Live plants in enclosure and found sticks?

What type of live small or other wise potted plants are safe to use in the enclosure with a red tail boa? And also can I use sticks and branches in there that I find as long as I rinse them real good(or maybe boil?).


Thanks.

Overall I'm interested in your questions, so I'd like to know as well. I don't have any boas, justa couple of balls.

Though I do know that it is generally considered best to treat 'wild' wood by baking them in the oven. I think 300 for 20 minutes would work.

http://exoticpets.about.com/od/herpr...tsvivarium.htm

What's wrong with fake plants?

This is a great resource

http://www.anapsid.org/mainplants.html

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Though I do know that it is generally considered best to treat 'wild' wood by baking them in the oven. I think 300 for 20 minutes would work.

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Yes - do this with ANY wood you collect from outside. Grape vine wood is wonderful since its nice and twisty and somewhat flexible. Peal off the outer bark down to the cleaner core and you'll have a nice piece. Then bake it. I lay my wood directly on the middle oven rack with a sheet of tin foil on the lower rack underneath - this lets the buggers fall out of the wood onto the foil.

Generally, snakes will end up crushing live plants unless you have a small truly arboreal species. A red tail will crush any live plants flat in no time. There is no reason you can't create a beautiful natural looking habitat with fake plants though. And they are easier to disinfect. :gj: