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soccer191

soccer191

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Just a few minutes ago, while handling Acorn, I spotted a tick crawling up the side of the enclosure. He wasn't full of blood, so he hadn't been latched on to my snake, but he could have. I think he must have been in the bag of aspen. Other than that, I don't see how else he could have gotten in. So from now on, I think I will be baking the aspen shavings before I change my snakes' bedding. I would recommend that others do the same just to make sure.
 
I'm just not sure that putting wood shavings in the oven is a good idea. I'll take a chance on getting ticks.

D80
 
I bake bark chips, but agree that baking aspen shavings might be a fast way to a housefire. I'd just change your source if you don't trust the current supply.
 
The average ignition temperature of wood is about 500 degrees F, so baking the shavings at 200 degrees or so has basically no chance of catching fire.
 
I've managed to accidentally char more solid wood chips at a lower temp than that but let us know how it goes.
 
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