` I don't know about Cypress or Pecan. I've learned ( by working in Herp retail, and seeing people kill their pets with crap they just had to put in with them, even against advice! ) not to use any vegetation, no matter how benign it seems, with Herps until I know that it is safe, and hasn't been contaminated by something foreign to it.

` Don't you Razorbacks have any Oak growing around there? Except for Tan Oak, that is one good hard wood for snakes ( just the wood, not the foliage or acorns ).

` Here is a link to California Zoological's toxic vegetation list. If it is not on the list, that doesn't mean it is safe, or not. Just use it for reference on what it lists. www.calzoo.com/html/toxicvegetation.html

` We get a lot of driftwood up here on the Pacific Northwest coast. I amazes me how people put it in with their Herps, and even in their aquariums.

` Boids have slow metabolisms ( when they're not digesting ) which tend not to eliminate things like red dye in dog food fed to rodents, or out-gassing from non-food grade plastics used in water containers/cages, or volatiles/contaminants created/soaked up, then released from wood/plants, or cedar/pine shavings feeder rodents were kept in. It may take a few years, then you're wondering what you did wrong, post mortem.

` Damn, it's always something!

Now, my Anaconda is growing a dewlap! Must be a throwback to some Anole gene. EGAD



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