"Moss, Its Whats for Dinner" -----Original Message----- From: "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 20, 2004 12:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria
I've tried this, the smell of nuked moss was awful! Some bugs were not easily killed this way unless it was cooked a good while. Neil >You might try a short stint in a microwave oven. Kills bugs dead. > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jan 20, 2004 9:51 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [gecko]debugging local moss for vivaria > >Thanks for all of the moss suggestions, I may give some a try. >I sometimes use live pillow moss as is, what I'm mostly looking >for is ways to clean parasites and foreign insects out moss that >is used as disposable (compostable) substrate for arboreal gex. >I remove the moss as it gets soiled, it's great for catching feces >and speeds up cleaning. > >Neil > > >>Hi al, >> >>I just submerge it in a tub outside for about 24 hours. I know that >>won't get everything, but I mainly wanted to get rid of spiders -- I >>have enough already! >> >>Melody >> >>David Lawrence wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Do you want the moss to remain living??? If not bringing >>>the moss to >>> a slow boil in a pot of water and letting it simmer will do the >>>trick nicely. >>> >>> David Lawrence >>> >>> At 08:49 AM 1/20/2004, you wrote: >>> >>> > > Does anyone have a method of debugging fresh-collected sphagnum >>> > > moss? It's very hard to buy good quality sphagnum here, but it is >>> > > very common locally. >>> > >>> >Dunno, except to rinse it well, but do be careful: a bite my red eft >>> >received finally just healed, after a month. I brought home >>>some wild moss >>> >that was pretty damp, and there was one of those red velvet mites in it. >>> > >>> >Must have really hurt - she was thrashing around, trying to get >>>it off - and >>> >I had a heck of a time getting it off her :( >>> > >>> >Barbie >^,,^< >>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > >>> > >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >Global Gecko Association >>> >http://www.gekkota.com >>> >Classifieds >>> >http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >>> >gecko mailing list >>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko >>> >>> _______________________________________________ > >> Global Gecko Association > >> http://www.gekkota.com > >> Classifieds > >> http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > >> gecko mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko >> >>-- >>Hartley Enterprises, Inc. >>Technical Writing Services >>_______________________________________________ >>Global Gecko Association >>http://www.gekkota.com >>Classifieds >>http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >>gecko mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > >-- >Neil Meister > >Promotions Secretary >Global Gecko Association >http://www.gekkota.com >http://www.gekkota.com/html/gecko_night_2002.html > >President >Nova Scotia Herpetoculture Society >http://users.eastlink.ca/~nshs >_______________________________________________ >Global Gecko Association >http://www.gekkota.com >Classifieds >http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >gecko mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > >_______________________________________________ >Global Gecko Association >http://www.gekkota.com >Classifieds >http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >gecko mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko -- Neil Meister Promotions Secretary Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com http://www.gekkota.com/html/gecko_night_2002.html President Nova Scotia Herpetoculture Society http://users.eastlink.ca/~nshs _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
