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back flips..and all...billy

>>back flips..and all...billy
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np

bag some of that up and ship it to me haha

Wish I had those trees near me, all I have is palms, pines, hollies, and melalucas.

Melaleucas produce nice leaf litter (depending on the species), reminiscent of Eucalyptus. They even have a nice smell.

I've used Melaleuca leaf litter in my enclosures, as well as a commercially available Melaleuca mulch.

I tried them in one of my cages and it seemed to dry it up. Maybe if I soak them first? hmmmmmm now you got me wondering why they didnt work for me.

Your right they do smell good. I wouldn't use the holly tree leaves I find though they smell like black pepper.

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Now I'll have to find out which species I've got behind my place, but M quinquenervia is not dissimilar, so I imagine the leaves would be quite similar.

They're stiffer than the leaves of deciduous trees, so they probably wouldn't absorb water as readily - perhaps explaining why your enclosure dried up when you used them (the water evaporating off them rather than absorbing and maintaining the humidity)?

The tree's themselves are like a giant sponge they soak up water that gets anyplace near them. They have become a sort of pest here in FL..

The bark is like paper and you could literaly use your hands and pull and shred the trunk until the tree fell over. They are good for dulling chainsaw blades too.

The leaves themselves appear to be shaped like that of eucalyptus, they are stiff and crackle when you walk through them on the ground.

Ive had much better luck with other types of leaf litter, it is just alot harder to come by anything else. I have to drive to central or northern florida. When I lived in IL. I had plenty of leaf litter that worked very well.