Wood

[Phimuhammad206]

My little guy is in his baby cage right now and he's happy and growing fast. I already have his adult cage it's an xl reptibreeze and I was wondering what kind of wood would work for his cage I know grape wood molds when it get to wet so I'm not sure what kind of wood would work. Would manzanita work? I want something with branches that work well with a big adult veiled and have a lot of branches that can handle adult weight

 

[csmolins89]

For mine I used branches from the woods. To be safe I took a power washer to the sticks and got most of the bark off leaving just wood. I haven't had any troubles yet. Just make sure there isn't any rot on the branch and try to cut something down that is green and not dead already. It helps with not having mold or rotting.

 

[jamjam]

+1 for outside branches. i baked and bleached mine rinsed several times and aired for weeks. prob not needed but did so anyways

 

[johnnyev]

Always used Oak myself & never had any problems. I leave the bark on (gives better grip/looks better imo) & just give mine a quick scrub under the tap using a stiff nail brush.

 

[Carlton]

My little guy is in his baby cage right now and he's happy and growing fast. I already have his adult cage it's an xl reptibreeze and I was wondering what kind of wood would work for his cage I know grape wood molds when it get to wet so I'm not sure what kind of wood would work. Would manzanita work? I want something with branches that work well with a big adult veiled and have a lot of branches that can handle adult weight

Manzanita is a great dense, hard wood, but cham nails can't always get a grip on it unless the twig diameters are small enough to wrap their feet around.

One reason grapevine molds faster is because its bark has been removed. As long as you clean and disinfect the grapevine it should be OK...but you may get tired of doing this often enough. I use naturally barked branches from my yard and scrub them. First to get rid of the really flaky rotted stuff, then rinse in hot water/bleach solution, rinse and dry.

Any unsealed wood will rot eventually. Just need to keep up on them and replace when they get grungy.