Enrichment and Security for Your Reptiles with Virgin Cork Bark:
Virgin cork bark adds a beautiful, natural forest look to any animal habitat—and it's as functional as it is attractive. Whether you're creating a cozy hideout or a vertical climbing surface, this versatile material is a favorite among reptile, amphibian, and invertebrate keepers.
Why Cork Bark Is a Keeper’s Favorite:
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Pet-Safe: Perfectly safe for lizards, snakes, turtles, tortoises, tarantulas, and more.
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Floats in Water: It even floats—ideal for aquariums or semi-aquatic setups.
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Durable & Long-Lasting: Resistant to mold, rot, and fungi, and it holds up in extreme conditions.
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Multi-Use: Use it as a hide, climbing surface, background, or floating perch. Round cork tubes make excellent natural shelters.
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Customizable: Easy to cut and shape for your terrarium or vivarium design.
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Plant-Friendly: Great for mounting epiphytes like bromeliads, orchids, and tillandsias.
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Unique & Eco-Friendly: Each piece is one-of-a-kind and 100% sustainably harvested.
About Our Virgin Cork Bark at Bean Farm
We offer premium virgin cork bark—available in flats, tubes, and smaller pieces—sourced from trusted US-based importers. It’s perfect for creating natural hiding spots, climbing zones, or even floating perches for your herps. Your animals will love it, and so will you! Click here to see our selection of rounds / tubes, flats and small pieces to choose from.
Cleaning Tips
We recommend sterilizing all cork bark (even when heat treated) before use. Simply wash the cork bark piece under running water to remove debris, then, while it is still wet, bake at 300°F for 30 to 45 minutes.
More About Virgin Cork Bark
Cork is the bark of the cork oak tree, which produces a layer of cork every nine years. It's sustainable too taking the bark off does not kill the tree.
Virgin cork is the cork bark that comes from the cork tree the first time it is taken from the tree when it is 30 years old. It is too rough and irregular to be used for cork stoppers. It is light weight, rot resistant, non-toxic, soft and buoyant.
Virgin cork is an environmentally and ecologically friendly, renewable product. It's a great medium for mounting orchids or any plant that needs epiphytic-like conditions. It is a natural product, so each piece is unique.
Virgin cork can be used for terrariums and reptile habitats; cork tubes are ideal for frogs, reptiles, snakes, lizards and other animals to hide, float or climb.
Zoos around the world use virgin cork bark to create safe habitats.
