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EJay

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I have some big chunks and slices of walnut that I got from cutting down a tree and taking out the stump last year. I was thinking about constructing a hide/climb using dowel rods and wood glue. What should I do to the wood to make it snake-safe? Soak it in bleach water?
 
The two things to worry about are bugs in the wood and is it "clean".
Some folks bake the wood to kill any insects and such. Some also clean the wood with bleach as you stated. So as long as the wood has no odor from the bleach and is dry and oil free it should be fine.
 
How long and at what temperature should I bake it?
Sorry, if this is been answered already. I couldn't find it.
 
PP 41 of Kathy Love's CORN SNAKES, THE COMPREHENSIVE OWNER'S GUIDE, states, in part, "Avoid using resinous wood mulches such as cedar,pine, fir, and walnut (emphasis added) which have toxic aromas and oils..." Heating the wood only brings out the oils and aromas more. I wouldn't use the walnut in an enclosed space.
 
I read that in Kathy's book, too. I'm sure she is referring to soft sapling and sucker growth. Green, new growth walnut is nasty stuff. It's toxic to fish, too.

Hard, dry walnut (wood) would be fine.
 
This wood was taken from the trunk and was cut last summer and has been sitting outside for several months. So I think its pretty dry. Maybe I better not chance it until I know for sure.
 
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