Is this safe? Wood reptile hide...

[soilentgringa]

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?

[megmaholm]

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.

[soilentgringa]

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.

Thanks for responding! We will go ahead and not put it in the 'tat!

[wodesorel]

Pine is okay to use in small amounts, and we've had many members over the years use the half-log hides with success.

[megmaholm]

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.

[soilentgringa]

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.

[CCCSilva]

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..

[CallaLily]

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.