Lavender Wood?

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Lavender Wood?

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Hi all,

So, I have a piece of lavender wood - the roots and base of the plant, it was pulled out of the ground about 18 months ago as half of it was dead, and it has absolutely no smell. I have searched through loads of sites, and it mentions lavender itself should be avoided, but nothing about the wood. I know that the oils can be partially harmful if ingested in large amounts, but the oil comes from the fleshy parts of the plant, and the flowers. Do you think this would be safe for the crabs?

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Re: Lavender Wood?

Post by appps »

I go by the motto "if in doubt, leave it out" :-)
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Re: Lavender Wood?

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If the fleshy parts are harmful, there's an extremely high chance the wood's oils would have the same effect. It might not be harmful for the crabs to play on outside of the tank in a large open area, but I'd definitely avoid it in your enclosed tank.
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Re: Lavender Wood?

Post by Ginger »

Ok, thankyou I will avoid it :)
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