Introducing Crystal Vine:

[The Snake Guru]

Decided to branch out into cage decorations...LOL Time to move my girl into a slightly bigger cage so thought I would try something a little differnt, she seems to enjoy it.

100% pure acrylic bent and twisted in all sorts of neat directions. The one shown is 1/2" but any size can be ordered, many colors available too.

Here's some pics:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/thesnakeguru/Snake%20Hooks/Crystalvine.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/thesnakeguru/Snake%20Hooks/Crystalvine2.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r157/thesnakeguru/Snake%20Hooks/Test1-1.jpg

[danthony428]

cool idea man, id like to see what else you can do with that acrylic

[The Snake Guru]

Well thanks man.

What did you have in mind? LOL

~B~

[danthony428]

im not sure, ill keep it in mind and ill come up with something, it'd be too hard to make water dishes, and hides wouldnt work because they're see through and that wouldnt really be ideal for the snake, i dunno dude, ill come up with something and get back to you

[Jarret]

Interesting, think you could produce the symbol that I use for my avatar?

And do you have to have the smaller tubing around the bigger? Because I personally don't really care for it.

[The Snake Guru]

im not sure, ill keep it in mind and ill come up with something, it'd be too hard to make water dishes, and hides wouldnt work because they're see through and that wouldnt really be ideal for the snake, i dunno dude, ill come up with something and get back to you

LOL, well certainly let me know if do man.

Interesting, think you could produce the symbol that I use for my avatar?

And do you have to have the smaller tubing around the bigger? Because I personally don't really care for it.

Some pretty tight bends in that design, I don't think the acrylic would handle it without cracking.

I do yes, I was looking to add some more surface area to it, give the snakes more grip points instead of just sliding around on a smooth surface. But it certainly wouldn't need to have that if you didn't want it.

Not tube either....it's solid acrylic.....tube is way to flimsy for my tastes..LOL

~B~

[Jarret]

Ahh, well I didn't know what else to call it so I just said tube lol

Also, not to take away from the subject of the thread, but what is the size of that cage? And what kind of snake is that?

[The Snake Guru]

Not a problem at all man.

It's an Exo-Terra 18"X18"x18"
The snake is my CB Female Barneck Scrub.....cute ain't she? LOL

~B~

[Jarret]

She has some big eyes. I like the pattern/definition on her head.

Are scrubs arboreal? I just picked up a 65 gallon tank tonight that measures 3' long, 2' tall, and 18" deep. I was kinda thinking of getting an arboreal snake and using that since I kind of like the idea of building a setup like yours.

Or if scrubs aren't arboreal, could you recommend me a good starter snake?

[The Snake Guru]

More of a Semi-Arboreal snake, but they tend to spend a good amount of time in the air. LOL, to tell you the truth my one male doesn't even venture down from the branches much.

With that size though, you'd have to look into one of the smaller locals, Barnecks get 10+ feet most of the time bigger.

Otherwise you could look into the ever popular Green Tree Python, Emerald Tree Boa, Amazon Tree Boa.....those are just a few off the top of my head.

~B~

[Jarret]

Ok, thanks for the recommendations, will have to look up all of those and see which ones I like. I have seen pics of the GTP's on this forum a few times, though I'm not sure if I've seen pics of the others you mentioned.

[The Snake Guru]

Emeralds are pretty close in coloration to GTPs but a little differnt in body and head shape. Amazons are highly variable, I've got a couple but they range from dark blacks and grays to bright red and yellow and orange and any combination in between. LOL

Check out the Arboreal boas and pythons, few of us have posted pics of out ATBs in there. MCEM had a couple of super nice red ones born early this past summer. Really neat snakes.

~B~

[Basil]

You know, those would look great in the acrylic displays a lot of vendors use at the herp shows.

[The Snake Guru]

Yup I do believe they will have many uses! LOL Personally I think they look pretty sharp.

~B~

[danthony428]

i think they look great too, if joe would climb, i would totally do it, but ive tried with the fake vines and all kinds of stuff, and he wont do it, hes a ground only boy

[The Snake Guru]

LOL.....yeah Boas in general tend to hang out lower.....some climb occasionally but BCIs especially spend most of the time hanging out low.

~B~