Found some bark

[balthazar196]

I found some bark in the garden today that could be perfect for Stroodles cage, what do i have to do to disinfect it i know theres something to do with baking it and what not so any help would be appreciated

[balthazar196]

Ok ive seen somewhere that says i shouldnt use stuff from trees but then saw some where else saying that its ok...should i use it or not?

[Spikebrit]

if that was me i would just scrub it clean then bake it in the oven and that will kill off anything on there making in safe for strudles cage.

Hugs
Jay

[DeanThorpe]

Its fine if you clean it.

Fill the bath or something with Hot water enough to cover ther bit of bark, add 10% of bleach.. so if using a bath you need quite a bit.

soak it ten mins in the bleach hot water. you may need to weigh it down as bark floats.
Get a brush and [with more bleach on it] and scrub it all over all sides,
dip it in the water then scrub it again.
then leave it sittin in the bleach water for half hour.

rinse it under the tap for 5-10 mins.
shake it to get some water out, fill bath with fresh clean water and leave it to soak for a bit [10 mins] run it under tap again, shake again.
leave to soak a bit more, maybe change the bath water again and then when you can rinse it and it doesnt let of bleach bubbles and it doesnt smell of bleach then its done.

Leave to dry, can put in frot of heater if you like to hurry it along as it will take some serious time to dry at normal room temp.
careful for the puddles on the floor as it dries so sit it on newspaper, or plastic etc.

[balthazar196]

Ok ill take deans idea, but this can fit in the oven so yea ill stick it in there for a while....how long? lol thanks spike for starting me off with some info much appreciated!!! and thanks dean for giving me instructions to what i should do

[DeanThorpe]

If you use the oven i think 15 mins at 180 degrees does the job.

if you give it a little scrub with bleach, then a good rinse then u could use the ovewn to dry it, then once its dried leave it in another 15 mins I guess.

[balthazar196]

Well i stuck it in the bath with some bleach...it fell apart but im hunting for some more wood, i could build something from the wood in dads shed so yea also my great uncle will get me anything he can find ((he has lots of trees and is a bit of a crafts man so yea he has lots of wood lol)) but yea thanks for the info guys

[Spikebrit]

ooo sounds like you will be able to get some interesting piece's of wood.

happy hunting
Jay