Wood for lizards

[KarlW]

Hi everyone,

Ive recently got some bearded dragons (as i posted in another thread) and went to buy some food from a petshop, but they wanted £30 for a fairly small piece.

I have since got a larger bit for £10, but was wondering - is there a special sort of treatment on the wood that is being used, or could i just get a normal piece out of the garden and put that in a tank?


Karl

[serpentsupplies]

you could use normal but you must remember what you may bring in with the wood. parasites bacteria etc.heat treat it and it SHOULD be ok. don't use conifers.

[KarlW]

Hello,

I didnt think about that. Thanks for the advice.

Ill take a look into heat treating them.

Karl

[snickers]

If you get freshly cut wood (from you rown garden) you can remove the bark which removes most of the critters and any pollution, and leave it for a couple of weeks to dry out. That should kill most things that wouldn't normally live in a viv anyway. You can put it in a plastic bag with ardap if you want to be really sure of getting rid of any remaining critters.

[lee young]

Just freeze it for a few days, or bake it in the oven for a little while. Preferably both. That will get rid of any critters that are hiding in it!