Homemade hides

[J.huff23]

I need some hides for my Ts, but the local pet stoe has them priced ridiculously expensive. So I want to make my own. These are Ts that are 3'' and up! Some of them are very big.

What are some of your ways/ideas of making a hide for your Ts?

 

[DDaake]

I bury a flower pot to one side and let them dig it out.

 

[Kirk]

Oak bark

With orchid growing as a former hobby, I've found that oak bark makes a nice hide. Bark is sold in sizable slabs that can be cut to fit, and is light in weight. A local orchid nursery, or maybe general nursery, will likely have all you'd need at very reasonable prices.

 

[somethingbig]

i grabbed some bark that had fallen off of trees around my school and baked them...

 

[Drachenjager]

cork bark. go to the shows i generally find nice peices for 2-25 dollars

 

[Moltar]

Oddly shaped chunks of grapewood can be good in dryer enclosures. Cork for the moist ones.

The teracotta flower pots work great too and are ubercheap. I've also used pvc plumbing elbows and connectors for hides and the end caps make great water dishes.

 

[rustym3talh3ad]

i saw a post on here of some do0ds pede and it looked like his hide was made out of an old Armoral wipes tube...hahaha why not keep ur T squeeky clean with one of those as a hide.

 

[mouse]

look around the house, there are hides hidden. an odd cup, flower pot...

right now my rosie has a mesh pencil holder as a hide (it's one of those square containers with a cutout on one side). i can see her when she is in it .
i might get some coconut halves again

 

[Quickone4u]

With orchid growing as a former hobby, I've found that oak bark makes a nice hide. Bark is sold in sizable slabs that can be cut to fit, and is light in weight. A local orchid nursery, or maybe general nursery, will likely have all you'd need at very reasonable prices.

Great idea! The to hides I have built, I used oak bark we had gathered from trees we cut down on our farm. We used to sell the bark off of them, so I already had some large bark strips ready to be cut to size. Gathered up a nice curved piece that had good height to it, then found a nice flat piece, cut to shape and nailed together. Look great, lightweight, and free! Can't beat free

 

[Medicinewolf]

A little goodwill

I love to create my own T spaces! I've used pieces of wood with a good arch in them for a shallow hide. I have used old gourds, a stack of stones (glued together...), bark, beech wood limbs sawn in half (they grow hollow when they are older), kid's toys from Goodwill, old wooden kitchen/salad bowls with an opening sawed in them, and decorative shoes. Really, just get slightly loaded and have a friend take you to a thriftstore and let your mind loose---the sky's the limit!

 

[Remigius]

i just burrow a deli cap or a larger container under the substrate in a horizontal position. I usually form a small hill of substrate, so it looks semi-natural, but i think that burrowing it under the surface would look even better.

 

[the nature boy]

Any kind of cup. You can literally just stick a plastic, disposable cup in there, toss some substrate in it, and they'll pimp it out from there.

--the nature boy

 

[J.huff23]

Ok. I was thinking like a half of an old cereal box...would this work?

 

[the nature boy]

Ok. I was thinking like a half of an old cereal box...would this work?

Cardboard will mold. Not good.

--the nature boy

 

[J.huff23]

I guesse its into the wood I go. Im going to get some pieces of wood that would make a good hide.

How do you disinfect it? I tried boiling in hot water once and it got soggy.

 

[Trav]

One of the best ways to make a hide is buy a giant brick of coco coir. While it is still a compressed brick take a big knife or saw and cut flat sheets out of the brick. Then cut and use the sheets to make a hide or burrow. When done making the hide, bury it except the entrance with loose coco coir.
I have made a few like this and they look more natural and most tarantulas love them.

 

[J.huff23]

I cant find any good pieces of wood to use...I dont know what im going to use. I want it to look natural. And simple to make.

 

[Remigius]

One of the best ways to make a hide is buy a giant brick of coco coir. While it is still a compressed brick take a big knife or saw and cut flat sheets out of the brick. Then cut and use the sheets to make a hide or burrow. When done making the hide, bury it except the entrance with loose coco coir.
I have made a few like this and they look more natural and most tarantulas love them.

:clap: great idea. More expensive than most of the ones I've seen in this topic, but I'll definitely use sth. like that. Thanks.

 

[clam1991]

I cant find any good pieces of wood to use...I dont know what im going to use. I want it to look natural. And simple to make.

go to the beach for a little trip and pick up little pieces of drift wood
when you get home boil it or bake it
they look awesome and are easy to come by

i live across from a beach so i lucked out

 

[Remigius]

speaking of sea - boiling wood in salty water helps to imprignate it, and will certainly increase the effect of disinfection.