Glen the Jackson's
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Does anyone know of any good sites to buys skinny good looking sticks for the enclosure? Or anything like this?
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Alexander1
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Just go outside and get some real branches, they're free and the bark helps. Your Cham grip them. You can bake them for a while if you want to make sure there's no bugs
Ilike4hornedchams
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Where do you live? I agree with Alexander1 tho because the only ones you can buy are fancy grape vines and such for like $10 - $25 a branch or they are artificial. Go outside for the free natural and just throw it in the oven for an hour at like 200 F (Kill bacteria/microbes/fungus, shouldn't catch fire at that temp) then you're good to go! Or leave it in a very sunny area for like a week with similar results, or my least favorite method, spray it with bleach.
Glen the Jackson's
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I live in CT. is basically any type of tree ok to get sticks from? lots of maples around here.
Matt Vanilla Gorilla
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Maples are fine.
broderp
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I HATED to spend $$$ on freaken' sticks 
, but I broke down and bought these: (it was cold, the only sticks I could get were from rotted trees)
Cut and installed they worked out great. The bark is grippy for his little feet.
I really wanted grape vine wood or drift wood, but it was cost prohibitive and hard to find. I am happy however with what I wound up with.
, but I broke down and bought these: (it was cold, the only sticks I could get were from rotted trees)
Cut and installed they worked out great. The bark is grippy for his little feet.
I really wanted grape vine wood or drift wood, but it was cost prohibitive and hard to find. I am happy however with what I wound up with.
Your boy ang
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I was from Ct now I'm in Florida
Glen the Jackson's
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as in apple wood do u mean from an apple tree?
Andee
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Yes I mean from fruiting apple trees. They are probably one of the few completely safe fruit woods to have in your enclosure (even if it's green ). They are safe for a huge amount of animals. Mulberry of course is up there, but since you will be cutting a fresh branch, dry it out real well (oven works well for that) just because green mulberry sap can nausea and diarrhea. Otherwise it's an amazing wood to use XD.
Matt Vanilla Gorilla
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Yup, apple is amazing! I have a nice apple tree in my yard. That's where my branches comes from!
Matt Vanilla Gorilla
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Cutting maples in the fall or winter before it starts warming up works very well! No sticky sap!
Andee
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I make homemade apple wood chews for my 6 hamsters. It helps relieve chewing needs in my opinion better than the store bought version because even though I bake it for a couple hours they will still chew it as long as possible. I don't remove bark or anything so they have a great time stripping it slowly. It helped most with one of my hamsters who has gotten older and has been unable to run as much and so is getting bored easier and then over grooms. He is now growing fur back in his bald spot.
Matt Vanilla Gorilla
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There are vitamins, minerals and sugars in the inner bark that the hamsters love and benefit from! Lol. Good stuff!
Glen the Jackson's
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i can walk to an apple orchard from my house....maybe a little recon this weekend before we get a huge snow storm on Tuesday.
Glen the Jackson's
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And andee, how long and at what temp do u recommend cooking the sticks for? I've heard a lot of different things from different people about that. And would I do it on bake or broil
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