Re-using coco husk?

Is it a good idea to reuse coco husk that's been in the enclosure for months? By reusing i mean taking it all out to wash with hot water, leave them to dry, and spreading with mite spray.

I thought that in the wild, the natural substrate isn't cleaned anywhere so why not in a captive enclosure?

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Spraying* not spreading

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Please see the reusing Reptichip thread. Same concept. Not recommended.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...32#post2469332 only 3 days old.

Yeah, not worth the risk.

In the wild the animal isn't sitting and popping in the same 2 square feet of 'substrate' for months at a time and there is rain and natural bacteria to 'clean' it.

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Originally Posted by piedlover79

In the wild the animal isn't sitting and popping in the same 2 square feet of 'substrate' for months at a time and there is rain and natural bacteria to 'clean' it.

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Ahh thank you. Makes sense now

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No problem. We often speak of 'in the wild' but we need to keep in mind that our set ups are not the wild and the same rules don't apply. In the wild snakes eat wild mice and develop a natural parasite load that in captivity would quickly kill.