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Im looking for some branches for my sharp albino boas enclosure its in a 72x18x22 aquarium (with a custom built wooden lid).
Im looking for something natural I was going to get a few large grapevine pieces but shipping is a killer I live in Illinois and was wondering what type of tree limbs would be safe, I know cedar and almost all coniferous trees are a no-go.
Pretty tough to find affordable pieces that large. Cages By Design sells imitation (fiberglass I think) logs that are large and very nice, with the benefit of not being wood.
The other route you can go is 2x4s. Cheap, replaceable. You can get a wood scraper to carve out a nicer shape on the edges for that rough-hewn look, then go over it with a power sander. A coat of shellac helps make the wood last a bit longer if it gets wet occasionally. Shellac is safe and cures really fast but is not the toughest protection - better than nothing though. Don't use redwood or cedar. Other than that you are fine. Pine is fine as long as the snakes aren't immersed in pine oils. A few 2x4s won't cause harm.
Some DIY stores sell clean round logs for fencing. Those are nice too, and far less expensive than even just the shipping on grapewood.
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