New enclosure

[oooDAXooo]

Starting a new t enclosure natural bark background or not?

 

[Kymura]

Sure, just make sure it's untreated with anything and that it's a dry species due to mold. No Pines or fir types.

 

[sdsnybny]

Also no Cedar, Pine, Fir or other resinous woods they have natural insecticides. Stick with hardwoods or corkbark.
Bake it in the oven at 250 degrees F. for an hour or so to kill off any pathogens, mold, bacteria.

 

[oooDAXooo]

Drying as we speak and off a golf course so clear of chemicals

 

[sdsnybny]

the wood type is important as location picked from. Pine trees, fir trees, cedar trees and others have natural pesticides that they produce internally. dont use any but hardwoods.

 

[oooDAXooo]

Crack willow

 

[sdsnybny]

That's a softer hardwood, safe but might rot and decompose faster in a damp enclosure.

 

[oooDAXooo]

Brachy tank so low humid and only be in about a year at most before I change it all

 

[oooDAXooo]

Weird big letters dunno what I did there

 

[oooDAXooo]

Change to shop bought background the bark hasn't dried in time

 

[kormath]

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Change to shop bought background the bark hasn't dried in time

Good idea. I'd be hesitant to use any bark from natural sources. even golf courses spray for bugs so the golfers aren't pestered by mosquitos and whatnot while trying to get that perfect drive