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    Re: habitat augmentation.

    Quote Originally Posted by GaiusIuliusTabernarius View Post
    Well I got creative, I made a hide out of an empty paper towel box and a used paper towel roll and some scotch tape.
    Any tape in an enclosure is very dangerous.
    Snakes have a way of getting caught in it no matter how well you think you have it secured. Humidity and snakes rubbing against it can cause the edge to come loose.
    We've had plenty of people come on the forum with stories of snakes caught in tape. Some were wild snakes found and other were captive snakes.
    I once used a piece of cardboard to separate out two groups of snake in one aquarium. I though I had everything done right and I still ended up with a stuck snake. The snake survived but that was the end of my tape use.
    Just a word to the wise on tape use.
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    Re: habitat augmentation.

    Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
    Snakes have a way of getting caught in it no matter how well you think you have it secured. The snake survived but that was the end of my tape use.
    Indeed they do. You're the lucky one. I lost a big female concinnus' I had for years. Had to put her down. She was so caught up in duct tape, there was no hope. I tried everything but she was already weak and missing a lot of scales. It was just too late since I had been gone for days. I had used the duct tape on the outside of the homemade screen top where it had begun to come loose from the frame. She still managed to get to it, even though there was no sticky part exposed or in the tank itself.

    I will no longer use tape anywhere near a snake enclosure. Never again.

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