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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/01/08 10:47am |
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AditiLuna View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1848567 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/01/08 12:15pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: AditiLuna In reference to Message Id: 1848635 Hides, hides and more hides...
3:1 reptile rocks (found a great sale on the small and one medium one). I’ve made several with plaster and plastic containers Got Plant Saucers and cut holes in them and have some mushroom (not a clue where it came from) that I’m also using |
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| 09/01/08 12:25pm |
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Kayd View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1848647 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/01/08 05:58pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: Kayd In reference to Message Id: 1848905 Hides, hides and more hides...
Quote: Mushrooms? What do you mean by that? Do you have mushroom growing in your plant saucer? i don’t think that’s a good idea lol.
No no not at all. It is this BIG mushroom with a green top that has a sign saying all Toads are welcomed! My mother brought two of them home years ago and I think it’s suppose to be a toad house in your back yard. It’s ceramic and roomy. I figured hey, it’s a fourth hide in Tinkers cage. I’m also using just a regular plastic shoe box for her warm moist hide/egg laying box. I’m working on doing the pics like I said, but I ended up at a craft fare with my sister. Here’s let me see what I can find real quickly!
The Plant Saucer Thing. I also use just one saucer for the hide. The double is to put the moss or whatever in it for the moist hide.
One of the hides i made with plaster and a plastic container (for moist hide). Used food dye for the coloration, but yeah plaster doesn’t like food dye and it leaks out over the next few weeks. Not good.
Another one I built
The plastic container I use. If done right (and not impatient like I get) you can pop the hardened plaster off the plastic container. I normally keep it in for moist hides but I do have a couple in a tank I’m designing right now that I warm and cool hides.
Also picked up 3 of these in the small size and one medium (since I found a petstore going out of business). As soon as I get a chance, I will upload a picture of my "mushroom" so you can see what I’m talking about. I’ve also upturned a normal ceramic pot and cut a hole into it, not classy though don’t care for it. So come on people post pictures of your hides |
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| 09/01/08 07:03pm |
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W_childress View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1848970 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/01/08 07:14pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: W_childress In reference to Message Id: 1848989 Hides, hides and more hides...
As for painting the plaster and letting it dry really good. I guess, this isn’t much different then the rock walls. Lets do this, if you built a rock wall can you answer this question? Thanks |
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| 09/01/08 07:48pm |
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BG_FaLcOn View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1849034
Absolutely! I would recommend using an acrylic paint, they come in a huge array of colors, you can also mix them to get whatever type of color you’re wanting to go for. Acrylic is safe for your reptiles, it is water based and it dries pretty fast. Once it dries it will turn into a plastic type material but it is great. I’ve used it on water dishes and on my rock wall that I made out of plaster. Ps. Don’t use spray paint! Certain types of paints will begin to flake off and may be toxic for your animals. I really liked acrylic because it does not flake off. Plaster is very easy to work with but it does dry extremely fast, the nice thing about it is that once it dries you can shape it with a knife or sculpting tool to have it have the shape/texture/pattern that you like. Buena Suerte! |
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| 09/02/08 04:57pm |
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W_childress View Profile |
Message To: BG_FaLcOn In reference to Message Id: 1849638 Hides, hides and more hides...
How can i put a hole it the first one with out cracking it. I forgot to put one and that is what i am going to put the leo in. Its a big 107 quart bin. I cut the top off and put a screen you get from the pet store on there. |
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| 09/02/08 06:05pm |
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BG_FaLcOn View Profile |
Message To: W_childress In reference to Message Id: 1849686
Ps. if you’re too young to play with fire, please ask help from an adult because you will have to heat the tip of the nail either with a lighter under it or by placing the tip under the fire on your stove. Good luck. BTW, I am not a leopard gecko expert by any means but that looks very small and unattractive, I do hope it is temporary. Great job on the hide, i think it looks great, you just need to shape it and paint it (with acrylic paint). |
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| 09/02/08 06:23pm |
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W_childress View Profile |
Message To: BG_FaLcOn In reference to Message Id: 1849708 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/02/08 06:28pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: BG_FaLcOn In reference to Message Id: 1849708 Hides, hides and more hides...
I’ll photograph the mushroom that isn’t in use anymore in a little while, family just got back from being out of town all weekend (mom and dad) and it’s like they haven’t seen me in AGES! OMG I need my own place... LOL besides I’m sick of hearing about my gecko colony. LOL I’m keeping all the babies. I have 4 more (2 levels) 15 gallon tanks and a 40 breeder (which does have the UTH on it already) for more lizards. Besides a 10 gallon too. The 40 Breeder is something that was taken down to redo. I want to do a ROCK WALL in it and some other things. So I figure set Tinker up in a new home so I can do that. I will practice the rock wall on the 10 gallon! |
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| 09/02/08 06:30pm |
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W_childress View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1849721 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/02/08 06:40pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: W_childress In reference to Message Id: 1849737 Hides, hides and more hides...
A 20 gallon (preferably long) would be a great set up for one gecko for it’s whole life. I think the two my mother has in a 20 is a little crowded, but that’s personal opinion and you’ll get a bunch of them on here! |
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| 09/02/08 06:52pm |
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W_childress View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1849745 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/02/08 06:56pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: W_childress In reference to Message Id: 1849753 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/02/08 07:05pm |
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W_childress View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1849764 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/14/08 03:02pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: W_childress In reference to Message Id: 1859406 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/14/08 05:21pm |
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Camo_pants View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1859551 Hides, hides and more hides...
Here are 3 I made out of margarine containers, reptile carpet and some decorations. Glue guns rock ! |
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| 09/14/08 10:36pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: Camo_pants In reference to Message Id: 1859891 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/15/08 02:43pm |
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Camo_pants View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1860291 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/15/08 07:58pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: Camo_pants In reference to Message Id: 1860563 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/16/08 03:23pm |
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Ziraous View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1861094 Hides, hides and more hides...
Ed, I do believe Childress out-did your plaster-ness with the painting. ^.~ Er...didn’t somebody have a strawberry hide? =/ Also, I’m looking forward to this "mushroom" hide as well. })i({ Dom |
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| 09/16/08 03:56pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: Ziraous In reference to Message Id: 1861110 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/16/08 04:17pm |
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Miss.Froggie View Profile |
Message To: Camo_pants In reference to Message Id: 1859891 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/16/08 06:07pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: Miss.Froggie In reference to Message Id: 1861238 Hides, hides and more hides...
Since I’m having tech difficulties with my computer crashing... here is my mushroom hide on top of the left side of Tinkers tank |
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| 09/17/08 05:04pm |
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Ziraous View Profile |
Message To: Shutterstud06 In reference to Message Id: 1861867 Hides, hides and more hides...
Oh! I’m going to hi-jack your forum for a few seconds to tell you that my Rainwater’s name is deff Ayame. ^-^! Anyways. Yarp. Nice mushroom. I heart it very much. })i({ Dom. |
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| 09/18/08 03:41pm |
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Shaunauro View Profile |
Message To: Ziraous In reference to Message Id: 1862649 Hides, hides and more hides...
How did you do it do you have any more pictures? |
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| 09/19/08 01:40pm |
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Shutterstud06 View Profile |
Message To: Shaunauro In reference to Message Id: 1863344 Hides, hides and more hides...
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| 09/19/08 02:43pm |
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