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20-Oct-07, 05:45 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Southern Sydney | | |  Rocks in enclosure?
I've just been to the beach and picked up some smooth stones, like large river stones, to put in a childreni enclosure. My question is do I need to treat these in any way before putting them with the snake? |
20-Oct-07, 05:48 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brisbane, Toowong Age/Gender: 20  | | | | Nope. But to be safe you could put them in boiling water for a while. |
20-Oct-07, 05:49 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Southern Sydney | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilK  Nope. But to be safe you could put them in boiling water for a while. | Thanks PhilK  |
20-Oct-07, 05:51 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Yeppoon Gender: | | | | I got a rock from out on my proptery and no matter how much i scrub it there is always dirt coming off. Does this matter? |
20-Oct-07, 05:58 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: north coast NSW Age/Gender: 24  | | | | snake_boy - softer sedimentary rocks will do that as they weather much more easily and were muds etc before becoming rock.
harder igneous/metamorphic rocks wont do this - I use basalt rocks in some of my enclosures which also have a very small grain size/less porous and therefore easier to clean, plus the black absorbs heat very well.
it doesnt really matter - they just stay "dirty" but wouldnt be "unclean", you are just weathering the rock more when you wash it |
20-Oct-07, 06:00 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Yeppoon Gender: | | | | Ok. So i can use that rock in my coastal tank? |
20-Oct-07, 06:01 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: north coast NSW Age/Gender: 24 | | | yep as long as you gave it a good scrub after collecting it. Just make sure you place it so it can't fall/move and squash your animal  |
20-Oct-07, 06:04 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Yeppoon Gender: | | | | lol yer. I gave it a big scrubing( 5 times) and soaked it in boiling water. | |
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