Prepping wood items

[gregmonsta]

This looks like a valid method - http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forum...treatment.html

[drache]

Thanks RHEA!,
Finally a solution(no pun intended) with some merit. My concern was with the wood soaking up any chemical.
Any thoughts on using Provent-a-mite on it. I don't have any and have never used it but have heard mostly positive things about it.

provent-a-mite will also work, and I've done that once
you would do that in a box or some kind of enclosed space - even the enclosure you'll be using
provent-a-mite is toxic - you don't want to ever accidentally inhale that stuff
so I put whatever I'm treating in a box out in the sun porch; I take a deep breath, spray, close the lid, and walk out of the room for air
once it's dry and settled it's okay

[jitami]

Hey Steve, how about getting the kids involved and build a solar oven? The temp doesn't need to be very high to kill everything, so I don't see why a solar oven wouldn't work?

btw, I soaked large pieces, but it was a bit of a pain.

[mustang]

cut log into small sections then bake it to kill off parasites ect. then glue it back together when its all been cooked...little late tho i see

[infernalis]

Or just do all of the above and be really really sure that everything is dead.

[Charis]

There was a post about a lot of the ways to disinfect items on another forum I'm a member of. Something on there might help you.
http://www.pangeareptile.com/forums/...hlight=alcohol

[guidofatherof5]

There was a post about a lot of the ways to disinfect items on another forum I'm a member of. Something on there might help you.
http://www.pangeareptile.com/forums/...hlight=alcohol

Thanks for the link.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

haha I am amazed nobody ever thinks of this: just stick it in the freezer!!! That will effectively kill creepy crawlies

[drache]

if it's too big for the oven, it wouldn't fit into my freezer

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

if it's too big for the oven, it wouldn't fit into my freezer

ahh, that could pose a problem if one does not have a chest freezer!