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| new_snake_2011 |
Posted - 10/02/2012 : 17:29:23
Please can you show me some pics of your RUB's For you adults? Need some ideas...... |
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| danny |
Posted - 16/02/2012 : 14:32:45
;) |
| Dancross0 |
Posted - 16/02/2012 : 08:51:11
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Originally posted by new_snake_2011
I hope this discussion over rubs vs vivs (although that was not my original topic) helps newbies feel more confident on their rub choice!! As I newbie I came here for advice, made my decision to use rubs and then got slated for it when I asked to see pics of people rubs.
Im very happy with my choice now - just wait for the last of my hides and plants to arrive! :D
It's a shame people get like that, but its your choice to keep them in RUBs, and if it's good for you, and good for your snakes, carry on!
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| Sta~ple |
Posted - 16/02/2012 : 08:17:01
We'll have to see pictures of your RUBs kitted out when you get them :P |
| new_snake_2011 |
Posted - 16/02/2012 : 08:02:43
Thanks everyone :D.
Eeji - love you snake playing peeka :D
I hope this discussion over rubs vs vivs (although that was not my original topic) helps newbies feel more confident on their rub choice!! As I newbie I came here for advice, made my decision to use rubs and then got slated for it when I asked to see pics of people rubs.
Im very happy with my choice now - just wait for the last of my hides and plants to arrive! :D
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| Sta~ple |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 21:47:15
I never sanded down the air holes I made in my TUBs, I made sure they weren't going to cut themselves and bleed but I figured leaving it a bit rough lets them use it when they try and shed if the want too. My did daddykins did mine with me with a belt puncher lol.
My adults don't use all their viv space, they are always sleeping. I just have vivs as I like decorating, even though the snakes don't care or appreciate my efforts :P |
| eeji |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 21:43:01
I have all 28 of my snakes in RUBs. They all eat, they are all healthy and unstressed, they don't seem to care if their home is made of plastic or whether its made of wood.
The vent holes are made with a soldering iron with (shock horror) the (not very) sharp edges left on the inside, they provide somewhere for the snake to rub on to start a shed.
In nearly 10 years of keeping snakes I've not one single injured snake and no RUB related escapes.
I really can't see why some people are so against keeping animals in them. The 'In The Wild' argument isn't really valid because 1) A wooden box isn't comparable to wild open spaces either, and 2) in the wild 99% of the time a cornsnake will be in some tight tiny space keeping themselves to themselves.
This is the only half decent photo I have of a typical setup here because as said on the first page they aren't much to look at but provide all that is needed.....
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| Dancross0 |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 20:27:50
Well, I've got 4 snakes, so I'll guess I'll have to get a few more before giving any of them away.....  |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 20:09:23
Aww poor Sirae, 3's a crowd don't you know? I think you should give her to me......  She's soooo gorgeous! |
| Dancross0 |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 19:04:05
Updated fauns! I finished work about half 10. Gave them a full clean!
Agunas' faun.
Iaras' faun.
Siraes' faun.
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| Georgina |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 12:59:26
You will have to put little in only and out only signs on! Hehehe |
| danny |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 12:54:48
I shall do, it shant be for a while as its still young but i may take pics when i come round to doing it :) i shall have a in and out as such not that it will get used in that way, but i have visions of half a snake in one and the other half in the other makeing a big circle stuckered in the middle lol ;)
All the best
Danny |
| Red123 |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 11:45:39
Certainly an option not that I think the snake would stretch out and rest between the two tubs through a tube just quickly move from one to the other. Most people would not consider this because of the amount of space it would take up the same as a 4 1/2ft long viv. Put some pics up if you use this type of set up would be interesting to see. |
| danny |
Posted - 15/02/2012 : 00:02:58
As said before as i have two of them im going to put tubeing in to the other one big tubeing though around 12cm dont know if it shall go threw but it's a idea lol
Danny |
| Spreebok |
Posted - 14/02/2012 : 19:01:33
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Originally posted by Auld Baldy
Spreebok, a hand drill with an 1/8" drill bit does a better job than a soldering iron. You can see the job I did in the picture I posted on page 1 of this topic.
Use masking tape wrapped around the tub and mark out the spacing with a ruler and felt tip, drill and strip off the masking tape. Use a scraper to clear any scraggy bits on the inside.
You get a cleaner job using a hand drill. With a soldering iron you can leave hard and sharp spikes of melted plastic which could possibly scratch and injure your snake. Melted blobs are also harder to remove.
I poke the holes from the inside out, so the only one getting poked it me :D I was worried about it, especially with my little butter, so I made sure there is nothing there. And yeah, they don't look at nice, but the buggers trash the things as it is, and they get moved uo over time :) |
| Red123 |
Posted - 14/02/2012 : 18:55:04
Suitable for a 3ft 10" corn then. |
| danny |
Posted - 14/02/2012 : 17:46:55
Not at all really as most people use bigger fauns as a hatchling and i just measured my 50 litre rub which im not useing yet and thats 18 inch wide allso but 28 inch long by the time it has substrate in it the measurements will infact be longer as all sides are tilted as such i reckon that will be fine for a while but we shall c how it goes.
All the best
Danny |
| Auld Baldy |
Posted - 14/02/2012 : 15:14:35
Spreebok, a hand drill with an 1/8" drill bit does a better job than a soldering iron. You can see the job I did in the picture I posted on page 1 of this topic.
Use masking tape wrapped around the tub and mark out the spacing with a ruler and felt tip, drill and strip off the masking tape. Use a scraper to clear any scraggy bits on the inside.
You get a cleaner job using a hand drill. With a soldering iron you can leave hard and sharp spikes of melted plastic which could possibly scratch and injure your snake. Melted blobs are also harder to remove.
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| Spreebok |
Posted - 14/02/2012 : 14:42:01
I'll have to get some pictures up of mine, 3 are kept in rubs/tubs and one is in a faun soon to move to a rub. I used branded rubs for a while, but The Range have a good selection of larger tubs at good prices, just need to get busy with the soldering iron, some zip ties and cable tidies and they work well! |
| Red123 |
Posted - 14/02/2012 : 12:26:56
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Originally posted by danny
Blimey looks like i have been missing out,there really isnt any difference between the two and a captive bred snake knows know different and if anything that faun looks tidly infact one of the smallest on this sight and you may prefer vivs and other people may prefer rubs but at then end of the day its down to floor space and what there is in it.Which in the viv pictured if anything there is less floor space than the rubs pictured its up to the owner and everyone wants the best for there own animals which is what they sre doing, dont judge if you dont want to be judged yourself the topic as mentioned is about peoples rubs and for them to share that not mouth it off.
Danny
Really glad you said about the faun looking tidly, surprised no one else has mentioned it. There was a cold hide a warm hide and a bowl of water in the faun so all the snake needed supposedly. The dimensions of the faun and the size of the snake is actually the same as it would be if a 5ft corn was kept in a 33/50/64 ltr RUB. Frank looked really cramped in the photo did he not? Just like an adult would be.
Floor space in the viv pictured is exactly the same as a 64 ltr RUB. You can make RUBS look really spacious when taking pics from above and using small plants and hides in them and small snakes. Can be very deceiving all round. |
| new_snake_2011 |
Posted - 14/02/2012 : 06:04:39
Looks brill Mike. |
