Slither Cottage

Event Year: 2022
Event Location: Cocoa-FL
Competition: Critter Comfort Cottage
Division: 6-8
School: Milwee Middle
Team Size: 2

Critter Test:

When we put the snake into the habitat it didn’t react for the first couple of minutes but after a while it started moving and going into all the hiding spots and exploring around. It looked like it liked the place, but we can’t be too sure. The snake started to slow down after a while and stated to hide in the bedding.

Challenges:

While building the cottage the sides of the cage were different heights, so we had to use cardboard and zip tie’s to make it even. In the end the cardboard helped with the lid to the cage. We had some trouble with the water bowl as almost every thing we tried ended up failing. So in the end we just used an old lid and had rocks glued to the habitat to keep the lid in place.

Construction Materials:

Cardboard (recycled)
Metal (recycled)
Newspaper (recycled)
Toilet Paper Roll (recycled)
Paper Bags (recycled)
Old Rope (recycled)
Glue
Duct Tape
Zip Ties
Leaves (recycled)
Sticks (recycled)
Shirt (recycled)

Extra Info:

While building the cottage/habitat we made sure to keep it light enough for someone to be able to move it easily and to make sure someone wouldn’t struggle to move it. We also added the leaves in a way that it is like an extra lock and the leaves can be lifted up so that way you can see your snake friend in there from a top view. The leaves can be taken off and put back easily so you don’t have to go through much trouble moving them.