Quote Originally Posted by RuthlessReptiles View Post
Hmmmm....I'm not sure of the toxicity of fire retardant but I would imagine that the safest thing you could possibly do is get melamine (I hear that melamine is pretty fire resistant). I personally wouldn't expose my snakes to DIY treated wood because I'm not a risk taker like that. I might just be crazy though and it could be completely harmless because I don't know too much about what type of product you are going to use to treat the wood.

On a side note: nothing is going to be 100% fire safe; you're always going to have the potential of fire when dealing with the amount of electrical aspects that goes into BPs. But also, in the pursuit of avoiding a pitfall (fire), don't unexpectedly jump into another (poisoning via toxins).
yes, i did worry about using a product that is not normally used with snakes so i researched it a bit and came across this in their faq's and since im not using it inside their enclosure i feel comfortable using it.

Are there Bromides or Formaldehyde in any of Flame Stop’s products?

No, since Flame Stop fire retardant and firestop products were invented we have never manufactured a toxic product. While Formaldehyde might be considered non toxic at very low levels, it remains a known Carcinogen and will not be used by Flame Stop. Fire Retardants that contain toxic chemicals give the industry a bad name.

the link to the above paragraph can be found here http://www.flamestop.com/html/faq.html