lubben
Member
I also have used Boiling water
Sterilizing tree branches?
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KittyB
Member
oh my please do not soak branches in bleach!!! a hot water soak in the bathtub and drying in sunlight is plenty!
jamest0o0
Chameleon Enthusiast
Anything that goes in my enclosures is thrown into a cauldron of boiling ammonia and 'round up' weed killer. I then spray it down with a can of raid. Chameleons are never found on branches that have been touched by any sort of life in the wild. I have even started to rub sanitizer on my branches daily and when I'm around my chameleon, both him and I wear a mask.
cyberlocc
Chameleon Enthusiast
Bruh, you still use branches!
I have switched to PVC Pipes instead so much more sanitary.
Edit: these too.
https://m.dhgate.com/product/36cm-natural-dry-pvc-manzanita-dried-artificial/387864581.html
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BenjiTheCham
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Cool! What kind of branches are those?
BenjiTheCham
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I had to look that up lol, I don’t think we have that where I live
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
So very jealous right now. I’ve had to pay like $30 for a good hunk of manzanita.
AmandaS
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Yep, I have to pay $30 for one measly branch.
AmandaS
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MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Nice! I had looked all over once I found that manzanita was what I wanted. I ended up getting from Reptile Supply Co. It is a really nice hunk of wood. Having grown up on over 200 acres of wild forest, I just feel stupid having to buy wood. So now, I instead have been feeling stupid scavenging branches, limbs and leaves when a neighbor cuts down an oak.
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Adding insult to injury, the ocean is just a few miles away and I’ve also spent about $40 on driftwood.
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Well, so I guess I won’t be trying to grow one here in Florida.
BenjiTheCham
Established Member
I got this piece of wood from the reptile shop for about $20. Is this manzanita or something else?
Pickle-cham
Chameleon Enthusiast
On wood that has dropped from tree for long periods before collecting could contain beetle larvae, some species can reduce wood to dust. So id avoid really old crusty wood
Ive just pulled some ivy that was strangling a tree near by off and got a cherry tree that was recently cut, bleached in bath (at other halfs disgust) let dry and air 2 weeks. and repeating with bleach (weak solution mind) pkenty of rinsing of water and dry in sun
Pickle-cham
Chameleon Enthusiast
Btw if i was buying wood for the purpose rather than finding locally i Think grape vine looks the best.
wish i live near a vineyard as they practically give them away
wish i live near a vineyard as they practically give them away
BenjiTheCham
Established Member
I wish I had some grapevine near me
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