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Joined: Feb 05, 2005 Posts: 122 Location: lapeer michigan
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject: decor
i was thinking that i could get a small hollow tree stump and put it in the tegus cage i would make sure it was clean first ..i dont want to buy a fake one i thought it would look nice... there are lots of old dead trees with hollow trunks.. does that seem like an ok idea?
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 613 Location: The Netherlands
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject:
sounds great!
Tho I would first scrub it off with something then rins it thuroly.
Or place it in an oven or microwave if that fits.
Because else you will have more pets then only your tegu
talking about creepy crawlers here. As they like old wood. _________________ 1.0.0 T.rufescens
0.1.0 T.merianae
1.0.0 Testudo horsfieldii
1.0.0 Stenodactylus sthenodactylus
0.0.1 Ceratophrys ornata
0.0.1 Geocholone elegans
0.0.1 Python regius
2.0.0 Mustela Putorius Furo
0.1.0 Bouvier des flandres
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 998 Location: South Florida
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject:
I have a giant log and it looks nice but is a pain in the butt to keep up. Just mulch is the easiest way out and still works well. _________________ John Light
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Joined: Dec 11, 2004 Posts: 216 Location: BC, Canada
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject:
I bet it would look great. I clean my wood by soaking it in a 10:1 (water:bleach) for about 20 minutes and it kills almost anything. You just have to rinse it off REALLY good afterwards. I soak mine twice in fresh clean water for 30 min+ and then run the shower over it for a bit (I'm a bit paranoid). If it still smells bleachy afterwards then I do it again
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 613 Location: The Netherlands
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:02 am Post subject:
Yup thats the same thing we do over here with everything that doesnt fit into the oven or microwave and comes from outside _________________ 1.0.0 T.rufescens
0.1.0 T.merianae
1.0.0 Testudo horsfieldii
1.0.0 Stenodactylus sthenodactylus
0.0.1 Ceratophrys ornata
0.0.1 Geocholone elegans
0.0.1 Python regius
2.0.0 Mustela Putorius Furo
0.1.0 Bouvier des flandres
Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 300 Location: Portsmouth N.H.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:56 pm Post subject: disinfecting
Disinfecting any wood from nature, before placing in encloser is a must! I 've given one of my Iguanas red mites before, because I did not do this. A bleach solution is best. I would dry the wood out, in the sun before placing back in cage.
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