Is this safe? Wood reptile hide...
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Is this safe? Wood reptile hide...
Last night we adopted 4 more PP's locally.
In addition to the crabs, we were given a reptile half log hide. It is not cork and I tried looking up on Petco and Petsmart's websites, but they do not list what kind of wood it is-just that it's real wood. Well duh, I could tell that it was real wood.
Are these crab safe?
In addition to the crabs, we were given a reptile half log hide. It is not cork and I tried looking up on Petco and Petsmart's websites, but they do not list what kind of wood it is-just that it's real wood. Well duh, I could tell that it was real wood.
Are these crab safe?
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If it's the one I'm thinking of, I had one and it turned out to be pine. Plus it molded quickly and was more trouble than it was worth so I tossed it.
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Thanks for responding! We will go ahead and not put it in the 'tat!megmaholm wrote:If it's the one I'm thinking of, I had one and it turned out to be pine. Plus it molded quickly and was more trouble than it was worth so I tossed it.
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Re: Is this safe? Wood reptile hide...
Pine is okay to use in small amounts, and we've had many members over the years use the half-log hides with success.
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That's good to know, Wode! I just got tired of mine because of the mold, and then I dropped and broke it so that was the end of that.
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I just saw this! That's good to know! I definitely do not want to give anyone false information so now I need to go edit a previous comment.
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Mine grew mold very quickly too! The wood turned green and fuzzy, the wood got soft and 'squishy' from the warm and humid tank, :p
oh and 'mushroom-y' things were growing on it.. ew..
oh and 'mushroom-y' things were growing on it.. ew..
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Re: Is this safe? Wood reptile hide...
I have one in my 75 since I set it up last May. No problems with it but the crabs by far prefer the cork round.