Tip Of The Week - PT4

Psychobunny

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World’s best cham climbing vine!!

Solid, ridged, flexible, thick, and not all goofy, ‘fake’ looking.
Will not sway or droop when your ‘big boy’ walks on it.
Here is what you need:

One Fluker’s Repta Vine , Pothos, Ivy, or purple Coleus to choose from.
Pick the Coleus if your cham feels more secure around larger sized leaves.
Ivy has the smallest leaves, great for small chams to maneuver around.

One Zoo Med Naturalistic Flora Flexible Hanging Vine (what a mouthful!!)
There are no leaves on this one, just a good strong vine.

Two green wire twist-ties (color match).

About 5 minutes of your time (or one of your kids).

Open packages, unwind and lay both vines flat and horizontal to each other.

Fluker’s gives you 2 tiny suction cups which you can toss, as they are completely useless!!

Start from the thickest ends of both vines, and twist tie them tightly together.
Twist the two vines together as you would 2 electrical conductors. The vines have metal wire cores and will stay where you bend them.

Continue twisting to the end, some leaves on the Fluker’s vine may fall off, but they are easy to snap back on the main vine.

At the end, the Flukers vine will be a little longer then the Zoo Med.
You could snip it off, so they are even, or just keep it the way it is.
Twist the second green wire tie securely at the end.

Now, you have a single twisted jungle vine, you can use your imagination and be creative.
The wires inside both vines are stout and thick, so you can anchor the ends just by bending them around something.

My free range has a bunch of these, and they last.
I also think they look cool! Twisted like a real jungle vine!!
 

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I did this with a vine I cut down outside awhile back. Picked up some artificial leafy vine at the dollar store and wrapped it. Need some more though so will d asylum suggested :) great advice :)
 
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