What to use instead of molpani wood for basking

Hi! So I am new to the bearded dragon world. Did tons of research, yet I am at a loss for my Beardie, Ziggy, pooping all over their two molpani wood basking logs and how to best take care of that. I’ve had Ziggy for a week and they are doing great. They are about 3 months old and eats a ton. And of course poop a lot too. They have stated to poop more over the last few days (going from 1x to 2-3x). I got them to poop in the bath this morning which was great. I turn cleaned the entire habitat using a steam cleaner and spraying everything with F10. How does Ziggy thank me? They poop on both wood logs. I was at dinner and when I got home I picked up what I could. The rest is stuck on there. I will take it out tonight and steam clean to kill everything, scrub and then spray with F10 again.

My question is this, is there something that works best for basking that doesn’t have a porous surface? Are basking rocks a better option? I don’t want to deprive them of something if wood works best.

I use decor from petsmart --- its usually made out of resin and is very easy to clean -- that is why I got it --- lot of people like wood but to me its a pain to keep clean -- fortunately I have dragons that poop on their tile and not on their decor- Hiccup will now and then but its very easy to clean ---

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I use decor from petsmart --- its usually made out of resin and is very easy to clean -- that is why I got it --- lot of people like wood but to me its a pain to keep clean -- fortunately I have dragons that poop on their tile and not on their decor- Hiccup will now and then but its very easy to clean ---

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Thanks for the reply. Is there anything from Petsmart you like the best? I’m assuming their hideaways can be used as basking spots and the direct heat isn’t an issue?

If I could get Ziggy to poop on the tile, he could keep the wood. Lol

Look for this piece - it is now under Thrive brand but was once under the All Living Things its made out of resin https://www.petsmart.com/reptile/habitats-and-decor/habitat-decor/thrive-driftwood-reptile-decor-54734.html?cgid=500116
they dont usually sit on it but use the cave itself - they both have these in the tanks and use them
https://www.petsmart.com/reptile/habitats-and-decor/habitat-decor/thrive-reptile-bogwood-decor-55913.html?cgid=500116 and then I have two other rocks made out of a resin material the one I got from Petsmart as well but they do not sell it anymore Hiccup sits on his all the time or lays against it
Blaze has one that came from dubia roaches.com and I havent been able to find it since
this also has a cave and it uses it more than the other one same w/ Hiccup he uses the one under the UVB more so -- go look at petsmart see what you find if you have one in your town I would go look in person --

Awesome! Thank you for your help!