BP Not eaten in 4 weeks

[FeathersRuff]

Arent dollar store plastic plants/etc toxic though? Because everyone else has told me that only reptile friendly non toxic ones can be used. The coating on general plastic plants they say can be toxic to most animals.

Same with branches and such from the outside, theyll probably have bugs to mites in them which is worse than any ducktape accident.

And the hides are gone, the ones I made anyway.

[JodanOrNoDan]

Arent dollar store plastic plants/etc toxic though? Because everyone else has told me that only reptile friendly non toxic ones can be used. The coating on general plastic plants they say can be toxic to most animals.

Same with branches and such from the outside, theyll probably have bugs to mites in them which is worse than any ducktape accident.

And the hides are gone, the ones I made anyway.

Stuff from the outside can be made safe if it is done properly. As far as the plastic plants go, I would worry more about entanglements then toxicity. I don't deal too much with this stuff for my snakes because I have quite of few of them. I deal more in function than form. There are a few on here who know how to safely decorate. Hopefully they will chime in.

[dr del]

Jeezes, alright Ill take both hides out then. Well then thats all I can add, just the two plants. I dont have anything else that can take up space in those places so she'll just have to deal with it for now.

Hi,

It's the humidity that makes the very edges/ corners of it lift inside the enclosures - then the snake rubs across it..... boom. major problem with a snake twisting and pulling more of the tape onto itself.

I know you think we are over-reacting but we have honestly seen it so many times it beggars belief.

[SDA]

No they are not. Last time I checked a ball python does not have an appetite for artificial plants. You simply want to avoid anything with spray coating that is fuzzy like or anything attached in a chain looking pattern since that can get the snake stuck in.

Branches from outside need not be anything soft wood or with phenols like evergreen branches. You can bake a branch for 3-4 hours at 250 degrees and kill anything living including spores. You also need to season wood before baking or boiling since unseasoned wood (green) can mold if put in a tank due to high moisture content and split in unwanted ways if baked. For that reason the vast majority of people should probably not grab anything from outside unless they are familiar with plant species and how to properly season and treat wood.