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Pine Bark for Substrate?

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My husband just came by and dropped off 12 50lb bags of pine bark nugget, it was left overs at his job and they let him bring it home.

Can I use this for the adult leos?

Right now the tanks are set up with ceramic tile which is super nice and easy to clean but the racks all have newspaper or paper towels and the leos keep getting up under the paper. I was planning on putting the vinly tile in the racks a few at a time but if I can use this bark its free lol

I wasn't sure if I could maybe boil or bake the pine bark and use it and if I can do I just dump it out every week and put fresh in?

I got a handful out of the one the bags and its really dry and big nuggets, its not sappy or smelly.

Thanks in advance for any help on this!
 
i would not use pine bark at all, for fear of impaction. Crickets would also hide in the bark too.

And from the sounds of it its just regular mulch, which would not be good for reptiles at all.....
 
Bringerofdoom said:
i would not use pine bark at all, for fear of impaction. Crickets would also hide in the bark too.

And from the sounds of it its just regular mulch, which would not be good for reptiles at all.....
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Thanks mike

it is pine bark not mulch but I put a couple of handfuls in a huge pot of water and the water turned brown instantly, its very dirty big chunks of wood.

Ill just have him throw it in the flower beds this spring instead of pine needles.
 
thanks Christina!!

The little bit I put in a bowl to see what it did when I rinsed it was really nasty, all kinds of grime came off so off to the flower bed with the pine bark lol
 
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