Home Made Perches?

[Spial15]

I want to get into cresties and i know they like to climb. So my question is, Whats a good thing to make home made perches out of? Thanks.

 

[leoman777]

i heard PVC pipe is good but i use bamboo

 

[Spial15]

Where do you get it? And how would you construct it to be stable?

 

[BellaTheBellAlbino]

Sup man, This is Holliskid23. For perches I would use a the thickest wooden dowel I could buy(their like $1.29 + or less) and get a one of those sticky black things when you buy a heat mat. And you put it on both end of the dowel (make sure you cut the dowel it appropriate length ) and stick them in to the tank . The rubber pads (their you go their called rubber pad) will act like a grip in the side of the tank.

 

[DragonBeards]

I live on a partly wooded acre and a quarter, so for mine I used the fallen branches I found in my yard, making sure they were appropriately cleaned first. Been in there for a year now, and I haven't had any problems yet.

 

[Spial15]

I live on a partly wooded acre and a quarter, so for mine I used the fallen branches I found in my yard, making sure they were appropriately cleaned first. Been in there for a year now, and I haven't had any problems yet.

How do you go about cleaning them? Hot water?

 

[DragonBeards]

How do you go about cleaning them? Hot water?

Yeah, if they are small enough, I just give them a good boil in hot water, otherwise I soak them or run them under the sink.

 

[L-G-C]

How do you go about cleaning them? Hot water?

I know of some people that bake branches in the oven to help sterilize them. Don't remeber the temperature though.

 

[Blacksupra94]

I use branches that fall also, have been for a while and I never understood why somebody would pay for one. I usually sand the sticks with gritty paper to get all loose bark off or fungus and wash them / soak with very hot water. I have not baked the sticks, seems like a big energy waste using the oven because the water gets very hot, dunno.