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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greg" data-source="post: 146703" data-attributes="member: 27757">To each, his own. I choose not to insert mold-prone Northwest temperate forest wood into my tropical forest-endemic T's enclosure.  Micro-organisms evolve, along with their  companion plants and animals, within their local ecosystem over the course of millennia.  I would not choose to expose my T to microbes with which it has not evolved to co-exist with. When I say "sterile", I am not implying some kind of chemical treatment or any process potentially damaging to the spider.  There are many recommendations for treating wood with heat to kill organisms that could potentially be harmful.  I am fine with agreeing to disagree on this.</blockquote>