Galápagos (05346) Mossy Cave Hide, 4", Green

This is literally my favorite part of my vivarium. I took pictures of it in stages as I set everything up. The last picture looks more brown only because I dropped substrate all over it. It's still a nice green underneath the soil. I added some bright green terrarium moss on and around it and it looks so cool like some magical place my gecko can go to hide. It gives me that "mushrooms and fairies" vibe. Is that cottage core? Idk but I DO know I love this! I put a little moss on the inside too for extra cushion so it's cozy in there. Totally worth the money. 10000/10, I recommend this.

With any of our pets, I wasn't sure if my gecko would like it, I couldn't ask her. The moss was dry and brittle when the product arrived. Setting it up in my terrium and misting, the moss cave hide became lush and vibrant again. The moss cave hide includes the metal hooks on either side of the cave enterance for you to hang. The metal chain was also included with the product to hang. I chose not to hang the product and set it up on the floor of my terrarium. Initially, my gecko avoided the moss cave hide. With a little time, my gecko was more comfortable around the new thing in her terrarium and investiagted. After that she would regularly hide and curl up inside to sleep. As expected the product started to decary after just a couple months of regular misting and useage and had to be thrown away. I will purchase the product again when redesigning and updating my terrarium.

This was a very cute and great product :)! My pet jumping spider cosmo loves it!!! Hes always in there lol. BUT make sure u lnow what size ur getting first lol-- its kinda big for his cage 🥲 8/10!

4”hideout. I bought 2….. I’m a goober and should have paused and thought about how big (or small) 4” is. Lol. I have an adult crested gecko and of course she doesn’t fit!! Hahaha. But I stuck them her cage anyway. My took my girl awhile to warm up to them but when she did she crawled all over them. She loves them. I’ll get her the 6” for sure. The natural moss is shoved into a wire structure. The basic shape is made with a thick gage and then there’s a small gage wire wrapped around the larger gage to keep the shape and give the moss something to hang onto. It’s a great product. Well made. The moss drys out pretty quickly and it doesn’t necessarily get all the moisture it needs to stay supple from misting so plan on soaking the balls about once a week depending on your environment and temperature. I will caution everyone to to run your hands inside and out squeezing the moss as you go once you unpack your moss balls. Look for loose wire ends. I found several, mostly the large gage wire ends near or at the mouth of the moss ball. The ends are sticking out enough and sharp enough to inflict serious damage to an unsuspecting lizard, snake, or frog. A quick snip or maybe a glob of nontoxic sealant or hot glue should does the trick. I used hot glue and made a small end piece on the large gage wire. Worked like a charm.

Not the best of quality but still cute

This product is truly outstanding. I am a new hermit crab owner and have been trying to make my crab happy and comfortable. I bought everything they told me to get, and yet, my crab dig himself into the sand ALL the time and just wasn't happy. I saw this product and recognized it from many crab habitats I've looked at online. As soon as I installed this item in the habitat, close to the terrarium humidifier, my crab crawled its way in. Checked it out and stayed there for the longest time. Last time I checked, he was hanging out in there. I am very happy I finally found something that mimics its endemic environment. It is cozy and brings a nice sturdy metal chain to hang into the top of the terrarium, although I am not currently using it that way, It can be detached if necessary. It retains the humidity thus creating a warm environment where my crab enjoys spending time at. It is very simple, yet, it makes sense. Size is good, I believe I will be able to use it for a while. I do recognize I will have to purchase another one to keep it fresh but that is necessary for all other reptile, crab habitat I guess. Humidity dose that. Great product, I will purchase again.

Let me start this off with; I gave it 5 stars because it is definitely great quality however I did not pay attention to the size cuz I have ADHD and was just excitedly and impulsively buying things for my jumping spider lol bit it's ok...I only ordered 2 😅 but I'm not gonna bother with a return...I am antisocial so I refuse to reach out and go through doing a refund and I'm also scared of forgetting to return them anyway. Lol so I'm going to just sell them to friends or post them on a local page on fb for my area...anyway; for those of you with larger reptile pets or true spiders(? I think that's what their generally called...still learning - hence my excitement of my new dopamine hobby) this is a FANTASTIC little hanging bed for your pets 😊 just not small ones especially if the enclosure is too small like mine...thank you to the seller for the great product! My fault for overlooking the details! Haha sorry for the rambling....

I have already posted a review about this terrible product sometime in July (I believe Amazon removed it because I cannot see my past pictures). Therefore I will make the same comment again. The "moss" used in this mossball cave is not moss, but some sort of artificial plant. The picture on the left is a small piece from the mossball cave that was taken with a complex microscope in my lab. The picture in the middle is a picture of a green artificial lay leaf taken with a complex microscope in my lab. The picture on the right is a real bryophyte taken with a complex microscope from a quick google search. It can clearly be seen that the real moss has cells. Oval-like shapes are clearly defined in the real moss picture. The two examples of synthetic plants has the same texture - no clearly defined cells and a outer layer that looks somewhat fuzzy. The differences of these pictures show that the mossball cave leaves look the most similar to an artificial lay that I got at a party. It does NOT look like a microscope picture of a real moss leaf. This mossball cave is not just artificial dye being used, but also just not real moss. I would suggest that no one buys this to put into a vivarium with a real animal. I would have been devastated to find my pet snails dead by ingesting something possibly plastic. I would only use this in a terrarium (no animals) or as some sort of cute plant holder. I would not put this near any animals that might ingest it. Since I could not find my last comment, here is my update: Its been several months now I have left this mossball cave on a bookshelf with no watering at all. This mossball cave is still green. There is no possible way moss would still hold a green color and stay spry/fresh without any water. I have moss, that I collected from a nearby park, that have gone brown or died even with watering inside of my regularly watered vivarium. This is just more support that this mossball cave is not made with real moss and this company needs to state that this product is all artificial. It is irresponsible for Amazon to allow this product to be sold and bought while pets are harmed or killed.

I love these moss hides. If your little creature doesn't like it, maybe its preys will use it as a shelter. It's beautiful in a terrarium and has a very natural appearance overall. The only issue I have is that it can "shed" its moss as you manipulate it, so it can get a bit messy when you move it or want to clean your terrarium. Other than that it's a nearly flawless hide!

Amazing!!!!! Can hang it if you have a tall cage or you can remove the hanging chain and use it just in any small enclosure for any small to medium reptile, etc. I’m sure even rodents would love it

Metal wiring, not for humid habitats, poor construction.

My hermit crab loves this!

He usually loves to hide for days, especially after eating but he ate yesterday and came out to explore this within a few hours of putting it in his cage!