Cypress mulch?!

[kaitiejane]

I have recently put new cypress mulch in my enclosure and I just read that I should've put it in the freezer before I used it to Get rid of any trace of parasites that may have been there? Should I be concerned?!

 

[lismar79]

You may just end up with little bugs, not a big deal just kind of annoying.

 

[kaitiejane]

Should I empty what is in there now? And start over after I freeze it?

 

[gingerbee]

I just did the same !! Hope we don't get any buggies! I just changed all the substance cleaned everything and added in cypress mulch. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt the tort but I'm not crazy about bugs showing up!! Lol

 

[kaitiejane]

Yeah I'm planning on emptying everything tomorrow! Not to fond of bugs all over the place!

 

[leigti]

I have never had problems with bugs in the cypress mulch or coconut coir.

 

[jeffjeff]

has any one tried nuking it in the microwave? would be alot faster than the oven of freezer. the amount thats in some enclosures it would take forever to bake it all or freeze it and wait for it to thaw.

 

[lismar79]

You could try pouring boiling water over it too.

 

[stojanovski92113]

I baked my one bag of mulch I bought and the other bag of mulch I didnt. It was obvious there was little tiny silver bugs in the bag I didnt bake. I dumped hot water in there like @lismar79 stated.