Wood Preperation?

[violetfae]

Hi does anyone know anything abotu preparing wood for Degus? I have an untended garden apple tree up the road from me and a hazelnut tree in my front yard.

I'd love to put some interesting branches in my goos cage but should I wash/sand/take bark off or anything before i put it in?


Cheers
Vx

[Cherpi]

Wipe down the bark, place it under the grill for a while to kill any pests or nasty things.

[ladylurkalot]

I have read that they should be baked. When I cut chunks off my hazelnut tree I give it a quick steam clean to get rid of the bird poo and any greenfly and then put it in the oven while the oven it cooling after I cooked the Sunday roast.
Don't take the bark off the wood, my goos love doing it themselves.
I think the reason for baking the wood is to kill off any bugs living in the wood.

Hope this helps