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 Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject: just been out and chopped down a branch what next ? |
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right ive just been out and cut a big branch down ready for my viv for a royal but i want to make sure theres no insects/germs etc etc so i was going to strip all the bark of it and wash it in the bath full of hot water then leave it to dry do you think that would be suffiecent im open to opinion  what do you guys and gals do ?
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Cornuta
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what species of tree was it??? that's important  |
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Scott W
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:17 am Post subject: |
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I personally don't worry too much about branches, certainly not that any bugs or parasites will harm my reptiles.
If did want to sterilise the branch you can put it in a chest freezer over night or put in the bath and pour a few kettle fulls of boiling water over it.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| Cornuta wrote: | | what species of tree was it??? that's important |
lol youve got me there matey i havent a clue 
are certain ones poiseness etc 
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:47 am Post subject: |
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cheers scott i would just rarther be safe than sorry  and cheers thats what im going to go with bath and boiling water 
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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would it matter if the wood was green or would you have to dry it first? would the sap be a problem?
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not sure mate mine was a bit green so ive now taken a blade to it and removed all the bark then put it in the bath and poured 6 kettles of boiling water all over it and its gone orange lol must be the sap but ive removed it from the bath and now going to leave it next to the radiator for a few days to dry out
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just been and looked at it and the parts that have dryed have gone a real bright like pine colour
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