Fastening fake plants in a wooden viv safely?
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:00 am
Hi, i'm a pretty new Bluey owner (adopted my 12yr old Northern BTS Sheila a week and a half ago) and i have a concern about my husbandry- specifically how i've got her fake plants attached in her vivarium.
Sheila's viv is a large wooden one so the suction cups that come with these plants have never been of any use, even before she was in it they'd fall at the slightest breeze- so i opted for cable clips! They're the little nails with plastic holders that you might typically use for holding your houses wires to the skirting boards, i had thought they'd be a safe, clean and tidy way of making little holders for my fake plants.
However today, while she was exploring Sheila managed to pull a plant down- at first i thought it had just slipped out of it's clip but on closer inspection i found the plastic clip had snapped in two!
Naturally i was rather concerned that this small hoop of plastic might pose a threat to my skink, so i had to rummage around for it (much to Sheila's very apparent dislike, as she was in the substrate right next to it) until i finally found it a little while after.
I'm just concerned that this might happen again and i might not be in the room, that the plastic may go unnoticed and worst case scenario it gets ingested by Sheila- is there a better way to fasten these plants in a wooden viv or am i being too paranoid over one instance?
I'd be glad of any advice so i can keep my skink safe and sound- thank you!
Sheila's viv is a large wooden one so the suction cups that come with these plants have never been of any use, even before she was in it they'd fall at the slightest breeze- so i opted for cable clips! They're the little nails with plastic holders that you might typically use for holding your houses wires to the skirting boards, i had thought they'd be a safe, clean and tidy way of making little holders for my fake plants.
However today, while she was exploring Sheila managed to pull a plant down- at first i thought it had just slipped out of it's clip but on closer inspection i found the plastic clip had snapped in two!
Naturally i was rather concerned that this small hoop of plastic might pose a threat to my skink, so i had to rummage around for it (much to Sheila's very apparent dislike, as she was in the substrate right next to it) until i finally found it a little while after.
I'm just concerned that this might happen again and i might not be in the room, that the plastic may go unnoticed and worst case scenario it gets ingested by Sheila- is there a better way to fasten these plants in a wooden viv or am i being too paranoid over one instance?
I'd be glad of any advice so i can keep my skink safe and sound- thank you!
