Oak Toxic to Reptiles?

[Bellabob]

I was on Reptilechannel and they had a list of all the plant species toxic to reptiles. One of them that was listed was Oak. This concerns me becuase I have pieces of oak in my animals cages for looks and for them to shed on. I got the wood from a fire wood pile last winter, I sanded and treated them and then baked them in the oven to kill anything. So far nothing effects them.

Anyone know of this?

[dr del]

Hi,

Did they mean oak might be toxic if swallowed?

I've certainly never heard of it causing problems as either a building material or as cage decor.


dr del

[Redneck_Crow]

Are they talking about plain old dry oak lumber or tannins that leach out of waterlogged oak?

[Bellabob]

They didn't specify anything. It was just this long list of plant names.