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    Re: Is crape myrtle tree wood snake safe?

    Even many types of cedar are safe when whole and used in a well ventilated tank. It's when it gets shredded up and used as substrate, that it's toxic. Just avoid cedar/pine, especially shavings/green wood and you're OK. really you should only use seasoned wood. Your tree is a dense hard wood and is safe to use as climbing/decor but avoid green sappy wood of any kind.

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    Re: Is crape myrtle tree wood snake safe?

    Quote Originally Posted by ConcinnusMan View Post
    Even many types of cedar are safe when whole and used in a well ventilated tank. It's when it gets shredded up and used as substrate, that it's toxic. Just avoid cedar/pine, especially shavings/green wood and you're OK. really you should only use seasoned wood. Your tree is a dense hard wood and is safe to use as climbing/decor but avoid green sappy wood of any kind.
    Thanks for the reply ConcinnusMan! I felt bad after spending all the hours trimming my trees than debarking and shaving the sharp nubs off these branchs and baking them lol. Some of the branches are a bit younger and they were all live when cut off. All I did was bake them at 225 for 30 minutes. Do you think this is okay? I may go back and bake them again today.

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