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Kelfezond
The bearded one
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 08/01/2011 : 18:22:10
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As many of you probably know I've been trying to get a 5stack viv for my royals for a while now.
Well I finally decided to buy one and it'll arrive next month some time, so in the mean time I'm looking at things I'll need to put into the vivs when it gets here.
I've got some stuff from Valhalla's viv I will use ( A nice log, a couple of hides etc. ) but I have nothing to make the viv's pretty, I'm not a fan of the fabric pretend plastic leaves so I want to avoid them but I do want to fill the vivs up so they're nice and full of branches and ledges and rocks and what not.
However the price at my local reptile store is outrageous for a piece of wood, I've used my own wood before and followed BE's guide to make it viv appropriate but it's really difficult to find the twisty curley branches you find in reptile stores out in the woods.
Does anyone know any places online where you can buy these pretty-fi-cation items for a viv? |
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/01/2011 : 18:42:50
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| Dunelm often have cheap bit of wood in. |
 
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2106 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2011 : 18:44:19
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| surrey pet supplies has a range of wood, and is cheap |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/01/2011 : 19:30:53
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DIY!!! get yourself a canvas bag and take a walk through the woods, pick up some nice bits of wood, stone etc and then go to work cleaning them up, disinfecting them. Something quite satisfying about watching your snake explore something you have made for the first time.
Word of caution, not everything brown and sticky is a stick. |
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Posted - 08/01/2011 : 19:45:57
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quote:
Originally posted by Lotabob
DIY!!! get yourself a canvas bag and take a walk through the woods, pick up some nice bits of wood, stone etc and then go to work cleaning them up, disinfecting them. Something quite satisfying about watching your snake explore something you have made for the first time.
Word of caution, not everything brown and sticky is a stick.
UUUUrrgh! LOL!
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Kelfezond
The bearded one
United Kingdom
4803 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2011 : 22:11:51
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Had some bad news, the chap who was making my viv has gone down seriously ill and is no longer taking orders, which means I've got a snake on the way and no vivs for him, looks like Valhalla will be downgrading to a rub for a while.
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Kelfezond
The bearded one
United Kingdom
4803 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2011 : 22:49:18
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Decided to build it myself (Or rather get my uncle to do it xD)
Anyone know any good websites to buy the supplies on? The glass in particular I have no idea where to get. |
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sandi
Sub Adult
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Posted - 12/01/2011 : 15:10:25
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| Any glass merchant will stock safety glass thats suitable, they will cut it to size, alow 3mm less all round for ease of fit on the runners. All diy stores sell laminated MDF or conte board, that just leaves runners, lamp fittings (electrical suppliers or b&q) and the round air vents which shouldnt be too hard to find. |
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