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tk72
Hatchling

United Kingdom
494 Posts
Posted - 24/04/2012 :  11:19:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Chopping a silver birch down in garden and just wondering if its safe to treat then put into viv?

adamczuk
Egg

United Kingdom
68 Posts
Posted - 24/04/2012 :  11:36:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Use the extra wood to make a homemade bow, that's always a fun side project. Im sure someone more knowledgable will be along promptly to let you know about safety as I don't have a clue at the moment.
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a2c7
Hatchling

United Kingdom
320 Posts
Posted - 24/04/2012 :  12:47:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm sure I read a huge long safe/not safe list of plants and wood and saw that Birch and Silver Birch are safe. Damned if I can find what forum it was on though. We gathered wood from our local forest, made sure to identify it (google pictures are useful) and then bleeched the hell out of it, baked some parts, removed bark and let it dry for several days.

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/habitat/311636-toxic-plants-megalist.html this isn't the one I meant, but it's got a lot of things on there - find out the latin name for the silver birch and check maybe?

(assuming it's Betula Pendula, looks like you're safe)
Edited by - a2c7 on 24/04/2012 12:48:50
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tk72
Hatchling

United Kingdom
494 Posts
Posted - 24/04/2012 :  14:00:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thanks a2c7 just cant find the thread either. will keep looking. and home made bow? can only meen one thing shooting myself or someone else.
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cobweb251
Hatchling

United Kingdom
435 Posts
Posted - 24/04/2012 :  14:17:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
or rabbits, wild not domestic of course
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lupi lou
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
3670 Posts
Posted - 24/04/2012 :  17:13:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
think this is the link you were talking about: http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2402

1.0.1 Corns
0.1.0 Dog: springer
1.0.0 Horse
0.4.0 Gerbils
2.2.0 Leopard gecko
0.2.0 Cave gecko
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tk72
Hatchling

United Kingdom
494 Posts
Posted - 24/04/2012 :  20:12:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks.
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a2c7
Hatchling

United Kingdom
320 Posts
Posted - 25/04/2012 :  10:01:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes, thanks Lupi, I must have been going blind searching for that link yesterday!
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