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01-Jun-08, 06:03 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: HUNTER VALLEY NSW Age/Gender: 37  | | |
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Originally Posted by hozy6  no one but would u like one of your snakes getting mites or somthing worse just because your to lazy to sterolize a stick or branch ?? | TOO LAZY EH. IVE HAD SNAKES FOR TWENTY YEARS NEVER HAD A MITE NEVER HAD A DISEASE. IF I FIND AN INTERESTING STICK OR ROCK ECT I JUST SWAP THEM FOR A BIT OF VARIETY. IF YOU THINK THERES 10 MILLION PARASITES AND BACTERIA WAITING TO JUMP ONTO YOUR SNAKE THEN GO FOR IT , WHY NOT RINSE ALL YOUR RATS IN BLEACH FIRST TOO ? JUST INCASE.
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01-Jun-08, 06:03 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Melbourne Eastern Suburbs Gender: | | | |
Most wood will have all sorts of insects living on and in them . The last one l used was full of borers and left a pile of sawdust behind .
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01-Jun-08, 06:03 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Age/Gender: 12 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by first_time_owner soooooooooooooooo, i found some sticks outside on the ground in the garden what should i do? | I say chuck them in an oven for about 2-3 minutes at 100 or whatever temp bellow that won't light it on fire if that temp does.
or use another method to steralize.
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01-Jun-08, 06:03 PM
|  | (:Ned Fisch:) Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Age/Gender: 13 | | | |
The great debate.........
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Chuck: His a alien god damn it, he'll piss on our new carpet!
Teddy: He can use my litter box.
Kevin the Alien: What is a litter box?
Chuck: Where your sleeping tonight.....
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01-Jun-08, 06:09 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Age/Gender: 12 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by trouser_snake6 The great debate.......... | I can tell this is gonna be a big thread!
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01-Jun-08, 06:10 PM
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Most People On Here Have Posted Pics Of Their Snakes On The Lawn Or In The Garden,steralized I Think Not. 100 Degrees For 2 Or 3 Minutes Will Be As Useful As A Damp Sponge.
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01-Jun-08, 06:11 PM
| | (:Ned Fisch:) Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Age/Gender: 13 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by willia6 I can tell this is gonna be a big thread! | Agreed.
I think I may just sit back and relax.....
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Chuck: His a alien god damn it, he'll piss on our new carpet!
Teddy: He can use my litter box.
Kevin the Alien: What is a litter box?
Chuck: Where your sleeping tonight.....
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01-Jun-08, 06:14 PM
|  | " supirior" Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-03 Location: here | | | |
Fresh branches cut straight off a suitable tree are fine to use as is.There is no debate about it !
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01-Jun-08, 06:17 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Age/Gender: 12 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramsayi Fresh branches cut straight off a suitable tree are fine to use as is.There is no debate about it ! |
just being curios,
but wouldn't live branches have more bacteria?
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01-Jun-08, 06:20 PM
|  | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SNAKEBOY33 Most People On Here Have Posted Pics Of Their Snakes On The Lawn Or In The Garden,steralized I Think Not. 100 Degrees For 2 Or 3 Minutes Will Be As Useful As A Damp Sponge. | I've fully enjoyed your comments and - yes, you're right. I have never sterilised my branches and my snakes seem to love them that way.
However, if people want to sterilise then go for it I say.
I personally will continue using my unsterilised branches.
Oh... and I will also keep using my unsterilised lawn too...
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01-Jun-08, 06:20 PM
| | (:Ned Fisch:) Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Age/Gender: 13 | | | |
First_time_owner, people may say there's no need to Sterolize, but to be on the safe side, rather then regreting it, use F10 or put it in the oven for a few minutes.
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Chuck: His a alien god damn it, he'll piss on our new carpet!
Teddy: He can use my litter box.
Kevin the Alien: What is a litter box?
Chuck: Where your sleeping tonight.....
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01-Jun-08, 06:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: wangaratta Age/Gender: 26  | | |
For what its worth, we bought our bredli a couple of months ago. We got a nice dead stick from the bush and put it in the enclosure.
A month later.....mites!!!
The majority of members on here say the snake most likely had them while in the pettshop, because the mites can not live without a host in the bush.
The guy at the petshop says we would of got the mites off the stick. (of course he would say that)
So we eradicated the mites as good as we could (havnt seen any for a week now) and got a few more sticks. This time we stterilised them.
I filled my wheelie bin with cold water, added a very small amount of bleach and soaked them overnight.
No sign of mites yet.
Thats just my story, you use the info to draw whatever conclusion you feel is right. Personaly, im beleiveing a lot of members on here who seem very educated on snakes, and beleive the mites came from the petshop.
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01-Jun-08, 06:22 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Age/Gender: 12 | | | |
I say take advice from trouser snake.
just be on the safe side.
not on the unsafe side.
be on the light side.
not on the dark side.
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01-Jun-08, 06:23 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: wangaratta Age/Gender: 26 | | | |
Sometimes when your not really sure your better to be safe than sorry. I would never put another stick in without sterilising it again, just to be on the safe side.
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01-Jun-08, 06:23 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 15 | | | |
YAY im popular. lol
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