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Post by slinky on Sept 25, 2013 2:12:27 GMT
Birch wood and willow wood?? I brought them the bak bites from pets at home and didnt think about it. I have cleaned them out fully tonight and I put it in then panicked and took it out but it still touched the coir will that ve a problem?
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Post by crucify on Sept 25, 2013 14:47:16 GMT
The only tree I've heard of being dangerous is cedar. Mine have chewed on actual logs and branches and seem to enjoy it, I've never heard of an adverse effect on insects coming from anything other than cedar trees.
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Post by inky on Sept 27, 2013 2:16:04 GMT
That and rubber plants. I'm pretty sure birch is fine, but we don't have many willows here, only a few weeping willows which I've never seen so I can't say it's good or bad. Was searching on forum, petsnails.proboards.com/thread/7851/safe-plants-tanksThat link can help out ^ |
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Post by muddydragon on Sept 29, 2013 8:28:42 GMT
They should be fine, if it's sold in pets at home as safe for pets to nibble they should be safe for snails.
Any kind of conifer is usually a bad idea due to most having a high resin content, also avoid things like eucalyptus, it's recommended to avoid wood from trees which have stone fruit (cherry, plum etc) for pet mammals however how snails react i don't know. Avoid any wood with a strong smell (like fresh cut pine, eucalyptus etc as those strong smells are defensive chemicals used by the tree.
Willow contains salicylic acid (active ingredient in asprin) however i doubt that in dried wood there's much risk of it causing problems for the snails..
Unless something is dripping or leaking or leaves some form of residue anything contacting the coir should never really cause a problem.
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