Python Reticulatus Wallace Progression!

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My question is how did you treat that log? I'm guessing with it being 6 feet, you didnt stuff it in the oven to bake?

And i actually thought about giving the boas and Caesar a stick to climb on too but i would go more simple with just a couple closet rod hangers and probably roughed up PVC with a cotter pin to keep it from rolling in the rod hanger. Then i could just pull the cotter pin and pull the perch out when i did cleanings.

Oh and off topic but figured I'd mention it. If you want to get rid of any funky smell in cages like the retic musk smell and boa pee smell, use live plants in pots. Since putting them in, Caesar's cage smell fresh and floral like when i open the door as well as all the other cages. The live plants really do clean the air inside the cages lol. And Caesar doesnt seem to push as much anymore. He still does here and there at night but overall, he seems to just be more messing with the whole front of the cage vs always just hanging around the air gap between the 2 doors at the center brace. Wonder if they can actually smell their own piss and poop and want to get away lol.

Treating the log with a hot water and bleach spray is easy, then a rinse after it dries.

The log sat in my basement for about a year after that. There is no risk of anything from that log. Every cage here has a dead branch or log in it.

Overly sterile enclosures don't have any bacteria, good or bad and an animal that doesn't experience any type of bacteria doesn't have anything in the immune system to deal with potential issues.

I'm not saying make your cage a living dump, but there are some natural organisms that benefit snakes and other animals and it is completely healthy to keep that immune system working and developing, in your care the live plants are a great idea. Some use bioactive soil that will eventually break down waste.

That is another topic altogether.

My advice to treat or use large natural branches is to find something not rotting or invaded by insects. Treat it, rinse it and let it sit.

Almost every branch here has been collected, dead and "quarantined" for almost a year, and in some cases longer.

I had the branches long before the cages LOL!


JM,

You can see how I installed them in the first set of pictures.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...he-New-Kingdom