In regards to santizing out door in tank decorations.

Everyone always says, wrap it in tinfoil and bake it, or boil it in water.

But no one ever says how long :shrugs: I have a few peices of driftwood that I got from the shore and I wish to utilize them.

Hmmm for drift wood? I don't know ... maybe 10 min? I can't imagine anything survivng in an oven or boiling water for that long. But then again I've never tried it either...

I just guessing but maybe because differant woods diff. treatments. See drift wood I would probably wash really well with a garden nozle with pressure (you know what I mean?) and than bake it on low like 275-300 for at least a couple hours. It seems like driftwood has these creapy crawly things in it. I got a nifty bone piece at the beach and that what I did, because when I jsut had it sitting on the shelf sand came out of crevices. But I'm know expert just how I've done it. susan

I got mine at the beach too, hehe.
The only thing is, obviously bone is made of harder substance than wood...

Not that we are experts on such things, but...

We have several friends who are breeders, and fairly successful at such things herpetological that we are inclined to trust them ourselves. The advice they have given, and which we have used, thus far with a certain amount of success, is to scrub and then spray said object with bleach, 1 capful per gallon, let stand at least 30 seconds, no more than 2 minutes, rinse _very_ well, and then bake in an oven at 350 f for 2 hours. Be sure to check that any noticeable scent of chlorine lingers not; it is fatal. We now are using Grapefruit Seed Extract at 60 drops per gallon, wait 5 minutes (arbitrary really, it just doesn't hurt to wait longer as GSE is non-toxic to our little scaley friends, and you get a deeper penetration that way - deeper penetration being a good thing in this case to get the nasties lurking in deep places). There's a great GSE thread here:

http://cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4321&highlight=grapefruit+seed+extract

Whether or not you feel safe with GSE (and we would welcome any input on this!) the bleach is the standard.

Hope that helps, it has served us well.
PL&L

I got really confused since this topic is so old.

Just figured you may not have gotten an answer to your question, and as some questions are asked and found to be answered at a future time, perhaps this could help. Keeping corns is a thing of the loa (turning seasons), and thus do the solutions present themselves in such fashion....

Oh I appreciate another fresh opinion don't get me wrong

Ah no, not to suggest. Figured others may stumble on the search and gain as well.