Repti Bark question

I read on a reptile supply website that you can soak the old repti bark in hot water and clean it somehow and re use it again. Is this true??? I am a college student and it this would help me to save money that would be great. I thought about switching to reptiturf but i read it would not hold the humidity the same as repti bark....i have an open top and humidity is just perfect now.

Yes you can but all reptibark should be replaced every 6 mos w/ new.

hey joytay is that avatar a real pic?

I guess it is. I got it off the site here. One of many to choose from

hi if your looking to save money i would say to use newpaper or pine shavings

Pine shavings are not safe to use with reptiles. Cedar is definately not safe, and pine is thought to be related to the cause of some problems in reptiles as well.

thought to be but as of yet unproven and there are still a lot of breeders that use pine for the cost compared to other products

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thought to be but as of yet unproven and there are still a lot of breeders that use pine for the cost compared to other products

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Source? Seriously, who thinks this? Aspen is every bit as cheap - and PROVEN safe. At BEST pine is a REALLY BAD CRAPSHOOT - at worst its herpicidal :P

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hey joytay is that avatar a real pic?

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Just a friendly Scrub kiss!

Ditto what the Smulkster said. Pine = dangerous. Aspen = safe (not for swallowing). Price aspen ~= price pine. You make the call.

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Originally Posted by Schlyne

Pine shavings are not safe to use with reptiles. Cedar is definately not safe, and pine is thought to be related to the cause of some problems in reptiles as well.

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Also, pine shavings can house mites in it, so, beware if you buy pine shavings for any animal. Pine is not even reccommended for use with rodents anymore because of the toxic fumes/oils in them. When I had my rattery, I started out with pine shavings til the AFRMA put out a warning about it, also, during my use of pine shavings even for rodents, I would find my rodents would get mites. Also, some of my rodents developed respiratory probs because of the pine. Bottom line, pine is not even good for snakes. However, aspen is great.