Zoo Med Natural Cork Round Habitat Decor, Medium

So I have a bunch of these in my hamsters cage. I decided to buy another one recently from chewy, and all of a sudden my hamster has mites! I had to completely wipe her cage out and disinfect EVERYTHING. It was horrible! She didn’t have them before I put it in, and now she does. I would advise if you do buy this, to make sure you clean it throughly. I didn’t even know that was a potential problem until it happened. I went to check on literally a day afterward I put it in, and she had bites all over, but didn’t have anything of that nature beforehand. I wish they wrapped them in plastic like they do on other shops I got it from, then this wouldn’t be a problem!

Its a bit messy on the inside and because it's cork its not as sturdy as other items but I does look really nice. Its also not very wide and only smaller or skinny critters can get inside of it. I currently have a new rat snake who is slowly getting a tank upgrade and one thing she adores is tunnels. Though she can't ever fit all of herself inside she adores having herself in it so much I might get one or two more for her. The first thing she did when she was put back into her modified tank was go right into it.

I just can't get enough of these!!! I have bought so many of these over the past year. I use them for my corn snake, hamster, and hermit crab enclosures. It is truly the most versatile and beautiful product for my pets. Reviewers are right when they say it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. I have long rounds, short rounds, wide rounds, and skinny rounds. As long as you are flexible with the shape, you will be very pleased with this product. I use the short wide cork round to simulate a tree trunk in my hamster's cage. He has created a tunnel under it and loves to pop up inside of it! My hermit crabs love to sleep, climb, and eat it. My snake ADORES his wide, long cork round I just can't get enough of these!!! I have bought so many of these over the past year. I use them for my corn snake, hamster, and hermit crab enclosures. It is truly the most versatile and beautiful product for my pets. Reviewers are right when they say it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. I have long rounds, short rounds, wide rounds, and skinny rounds. As long as you are flexible with the shape, you will be very pleased with this product. I use the short wide cork round to simulate a tree trunk in my hamster's cage. He has created a tunnel under it and loves to pop up inside of it! My hermit crabs love to sleep, climb, and eat it. My snake ADORES his wide, long cork round!!! I have them going deep into his natural substrate, and also on shelves throughout his cage. They are his absolute favorite part of his bioactive cage. Someone mentioned in the reviews that they had some spider sacs in their cork round. That is such a good reminder to bake these at a low temp (150 -200 F) for bit (30 min) if you are concerned about bugs. I've never had a problem with mine though. I've have baked one after rinsing it due to my hamster peeing all over a long cork round. All urine smell was eliminated after baking. I really can't emphasize enough how happy I am with this product. … more

Ordered this expecting to get a cork round similar to what was pictured. Got basically a large flat with a small (about 2 inch) part actually wrapping all the way around. And on top of that it has loads of spider egg sacks

Truthfully I can’t necessarily complain. It’s a natural piece of wood. The only thing I dislike in how thin it is, and frankly I am a bit worried my tarantula won’t be able to fit inside. Other than that’s it a fine product.

I understand cork is soft but this is ridiculous. $8 dollars for unusable crumbles of cork wood? Literally this is what I saw when I opened the box. If I wanted cork flats, I would have ordered that!

I know cork logs are great for hamsters. Wanted my 2 separated male Sryian hamsters to have them. I took out of box to see how big the holes were and I found a lot of white spider egg nests in them and in the crevices. I was very dissapointed. Customer service was great in my money back and we agreed that the warehouse has spiders! I got rid of them cause no chance of mystery spider in my home even if I tried to clean out the logs.

I bought two logs for a Syrian hamster and a roborovski hamster, even though the sizes between the logs varied greatly, it worked out in my case because I wanted a big one and a small one. If you are going for a specific size log for an enclosure, then I would buy at least two of these to make sure you get close to the size you want. The quality was great, they both came intact and add a cool natural look to any animal enclosure.

Buying these can be a bit of a gamble as you may not know what you're getting, though of course I believe you can exchange them. I bought 4 of them and they all varied quite well actually. The only thing I didn't like about them was that a couple of them arrived with dead plants all over them, which may be removable via baking however. These make great pieces to snake and rodent enclosures as it provides a rough surface for snakes and a chewable and climbable surface for mice and rats.

I am rating these a 4 not a 5 just because they are not at all consistent. I know they are natural, so I cannot really say this was terrible, but I expected two similar pieces and I got two wildly different pieces. I placed 2 different orders thinking the second one would be the same size and similar and it was not. The first one was perfect - it was longer than it was wide and perfect for my terrariums. The second is short and wide. I will be returning that one more than likely as it was not what I was needing and it doesn't fit in any of my terrariums.