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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 127520" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>It is a good idea to treat wood somehow just to avoid adding unwanted 'critters' to the enclosure, in my experience this is usually spiders or egg sacs, it can be annoying trying to remove them once they are in. The tannins in wood are what inhibit rotting, boiling removes these so I think an oven is better. I often use acacia bark in enclosures and I found that the stuff that was boiled then baked dry developed mould much more readily than the untreated bark. The freezer idea sounds good, I haven't tried it myself but I can see the merit in the idea, I think I'll try it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 127520, member: 27677"] It is a good idea to treat wood somehow just to avoid adding unwanted 'critters' to the enclosure, in my experience this is usually spiders or egg sacs, it can be annoying trying to remove them once they are in. The tannins in wood are what inhibit rotting, boiling removes these so I think an oven is better. I often use acacia bark in enclosures and I found that the stuff that was boiled then baked dry developed mould much more readily than the untreated bark. The freezer idea sounds good, I haven't tried it myself but I can see the merit in the idea, I think I'll try it. [/QUOTE]
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