Bogwood

[Flick boy]

Hi is boxwood safe to use and if so has anyone used pieces on viv walls thanks

 

[Flick boy]

Sorry bogwood

 

[Flick boy]

*bump*

 

[Serbianchameleon]

Yes it is. I’m planning on getting some this week!

 

[Flick boy]

I have quite a large piece was hoping to use some in my new enclosures. Thanks like to see how it works as I not a fan of the great stuff foam (haven't used it)but new enclosures will be cork lined

 

[Flick boy]

I feel it would add great depth and more natural not quite sure what I have got myself into( iyo do you feel bioactive is worth doing as I'm excited and intrigued by setting up but scared stupid and don't want to get it wrong

 

[JacksJill]

Do you mean like cypress knees?

 

[Flick boy]

Not sure what that is but possibly no . Bog wood (abonas morta )

 

[Flick boy]

It is near a fossilised piece of wood

 

[AmandaS]

Bogwood is just branches that have sat under the water....like driftwood.
Cypress knees are cone shapes that grow off the cypress trees to add stability (or so I read)

 

[Flick boy]

Yeah but bog wood is root of trees with no tree that have been in some cases here in Ireland under ground for thousands of years if that makes sense

 

[Kaizen]

Hi is boxwood safe to use and if so has anyone used pieces on viv walls thanks

Almost all species of buxus are hardy plants that require a winter dormancy period. Very few species adapt well to long-term indoor housing. Even the diminutive and subtropical kingston boxwood requires several months of cool weather. This will be hard to achieve in a chameleon enclosure unless you’re bruhmating.

 

[Flick boy]

Bogwood is just branches that have sat under the water....like driftwood.
Cypress knees are cone shapes that grow off the cypress trees to add stability (or so I read)

Its not the same as bogwood in my understanding

 

[Kaizen]

Its not the same as bogwood in my understanding

Sorry, I read ‘boxwood,’ not ‘bog wood.’ My bad.

 

[Flick boy]

Almost all species of buxus are hardy plants that require a winter dormancy period. Very few species adapt well to long-term indoor housing. Even the diminutive and subtropical kingston boxwood requires several months of cool weather. This will be hard to achieve in a chameleon enclosure unless you’re bruhmating.

Sorry my predicted text is wrong its bog wood not boxwood

 

[Kaizen]

Sorry my predicted text is wrong its bog wood not boxwood

Darn predictive text!

 

[Flick boy]

You need to Google it bogwood in Ireland. Not the same as drift wood its roots or trees that been or fallen under the soil for possibly thousands of years and been preserved and fossilised

 

[Flick boy]

I have both pieces in my yard will upload photos 2moro . But if you goggle what I have mentioned. Bogwood is sometimes used in aquarium

 

[Flick boy]

I haven't dated my piece of wood yet but it is around 5 to 7 thousand years old .

 

[Flick boy]

Sorry, I read ‘boxwood,’ not ‘bog wood.’ My bad.

That was mistake