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Originally Posted by dekaybrown

Sturdy glass or otherwise washable ash trays work great for water bowls, and can be found at any rummage sale for a quarter.

I use stainless steel and plastic food/water bowls intended for dogs, and plastic food containers. Cheap as hell and you can always throw them in the dishwasher. The plastic food/water bowls I use have holes in the side, so they double as hides. Especially handy when it's hot, because then they're practically water cooled.

Plastic VHS tape cases also work.

Fish tanks are all over the place, and leaky ones often free, since we use them dry, who cares if the seams leak?

Stackable plastic containers (rubbermaid, hammarplast, smart store and whatever the hell they're called), cheaper than faunariums and most old scratchy aquariums. Did I mention that they're stackable?

Hides need not be purchased at all, small cardboard boxes are free, and can be used just fine, stripey won't think your cheap, I promise.

I've bought one, a coconut hide. It's the least popular hide among my snakes.

edit: sorry, I've bought two. The second one is made out of hay or something. Not quite as impopular.

I have used clean soil from outside and planted grass in the tank, it is handsome, and free!

Dry leaves make a nice addition. But I am a bit skeptical about using soil without at least heating it first.

toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes and cardboard shipping tubes make fine places to hide.

This turned out to be a nice solution:



I have also used a cardboard air rifle target, with the sides bent down. Worked just fine and I have thousands of those lying around.

clamp lamp domes are $5 at Lowe's, fake vines at the dollar store, if you look around and really think, an awesome Viv can be built for next to nothing.

Have been doing that since forever.


Good advice, Wayne. I'm not just saying that because I've been doing those things. You can find almost everything you need outdoors.