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10-Mar-06, 08:40 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: medowie / near newcastle | | |
hi all
just a little warning to anyone that likes to use natural substrate for their pets
i often go to the local park to grab a colection of gum leaves, bark etc for my BHP that seems to apreciate something to slide under. i always put it in a container, spray with top of decent and leave it there for about 1/2 hr before placing it in the cage.
i thought that would be a fairly safe practice but i found two ticks, (though only small), on
my little girl yesterday. they may have been sprayed and dying but they still managed to latch on to my snake and cause her the discomfort of me removing them. perhaps this is
a practice i should cease. anyone had simillar probs??
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10-Mar-06, 09:32 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Central West NSW | | | | If you put the leaves/bark in a bag then into the bottom of a deep freeze for a month I don't think anything would survive. Just a thought? |
10-Mar-06, 10:45 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23  | | | | I'v also heard of branches and rocks wrapped up in ali foil and baked at about 250 degrees for a couple of hours to get all the nasties out.
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10-Mar-06, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by waruikazi I'v also heard of branches and rocks wrapped up in ali foil and baked at about 250 degrees for a couple of hours to get all the nasties out. | That'll work if you want to smoke it dude.  :roll:  |
10-Mar-06, 11:02 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 25  | | | maybe it's a disco reptile? 
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10-Mar-06, 11:07 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | Most of my reptiles prefer the pub scene :roll:
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10-Mar-06, 11:57 AM
| | Moderator Moderator | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Sydney, NSW,Australia | | | | TOD will generally just kill the ticks and mites, but not the egg's, if you had egg's on the leaves and sprayed TOD, it won't have much effect. You are best to leave it several hours before placing in the viv, however I would spray, then leave a week, spray again, then wait another week and spray again just to be sure. Obviously collect a larger QTY and do it all at once so you have a good supply.
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10-Mar-06, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by dee4 Quote: |
Originally Posted by waruikazi I'v also heard of branches and rocks wrapped up in ali foil and baked at about 250 degrees for a couple of hours to get all the nasties out. | That'll work if you want to smoke it dude. :roll: | as above and or blow the rocks up
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12-Mar-06, 11:56 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | Just buy the stuff man, you can get bags of "bush flooring" its a bit expensive but a lot safer.
I've never had the problem with my herps because I only give them paper or sand (or BC but I've stopped using that and I only tried the bought bush stuff once) but I went camping with my mate once at Berowra Waters near Hornsby and I saw 3 ticks in one day, two were on my mate!!!  KILL 'EM ALL!!!!!!!!!
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