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today i was at work, and on my lunch break pealed a couple large sheets of bark off of a dead tree, how can i disinfect, to make is safe for my hurps, usually i would just boil it but there to big to do that.can u just scrub them with soap and water? i was goin to bake them, but my mom might get a lil mad for making the house smell like a tree.
thanx
nevin
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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos
1.1 leopard geckos
1 blizzerd lizzard
0.2.0 amazon tree boas
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa
0.1.0 bearded dragon
0.1.0 uromastyx
3 cats
1 miniture mutt

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"

` Before you get to disinfecting, find out it the tree is toxic to herps. Many are. Some are slow acting, some fast.
` Check out this toxic vegetation list from Cal Zoo. If I can't find a reference listing it as safe, I consider it toxic. I know of some toxic plants that aren't on this list so, you can't fully trust it to list all that are toxic.
www.calzoo.com/html/toxicvegetation.html

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Hey nevin – explain to your mom how nice that woody, outdoorsy smell will be in the middle of winter coming from the kitchen. And that, anyway, the smell of baked wood will dissipate a lot faster than the smell of, say, roast chicken which permeates the house for days afterwards. Consider what sort of insect life may be overwintering in the wood, just waiting for Spring (or your nice warm house) to kick start it back to life. Baking really is the best way to deal with that bark.

-Joan

i kno the plant is nontoxic. i asked my mom if she mined if i baked the bark, and she said "sure, u mentioned to me b4, and all i could picture was you shoving an entire tree in the oven". so i baked the bark 2day, it didnt smell that bad accually. but thanx for the advise
nevin
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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos
1.1 leopard geckos
1 blizzerd lizzard
0.2.0 amazon tree boas
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa
0.1.0 bearded dragon
0.1.0 uromastyx
3 cats
1 miniture mutt

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"