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    Default Found wood: Boil, bake or bleach?

    There is a creek right behind my house and I'd like to find some nice branches or logs to place in my terriariums. What is the best practice for sanitizing them for pet use? boiling, baking or bleaching. or all of the above?

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    Default Re: Found wood: Boil, bake or bleach?

    I rinsed in bleach water (5%) and rinsed well and let air dry and I have also bleached and baked in oven at 200degrees until dry (20-30 min). Not sure if that is the best practice, but that is what I have done.
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    Whenever I sanitize anything for my frogs, I boil it with just plain old tap water. I never use bleach as some materials (like wood) can soak it up and you can never be 100% sure it's been removed. These same materials can slowly release the bleach back into the vivariium and all it takes is a very small amount to seriously hurt your frogs.

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    Bake it, just like Laura said, but I would do it for an hour.

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    Ask ye and ye shall receive...

    Wood for use in vivaria



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    Quote Originally Posted by SludgeMunkey View Post
    Ask ye and ye shall receive...

    Wood for use in vivaria



    Thanks for the link. Maybe I need to hold off on that thought until I know what's back there.

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