Branches
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MissSkittles
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BenjiTheCham
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Yeah I agree with @jamest0o0 lol. Where do you live???
Briansant
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PA but I really don’t wanna go scavenger hunting for branches ?
saradoggy10
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I don't blame you honestly. I'm getting all the branches I can from my yard before I move to my apartment where none of the branches are really "mine" to take. I'd say just going to michaels and looking for fake branches from the floral section would be best. Just make sure to cut off any extra flowers or decorations.
BenjiTheCham
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You could pull some off of bushes and trees
Briansant
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Yea but then I would have to cook it and I don’t wanna set my house on fire ?
jamest0o0
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I live in PA, we have some of the most trees in the country lol. I get what you're saying though, but why aren't the ones near your safe? Pines?
jamest0o0
Chameleon Enthusiast
Please ignore all the baking non sense lol. You don't have to do anything, but place it in your enclosure. I've made so many enclosures these past several years and never had one problem from doing this. None of the pros are wasting their time baking branches. Rinse off with the hose if you'd like. Id challenge anyone to find one case where a branch was their cham's downfall.
BenjiTheCham
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Yeah, you can also peel off the bark if you’re really paranoid (and if it’s easy). Trust me.. I was pretty paranoid before and these guys convinced me otherwise lol
BenjiTheCham
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Oh yeah, my local reptile store sells branches.. $15 for a nice branch. I can’t guarantee all stores sell this. I think local stores are most likely to sell them if you want to get them in person.
Briansant
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Yea that’s true... but I don’t want the branch to look ugly ?? I like how the branch looks after being bleached.
Briansant
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But I won’t risk my Chams life for bleaching a branch lol.
BenjiTheCham
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I dissolve my in sulfuric acid and then reconstruct them
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
My understanding is that the baking is more for protecting home & furniture from various destructive invaders.
You will spend a lot buying them... You do not need to cook them or bleach them. Find some from non sap producing trees. then scrub with dawn soap mixture if your worried. toss them in the cage, boom branches. If you want to pay for them check out Tamura Designs facebook page. He sells beautiful branches but they are pricey.
jamest0o0
Chameleon Enthusiast
Wood boring pests are more likely to go after baked branches(dead wood). That's why they're a pest in furniture. (Second or third time I've had to correct this guy on that)
You're not going to find wood boring beetles in a live branch you cut from a tree. I've used hundreds of branches off the ground even and haven't had problems. I've only seen them twice and it was in dead mulberry and fig tree. @Beman had them once and simply replaced her branches. They are not an issue at all, if they were, you'd see more people complaining. Simply toss them if they end up destroying a branch.
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