Quote Originally Posted by scallahan1 View Post
Thank You!

I'm unsure what the wood is, so sealing is a great tip! It's all been sanitized and baked but anything to make it even cleaner is good in my book!

Would covering the hides a little more help? We intended to cover most of them with more foliage ( I have some more Magnaturals foliage not pictured until we black out sides) /moss/substrate so that very little opening is there and the backs are covered completely. If not I'll definitely adjust- I just want him to feel secure!!
You can try covering the fronts more, I'm sure that wouldn't hurt. Just be prepared to buy new ones with a smaller opening (either caves or the plastic RBI ones) if he doesn't like the large front openings. You can also use cereal and other boxes, just cut the bottom out and cut an entrance "hole" with scissors. You will want hides that fit tightly to the BP to help it feel secure.

If you want to use the polycrylic, I'd suggest applying it in several thin coats, letting each coat dry very well between applications. I think I did 3 coats on my large grapewood piece.

If you are looking to buy more wood pieces for him in the future, you can look for manzanita, mopani, and ghost wood, as well as cork bark. All of these hold up to moisture well. It is a good bet that if a piece being sold online is not labeled specifically with one of these names that it is grape wood.