Amazing DIY Fake Rock Reptile Hide!!

[@ClintsReptiles]

This is a great video, Coop! I'll have to try this.

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Thanks Clint! I’d be using drylok if I had access to it like you guys!

[@lukegizmo5951]

@@coopsreptiles2588 what’s drylock

[@BooksMusicMe17]

This really looks great! Great for species that want a big under-rock hiding space without the risk of them being crushed.

[@Violet-Lily]

Brilliant! Definitely want to try....try being the operative word!

[@codyconspiracy]

incredible! i’ve been wanting something for a natural desert type look for the bull snake im planning on getting, and this was just the thing

[@pauloconnor6331]

Great looking hides, Coop. This inspires me to get to work on some of my cages.

[@TheHamishX]

That looks great! I bet the texture will help file their nails down too. I'm definitely going to try this out for mine.

[@gregredelman9726]

Nice job Coop...you got me stoked to hit the field today

[@ezypvp3353]

Great video coop really felt the vibe with this one!! 😂😀😎

[@GoodStarfish]

Love your skinks, man

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Thanks! Very happy to have them

[@lieslhemsworth6293]

I love this. I am definitely doing this for all my enclosures. Always get awesome inspiration from watching your videos 💚

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Great to hear !

[@brettchristoffel6391]

Been looking at one of those Styrofoam cutter set ups on ebay for doing enclosure backgrounds. Judging by the awesome results you got it looks like the way to go, beats a wire brush in a dremel any day. Thanks for another great how to vid.

[@poshbureaucrat9917]

They look real nice Coop! I’m definitely doing this in the future for my animals. Really appreciate your work.

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Appreciate your support!

[@xL413]

Hi Coop! Great video!! what would you recommend to use instead of the tile pointing? I don’t think I could ever go through a 10L tub. Thank you.

[@ContagiousCure]

I went through some of your old vids the other day and my god your enclosures have really improved over the years lol. I'll def give Tile Pointing a go since the last foam rock I made I just painted directly over the foam but it flaked and scratched off by little claws over just a few months.

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Thanks! It’s all about improving bit by bit!

[@bettymorgan4737]

What's tile pointing? Would anyone know what its called in the States?

[@hamishperring9307]

Ye wow looks insane deffs doing this for my new baby gouldii

[@ianparkinson7039]

Hi Coop looks awesome mate. Definitely be using this method from here on myself. I’ve definitely gotta get some western bluetongues. Cheers mate

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Awesome mate! Yeah westerns are some of the best

[@jimthomas6127]

Looks great! Was wondering how well they retain heat for basking.

[@LFB_Wildlife]

This has got me inspired. I have been looking at making my own custom backings, I started small luckily and unfortunately it didn’t work the way I was aiming for so seeing this has made me think this is a easier option and now looking at doing my own hides and backings for some of my animals. Thanks for sharing! Now I gotta find the time to go to Bunnings and get everything hahahaha.

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Sounds good mate !

[@LFB_Wildlife]

@@coopsreptiles2588 yeah

[@haizelorenzofuimaono7974]

Awesome!

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Thanks!

[@haizelorenzofuimaono7974]

@@coopsreptiles2588 no worries 😁👌

[@reevesreptilians]

Brilliant video coop . Nice one

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Thanks!

[@hereshetep2337]

Super Rad video awesome job 👏

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Thanks!

[@BeachesScalyBeasts]

Great video mate! That rock work looks really nice! Cheers for the shout out as well 😛

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Thanks man anytime!

[@cathryntaylor7950]

Thanks for such a great video!!! It looks fantastic, but I bet its not as easy as you make it look! I would love to try though 😄 Your babies are stunning! I would love another look at your Alpine blotcheys....... I gave up looking for a mate long ago 🙄

[@coopsreptiles2588]

No problem! Just takes practise! They are the best

[@G.e.m.m.a.]

Again looked this video op .I'm building a couple of terrariums and don't want t make complete backgrounds but want some hides and fake rocks .do you have any inclosures with some rocks on the back walls unseated of the whole backwall ? Wondering how to go about that 🤔

[@alexmarti7684]

Another awesome vid mate :)

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Thanks!

[@angiegarden8196]

Coop can you give me a link to the wire cutter you use please & I'm wondering if you can just paint the foam or won't it stick. thanks for your great vid's

[@Erki750]

OMG going to do this! Thank you!

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Excited to see it! Goodluck!

[@BLHomestead]

Just keep in mind when you put a heat lamp on foam it heats it up and will offgas. Get the right product for the heated areas.

[@RIPTIDEedits]

He added the cement tile cover so that won’t happen

[@kellystewart634]

Could you use a textured pond sealer instead of tile pointing? And could you still add the pigment to that? They seem like the same kind of product, both waterproof flexi finish? Great video gave me the inspo to get myself started on my own pythons new hide for his upgrade viv 😌

[@sangalanga9593]

Amazing mate!

[@Tarasaurus13]

Do you seal these at all? Or is it easy to clean as-is after the tile pointing and paint dry?

[@crystaldawn2736]

You’re so talented. Great job. Might have to try this, but I’m in Canada....no idea what we have for product alternatives here lol

[@brucebird133]

How long did it take from start to finish?

[@brianmascio9261]

Very nice work do you use anything to seal it when you’re done?

[@coopsreptiles2588]

nope!

[@emmasmith7841]

Do you know an equivalent product in America for tile pointing?

[@sarahs665]

I’ve just recently adopted a 1 1/2 yr old northern bluey. Are these suitable for under the basking light?

[@everythingneoninmydeathnot5991]

I have a question ion after I make some is it all water safe cuz for when I have to wash my hides ? Please let me know 😊

[@lostfound8112]

Very nice work I'd make legs taller for more room to move and add internal walls

[@Dfalo18]

Awesome video!!!! 👌👌

[@ozbudgaming7341]

Pepsi??? I Don't know if I can watch your videos anymore :P

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Not mine!

[@dansullivan8]

What kind of foam is that? Thanks :)

[@livs_critters55]

I got so excited to go do this but we don't have tile pointing in the US somehow and I can't find anywhere to order it from. Is there another substitute or product you would recommend?

[@coopsreptiles2588]

check out some of my other mock rock videos to see how I make them with sand and cement!

[@TheDracoChick]

I love this, but I really wish you had a list to where you bought your tools and materials. I’m struggling to find the insulation foam since the people I talked to just refer to the spray stuff

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Bunnings. I got everything from bunnings. If you aren't in Australia then most hardware stores should have most things.

[@TheDracoChick]

@@coopsreptiles2588 I live in the US. I’ve been able to find most things or substitutes at my local hardware stores, but had to order the hot wire knives online.

[@emmasmith7841]

HELP! I want to try this but I live in the USA , is there an equivalent product of tile pointing available in America ?

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Check out some of my other mock rock videos to see how to do it with sand and cement

[@phantomaquarist3417]

How does it do if it gets wet?

[@JayBay813]

No sealing ?

[@BrokenGirlCosplay]

how do you find cleaning the hide is? my python will poop on everything so wanna know before i try making

[@coopsreptiles2588]

I just take it out and hose it off and if anything is left hit it with f10 or some other cleaner and give it a scrub with a brush

[@RIPTIDEedits]

I have been looking for centralian, western, and eastern blue tongues because I’m interested in getting one do you know anyone in US who sells them?

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Quite rare overseas from what I have herd you have to get pretty lucky to find one

[@c6wd6g]

Recently I caught a eastern water skink and I noticed they act like moniters I also have a children's python and I'm seven turning 8

[@skywolf-4434]

Hi if anyone can read this I need help, I have 2 blue tongues one is a bloched blue tongue (who is a male) and the other is an eastern (who is female) my eastern is about 2 years old and my bloched blue tongue is about 1, I’m not sure why but at night my eastern seems to get very agitated at times and when she see Phoenix my bloched blue tongue she sometimes charges at him out of no where and bites him, leaving him with scraps on his back and head I’ve tried to add an extra hide for them so they won’t be in each other’s way as much but that didn’t seem to work, another note: she is a rescue pet so she wasn’t born in captivity, if anyone has any suggestions please leave a comment. 🙂

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Separate them into their own enclosures immediately. Blueys that don’t get along can kill each other fast.

[@skywolf-4434]

@@coopsreptiles2588 I only have one enclosure, they get along during the day just not at night for some reason, I guess it could be due to the temperature..

[@graphite2786]

Unless you have a really big enclosure it's not good to keep different Tiliqua species together. Seperate them immediately as it's extremely cruel to force a submissive blue tongue in with a dominant one. Now that this behaviour has started there is nothing you can do to stop it. As Coop said the dominant one could kill the other, either through injury or stress related diseases. Either get a second enclosure or rehome one of them. This is a behavioral issue, in the wild blue tongues co habit occasionally during the breeding season. Different species never do.

[@skywolf-4434]

@@graphite2786 it is a rather large enclosure, forgot to mention she is also going into shed she seems to get a bit more agitated at this time more than usual, and it is very cold where I live, I turn the lizard lights on at 7am and off at 8pm, when I turn them off she gets annoyed, again it could be because she is going into shed. I only just noticed he was going into shed last night, she doesn’t just get angry at Phoenix my blotched blue tongue, she gets angry at any other person who tries to touch her when she is shedding. When she is not shedding she is clam (most of the time) sometimes when she is not shedding she get agitated when it’s cold. But thanks for the advice! I think I’ll consider getting a separate enclosure.

[@miguelsoto9579]

U don’t use sealer