using real forest wood for beardies

[ilovemypets1988]

hi all, im gunna be collecting several branches and logs tomorrow from a local woodland for my beardies and i was wondering if a simple boil soak in the bath tub would be fine to prepare or should i do something else. the bath tub is all i can use atm due to the size of the stuff ill be getting

[SpOoKy]

No need to do anything provided you are getting them from an area that has no chemicals sprayed on or near.

[poison123]

I don't do anything to my wood. I prefer to keep all the little bugs.

[ilovemypets1988]

No need to do anything provided you are getting them from an area that has no chemicals sprayed on or near.

yep its basically left to its own accord, except for keeping the pathway clear

[ilovemypets1988]

I don't do anything to my wood. I prefer to keep all the little bugs.

ah ok, may i ask why, i may end up feeling stupid after the answer but im thinking to give natural food but im unsure, hence why im asking :D

[poison123]

Most of the bugs that come with the wood also help eat waste matter in your enclosure (bio-active).

[jarich]

Not so much as prey items but for adding to the natural breakdown of wastes in the enclosures. Like a lot of us here, Poison uses bioactive substrates in his enclosures, so some of those bugs that come out of the wood just get to work breaking down wastes for him.

[jarich]

Oops, sorry didnt mean to double your answer Poison

[ilovemypets1988]

ah ok, then i dont feel so stupid asking lol, thing is im converting a room to hoouse a single adult male with heat lamps and uv lights so im gunna try to get 100% natural look but will be adding some to some other vivs ive got :D, ironically be in the same room, which is 10ft 3"l x 3ft 8" wide

[jarich]

Youre giving a 10 foot by 4 foot room to your single bearded dragon?! Wow, thats going to be one spoiled dragon.

[poison123]

Wow that is a lot of room. I would like to see it when its all done.

[ilovemypets1988]

Youre giving a 10 foot by 4 foot room to your single bearded dragon?! Wow, thats going to be one spoiled dragon.

not quite to his own, ill have 3 vivs in there aswell (currently got 2 in there but getting a third shortly), the vivs will hold 2 babies and another adult male, depending on how they act around my son, depends on which 1 i actually keep tbh and depends on what the vet says when i have them checked around a week after i got them, dont worry though, the males viv will be covered up during the night :D

[ilovemypets1988]

heres the wood i got so far, tell me what you all think:
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k514/Daniel_Barton/DSC_0004.jpg

[SpOoKy]

Hard to tell from the pics, I don't think any of it is but please be sure not to use pine or cedar as it is harmful to reptiles.

[ilovemypets1988]

nope, none of it is cedar or pine, but a mix of birch, oak and some other tree (cant think of the name tbh), here it is all cut up:
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k514/Daniel_Barton/DSC_0005.jpg