart frogs in it
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/qquuaacckk/69e3eb83.jpg

[BarelyBreathing]

^^^ That is awesome

[SpOoKy]

This was an old display case from a store that i converted into a tank for my Colombian. Since the top is glass I had to mount an old subwoofer box to the side to hold the heat lamp. There was a huge UTH that i stuck to an old window and placed on the hot side, it took up about 1/3 of the tank. It was a beautiful looking display in my living room but I have since moved her out.

1. It was very hard to keep heated in the winter. We heat with a wood stove and when it goes out at night it gets really cold in on the lower floor.

2. It only opens from the back so it makes it very hard to take her out. You have to slide the whole cage out from the wall and it is heavy!

3. She got very cage defensive in it which in turn made it even more difficult to take her out.

The cage itself measures 8 ft long, 2.5 deep and 3.5 tall.
I was thinking about turning into a tank for a little colony of Tokay's. I have a friend who is a breeder and when he first started out he had a similar set up where he raised a little colony. With tons of live plants and many many different feeding/chilling areas he successfully had a somewhat self sufficient tank where they would breed on their own.
This will be at a later date though, nothing I am overly interested in at this time...or i am going to sell it.

[Strutter769]

@Breathing: Love the hexagon. It's similar to mine. Does it have a solid top?

[BarelyBreathing]

Yeah, it has a very ugly textured plexi glass.

[Strutter769]

Yeah, it has a very ugly textured plexi glass.

Ugly? Who cares?! It's the top! Lol. Mine has a metal "mesh" top. To hold heat & humidity, I have about 40% covered with some linoleum tile I had lying around. Those actually give me some pretty decent temp control, honestly.

[BarelyBreathing]

Ugly? Who cares?! It's the top! Lol. Mine has a metal "mesh" top. To hold heat & humidity, I have about 40% covered with some linoleum tile I had lying around. Those actually give me some pretty decent temp control, honestly.


Yeah, that's how I feel about it. It's really well made, though, besides being ugly. It's got two small vents that I can open and close, and it's got a hinge about half way in with a handle, so I don't have to take the whole thing off when messing with it. It latches, too.

[Strutter769]

Right now, the BRB Condo houses 0.3, each in either a 5- or 10-gallon tank. I'll have to upgrade those soon. I think I can fit 3 20L cages in it, but not sure. In the long run that'll probably house a Madagascan Ground Boa at some point.

When I get more (even one more, I think) BRB, I'll be forced to build a rack. I hate to do that cuz my snakes are my version of artwork. So, I'll probably keep one BRB visible. I'm thinking "Minnie" because I think she's gonna be a head-turner when she matures! Hopefully he becomes a bit more active than she is now. Anything is more than 0! Lol Cici is the only of the three I see out on occasion.

[spots]

I've showed this one before but this being a different thread here we go.

http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii396/Jlangan1/IMG_8846.jpg
http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii396/Jlangan1/IMG_8843.jpg

[Strutter769]

@Breathing: I totally missed the tiny snake head in the last picture. Looks like the plant's stamen! Lol

What did you use for the natural-like backgrounds? Are they real, or real expensive? Haha

[BarelyBreathing]

Picture number four is just a simple Exo Terra background. It came with the enclosure.

Picture number five I bought as a custom, fully planted viv from Frogs with Altitude. I took those plants out and put them in another enclosure, and replanted that one with the plants in there now. The whole tank was around $150, but I can't remember.

Picture number six is just a cork background. They run about $20.

Picture number seven I made myself. It's done with expanding foam, silicon, particle substrate, and moss.

[Strutter769]

Who was the OP of this oic, and why is it (and others) no longer in this thread?

[Pareeeee]

just took this now with the camera on my tablet...also typing on my tablet...

what happens when you get a flatscreen tv for christmas? your old tv stand becomes an epic viv stand...

[Strutter769]

Pareeee, those are really nice! As far as I'm concerned, ya can't beat the natural look. Now, if I could only build natrual racks......... hmmmmmm......

[BarelyBreathing]

Here are two of my old dart frog vivs.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_0009-2.jpg

This one was made my Frogs with Altitude. I love her vivariums!
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/DSC_0010-1.jpg

[aj099]

Small argentine Boa hunt and strike (live feeading) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-zWh3byDhM&list=UU4V_seJ_reLyCvrEjJKJrBw&index=3&feature=plcp)

this is a video of my argentine boa hunting in his cabinet
show`s the cabinet toward the end i have everything on timer`s and a built in reptifogger for perfec humidity and perfect shed`s all the time!

the plant in there is also real!:bouncy:
the back wall i custom made my self by carving styrafoam and then coating it with grout cam out to a nice natuiral looking background
cost me 7$

total cabinet cost is actualy about 20 or 30$? i just used an old one and i have a matching one to !

i have an identical cabinet that i am working on
to make this double for long term!
plus i made an expantion the bottom where i used to store stuff is now completly open with 1 shelf to make it 2 layer`s i will update pic`s soon!

[Strutter769]

Wow! You guys have totally raised the bar! Really, really cool stuff!

[BarelyBreathing]

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/Old%20computer/100_4614.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/Old%20computer/100_4559.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/Old%20computer/100_4508.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/Old%20computer/100_4378.jpg
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/Old%20computer/100_3289.jpg

This was a quarantine tank
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m611/SnakeShed/Old%20computer/100_4423.jpg

[aj099]

thank you i try and make anytihng i can myself!
not because i am cheap but because i like to figure stuff out

like the grate on top for the light cover`s look`s fancy huh? well that`s
just the the side of an old airpurifier!

or the cool looking ball hide thing.yeah that`s just a 1$ plant holder sewn together to make a ball with one entrance

and the whole entire background! i was quoated 300$ for a basic background for my huge cabinet ! so i built my own for 7$

and the little fogger that change`s colour`s pretty cool eh?
cost me 2$ on ebay shipping included!

[BarelyBreathing]

thank you i try and make anytihng i can myself!
not because i am cheap but because i like to figure stuff out

like the grate on top for the light cover`s look`s fancy huh? well that`s
just the the side of an old airpurifier!

or the cool looking ball hide thing.yeah that`s just a 1$ plant holder sewn together to make a ball with one entrance

and the whole entire background! i was quoated 300$ for a basic background for my huge cabinet ! so i built my own for 7$

and the little fogger that change`s colour`s pretty cool eh?
cost me 2$ on ebay shipping included!


Nice! It's always better when you do it yourself.

[aj099]

dude i love your emerald tree boa`s im so f...kin jealous! amazing!

[alessia55]

Who was the OP of this oic, and why is it (and others) no longer in this thread?

strutter, where are your cages from?

[Mamaroad]

These are the vivs we set up today for both the snakes - just a few adjustments to go and then we should be good until we find a display case we like that will work for both of them.

[Strutter769]

These are the vivs we set up today for both the snakes - just a few adjustments to go and then we should be good until we find a display case we like that will work for both of them.

Nicely done! I seem to recognize the shape of those leaves on that maroonish plant in the background! I think the package reads "Maple" or something innocent like that? I had a maple tree in my yard as a kid... the leaves didn't look like that! :wacky:

[BarelyBreathing]

dude i love your emerald tree boa`s im so f...kin jealous! amazing!


Thanks! I love them, too.

[exwizard]

Yeah I love looking at these vivs. I think they're artistically done and beautiful. We will never have the space or the resources to have any of these types of setups for our snakes so I will enjoy the ones I see on this thread.

[DavethePython]

The python in Mamaroads first 2 pics are of Dave. He is my little buddy . The other viv is Tequila's , She is in her hide getting ready to shed so she is a little less social today.Both of them are very social usually .

[MoreliAddict]

python corner!
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f376/1MileNorth/29706aa4.jpg?t=1327434182