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Rob_McGrory
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Just been on holiday to Devon and collected some great bits of driftwood from beaches and tidal river estuaries.
how should i go about cleaning them to make them safe for use in my vivariums (salvator monitor, bearded dragon, royal python)
thanks
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| Don't think they'll be much on there that would harm anything, but for smaller pieces you could boil them, and bigger give them a good scrub down. I guess you could use a very mild bleach solution for piece of mind. |
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Rob_McGrory
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thanks
shall get scrubbing then!
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Peter Parrot
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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Chuck `em in the bath with somw Milton and plenty of hot water . Give them a thorough scrub, as long as you rinse them several times and leave to dry well they will be fine.
Small pieces can be "nuked" in a microwave. 
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funky
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Which of our beaches did ya nick them from then...  |
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minno
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| gotta stupid question. drift wood doesnt get mouldy does it? |
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Rob_McGrory
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| funky wrote: | | Which of our beaches did ya nick them from then... |
Dittisham (at the river estuary)
and Bigbury-on-sea beach
Devon was so lovely and sunny at the weekend, had a great time!
aren't you lucky to live there all the time 
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