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P.regalis hide

Johnnyp1987

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Bolton, UK
I made my adult female p.regalis a real bark hide, i found some bark pieces, washed and baked them, glued them together and hid the joints with moss. I was really impressed and she loves it... however whilst feeding her the other day, i noticed a small amount of mould inside it. The last thing i wanted to do was take away her hide after shes set up home in it, plus im not looking forward to getting her out of it as shes a little bit fiesty at times lol. Anyway ive been looking at cork bark tubes for her but after a trip to the pound shop i found the perfect replacement, heres what i did...
10" long ceramic flower pot £4
Sheet of hanging basket coco liner £1.49
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I cut the coco liner in half, wrapped it around the flower pot and glued it in place.
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I then did the same for the inside, and used the base as a template to cut out a circle, and glued that inside at the bottom.
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Then i finished it off by glueing some moss around the entrance to hide any rough edges and also give it abit more natural look.
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Now all thats left is to get her out, swap the hides and put her back, wish me luck [emoji51]
 

Kymura

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Love the look of that.
Suppose you could hacksaw the bottom off for the types that like to dig down a bit?
Old thread on AB with using a torch on pvc I'm going to try as well. :)
 

Johnnyp1987

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I was originally going to do that to make it shorter but at abit of a guess 10" looked just right, i suppose though that ill have to shorten it if it doesnt quite fit but ill soon find out lol.
 

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