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Welshlamb
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  18:48:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I just found a nice rock from outside to go in George's new home. Although I'm a bit worried about passing on germs or diseases from the outside world.

I have soaked it in Milton (made for sterilising baby bottles). Do you think this will be sufficient enough to go straight in ?

Donnie
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  18:50:17  Show Profile  Click to see Donnie's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
You could always bake it as well if you are unsure.
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Welshlamb
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  18:55:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Donnie

You could always bake it as well if you are unsure.


Great idea, will do that.
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ScalySituation
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  19:11:04  Show Profile  Visit ScalySituation's Homepage  Click to see ScalySituation's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
me found rockies too!

they're muddy at the moment so in process of giving them a good scrub, think i'll be baking them too :)
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Auld Baldy
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  20:06:36  Show Profile  Visit Auld Baldy's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Just soak in boiling water with a good glug of bleach for an hour and then rinse. No need to bake.

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eeji
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  20:19:32  Show Profile  Visit eeji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
be careful with rocks in the oven, they might explode

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ScalySituation
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  20:20:45  Show Profile  Visit ScalySituation's Homepage  Click to see ScalySituation's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
srsly!?! might have to try!
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Thorne Walker
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  21:09:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If they came out of a wet environment there can be water trapped in the 'pores'. If you quickly heat rocks with trapped moisture in them when it turns to steam with no where to go the rock pops..

Boiling water kills all. Just drop it in a pot that's at a nice rolling boil foe 30 seconds and short of some really hardcore bugs everything will die.

Generally speaking if it can survive boiling it's just gonna laugh at bleach... (some of it will even survive in an autoclave!)
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Auld Baldy
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  22:02:43  Show Profile  Visit Auld Baldy's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Apart from exploding rocks by baking they can retain heat for hours afterwards with the potential to cause a serious burn.

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scottishbluebird
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  23:15:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ScalySituation

srsly!?! might have to try!

deff no more snakes if you blow up oven!!!

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Moppet
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Posted - 09/09/2012 :  23:24:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I agree, I wouldn't bake a rock, just in case it goes boom. Boiling water sounds good to me and if you want to be really sure, bleach then rinse with boiling water.
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