"Wild" wood for enclosure

[Paul Bowen]

I know someone has experience with using natural - natures products for your enclosure. How do you ensure your T safety?

 

[IamKrush]

I know someone has experience with using natural - natures products for your enclosure. How do you ensure your T safety?

Need to wet them then cook them at like 300-350 for a hour or two. Then pop them in the freezer.

 

[Tricocyst]

yea you can never be to cautious.. I've heard ways similar to IamKrush.. I've been told to do a cold rinse then a hot soak and let it heat at a minimum of 200 degrees for atleast an hour and follow up in a deep freezer.. very similar to krush's suggestion

 

[IamKrush]

But be mindful of it when cooking it. You don't want go nd burn the house down.

 

[kormath]

Don't use cedar or redwood, or any other woods with natural repellent/pesticides. I've never heard of freezing wood, i've read about the baking method various places. 200-250F for 1.5-2 hours or so is what i've read. then take it out let it cool to room temp and you're set.

 

[Tricocyst]

Don't use cedar or redwood, or any other woods with natural repellent/pesticides. I've never heard of freezing wood, i've read about the baking method various places. 200-250F for 1.5-2 hours or so is what i've read. then take it out let it cool to room temp and you're set.

I think the freezing method is to cool down the wood much faster. I also wonder if a rapid decline in temperature would also prevent the wood from splitting?

 

[kormath]

I think the freezing method is to cool down the wood much faster. I also wonder if a rapid decline in temperature would also prevent the wood from splitting?

possible. i've always used cork bark in my enclosures so i've never had to test this

 

[IamKrush]

I think the freezing method is to cool down the wood much faster. I also wonder if a rapid decline in temperature would also prevent the wood from splitting?

I never heard of the wood breaking from temp shock. But i suppose it could happen

 

[IamKrush]

possible. i've always used cork bark in my enclosures so i've never had to test this

Me too. But if I found a sweet piece of wood id hve to try and use it

 

[khatchet]

you just need to bake it no need to freraze after, baking is also much fast only takes about an hour and freazing you would have to go about a week i not longer as many pest can go in to a harbnation for awhile to stand the cold, if the wood is realy thick you may have to back it longer though, also you will want to vent the back area well, it put off a pretty bad smell

 

[kormath]

I never heard of the wood breaking from temp shock. But i suppose it could happen

i take it you've never been in the mountains in a deep freeze where the temp drops drastically to sub zeros? There's been many times I've been out hunting and hear trees crack from the cold, sounds a lot like stepping on a stick and having it break. Can't count how many times I've thought the noise was an animal doing just that, but turned out to be a tree cracking.

 

[IamKrush]

i take it you've never been in the mountains in a deep freeze where the temp drops drastically to sub zeros? There's been many times I've been out hunting and hear trees crack from the cold, sounds a lot like stepping on a stick and having it break. Can't count how many times I've thought the noise was an animal doing just that, but turned out to be a tree cracking.

I can understand that. I just took that as snow weight and gravity. But im sure extreame cold could cause trees to break. But a what about a piece of wood already dead on the ground?

 

[kormath]

I can understand that. I just took that as snow weight and gravity. But im sure extreame cold could cause trees to break. But a what about a piece of wood already dead on the ground?

it's the sap and moisture in the sap that causes the trees to split and crack in the winter during a deep freeze. Dead wood on the ground wouldn't have that sap and moisture in it.

 

[IamKrush]

it's the sap and moisture in the sap that causes the trees to split and crack in the winter during a deep freeze. Dead wood on the ground wouldn't have that sap and moisture in it.

Interesting. I didnt know that