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[NavyNate06]

i was at the pet store today looking at stuff for my FBTs and i saw a lot of little hide outs or huts or even those half-dome tree things for critters to hide in, and i thought to myself, why would i spend that much money on something i could make. originally i was going to make a waterfall/river thing for my tree frog using the little plastic planters you get from the store like janelc is using in her hex tank project.i like that idea because the planters come in all different lengths and sizes(good for different size herps and reptiles). i ended up scrapping the idea for the river. so when i got home i grabbed one and some popsicle sticks and went to work.



first i cut off the top portion of the planter, where it gets bigger around; i really didn't need it to be that tall and it helped the sticks fit onto the cup. then i started cutting the popsicle sticks to length and glued them one with regular elmers white glue. we'll see if it continues to stick.





i cut a little hole in it for the toads to come and go and fit some smaller sticks on it. i let it dry and they seem to like it. i still haven't figured out a roof for it. they seem to like sitting on top of it so i might leave it alone. i hope this helps save some money because it was all just stuff i had around the house. free stuff rules.

[froggsong]

My FBT's favorite hide is a couple of piece of broken brick stacked on top of each other. Another good thing to use is a small terra cotta pot with a door cut into it, terra cotta helps keep the humidity up too. That hide looks great though, even without a roof! If you still want to do a roof for it, you could find a rock that is the right size and glue it on top, or you could glue some frog moss up there to make it cushy and moist. I've noticed that my FBT also likes it if you dig a little depression and then press the hide into the ground a little bit so that it feels more like a cave. If you ever buy coconuts to eat, you can save the shells for hides too. Making hides for the frogs/toads is fun, you can make them out of tons of things, all you have to do is use your imagination. I made a really cool one out of GS, but it's too large for my frog/toad tank, so I think I am going to put it in for my dragon, it's big enough for him until he gets bigger.

[Green Ghost]

Coconuts. Saw in half or to your liking. They sell for a dollar here. Plus they taste good