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Tweek
Snake mite

United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/01/2013 :  09:04:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I like the natural look so I want to use cork bark for hides. But will these last or will the rot from the humidity?

Snakesitter
Rainbow Master

USA
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Posted - 14/01/2013 :  20:34:47  Show Profile  Visit Snakesitter's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Good question, I've neither tried it nor heard of anyone who has.
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smart bunny
Hatchling

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Posted - 23/01/2013 :  09:33:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I had a cork bark hide for my first corn when we first got her - within a remarkably short amount of time she had pooed all over it which was impossible to get out of all the little crevices so it stank and went in the bin lol. That was without the added complications of high humidity! No more cork for me...
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Snakesitter
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USA
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Posted - 23/01/2013 :  20:41:28  Show Profile  Visit Snakesitter's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Excellent point: cleaning anything cork-related would be impossible.
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IncurableFlirt
Yearling

USA
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Posted - 23/01/2013 :  21:35:30  Show Profile  Send IncurableFlirt an AOL message  Reply with Quote
I've never used cork either, but I don't believe I'd ever try it for those very reasons above. It would be impossible to clean, would more than likely grow mold quickly in a high humidity environment (something that freaks me out, lol!) and it would stink in a short amount of time. Not worth it, IMO. ;)
Jenn.
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