I've no idea to be honest, I'd have thought it would be fine though - being a deciduous type i.e no pungent oils or resins?

 

Yeah thats what I thought although I read somewhere else that it can be poisonous if ingested but the snakes obviously wont be eating this but could it harm there skin or cause any irritations?

Willow is a hard wood, so you're cool to use it.

Nice wood too, you should make yourself a cricket bat or a guitar body or something? :2thumb:

Yeah i hope to be able to Ive got pleantly to be able to kit out a few vivs with it and Ive already taken the bark of so its silky smooottthhh.
Atleast it'd give me an excuse to learn the guitar!;D

 

Willow is a hard wood, so you're cool to use it.

Nice wood too, you should make yourself a cricket bat or a guitar body or something? :2thumb:

 

willow is the stuff they bundle up for little furries to nibble on. I believe a form of Aspirin is contained in the bark and our ancestors chewed it to relieve headaches etc.

Willow is defo not toxic so it will be fine.

 

the aspirin is in the leaves some times swans will eat it if they have an injury, and it can be used for wicker baskets and stuff like that

 

I have willow in all my vivs.
I just wash it and let it dry for a couple of weeks. I don't bother stripping the bark off, but it's up to you : victory:

 

the "aspirin" type compound is actually found mostly in the bark of branches of 1-2yrs growth, needs to be dried to bring out the full potency. Willow is often used for birds, particularly lovebird species, they chew it up to make their nests and the aspirin also helps for birds under the weather so there should be no issues using it for reps, especially since they can't chew it. Pine type tree's are the ones to avoid with reptiles