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#1829125
Lizardkidd
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Longevity of branches in an enclosure. 
I’m still in the middle of an enclosure I’ve been working on for awhile, but I’m worried about the branches I’ll be putting in the enclosure rotting or getting all crappy. I’ve already built the entire enclosure itself along with a draining water basin and hinged door to put the bin to drain it in but still have a heck of alot more to do. The whole thing is 7’ tall/4’wide/and 2’ deep with the top 4-5 inches devoted to the wiring of all the lights and soon to be mister tubes. The entire inside will all be faux rock ledges, boulders, crevices, ect so when I put the branches in I’d like to keep them in for quite sometime. The humidity inside will be around 70-80 but will have vents along the bottom for air flow obviously. I got the branches while they alive but let them dry out for a month ar two in my garage so now they’re alot lighter but seem pretty durable and the bark has stayed perfectly on and is super grippy, part of the reason I chose the branches.
Sorry for the long story but I want to make sure. Here’s a few pics of the branches/tree incase they’d help. They seem like a good canidate for a vivarium.
The tree I got the branches from. They were already were being cut down so dont say I’m destroying the earth!
Can anyone identify what kind of tree it is? I need to catch up on my reading, about trees.
Thanks,
Steven.
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08/13/08 12:16am
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#1829180
Crocdoc
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Message To: Lizardkidd In reference to Message Id: 1829125
Longevity of branches in an enclosure.
The branches are not likely to rot on you, but what you may find - depending on the size and activity level of your monitor(s) - is that you have to replace them every couple of years when they wear smooth from the monitor(s) climbing up and down.
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08/13/08 01:44am
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#1829414
BasPutrid
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Message To: Crocdoc In reference to Message Id: 1829180
Longevity of branches in an enclosure.
i’m pretty sure thats a willow tree
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08/13/08 10:42am
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#1829456
Reptililian Boy
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Message To: BasPutrid In reference to Message Id: 1829414
Longevity of branches in an enclosure.
No defiantely not a willow tree, unless it’s a different kind than the 3 at my house. If it has a decent odor (or disgusting odor in my opinion) I’d say a Bay Leaf tree. One of the only trees I can identify
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08/13/08 11:28am
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#1829606
BasPutrid
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Message To: Reptililian Boy In reference to Message Id: 1829456
Longevity of branches in an enclosure.
oh wait, ya, what was i thinking? :S
yeah thats not a willow tree, but i see them all the time
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08/13/08 01:20pm
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#1829874
Krusty
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Message To: BasPutrid In reference to Message Id: 1829606
Longevity of branches in an enclosure.
You must live in Florida or S. Georgia as those trees and Hibiscus bushes look very familiar. I think the tree is in the Bay family as mentioned above. They have good bark that doesn’t fall off easily. I use those and logs from Live Oaks in my cages just because the bark holds up well. If you get 3 years out of a tree limb in a cage, that’s pretty good. Changing it up every few years is sort of fun.
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08/13/08 04:45pm
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#1830270
DRZRider
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Message To: Crocdoc In reference to Message Id: 1829180
Longevity of branches in an enclosure.
I have had limbs rot beneath the dirt level. I have some that were in an old enclosure that needed to be changed out. It was a good time to change the substrate too. Like Crocdoc said, they will wear the bark smooth.
Ed
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08/13/08 10:52pm
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