Is there anyway to disinfect a reptile cage without moving the cage?

[Bellabob]

I volenteer for a zoo in my area and once they get this reptile house up for the reptile collection I'm going to be the one to clean, feed, and disinfect the enclosures of all the non venomous snakes. There are a lot of enclosures, and I don't really have time to take each one, go the the hose, clean it, put it back, put everything back in the cage...etc. Is there any cleaning solution that would go in a spray bottle? As in put it in the bottle, spray the cage, wipe it down, and thats it.

Thanks.

[Strange_Evil]

You could use zoo med wipe out 1, that is what i use to clean my enclosures and it works really good. Just spray wait 5minutes and then wipe out. The only down side to it is that to clean out a multiple amount of enclosures it might get a bit pricey. You prob should go with something a bit stronger though if it is for bigger snakes like retics and Burms.

Here is a link to it
http://www.petmountain.com/product/t...m-cleaner.html

[Bellabob]

I have more of a home made solution in mind.

[2kdime]

For something on a large scale like that

Go for F10 disinfectant or Trifectant

Or about as "home made" as it gets....

10% Bleach and 90% water seems to work too

[Bellabob]

For something on a large scale like that

Go for F10 disinfectant or Trifectant

Or about as "home made" as it gets....

10% Bleach and 90% water seems to work too

The 10 percent bleach and 90 percent water is ok to spray and wipe down right?

[RichsBallPythons]

The 10 percent bleach and 90 percent water is ok to spray and wipe down right?

Yes depending if the bleach smell is still strong when left behind.

I use chlorohexidine and its safe to use on the snake as well.

F10 i have used and personally think it dont do well at all. Doesn't relieve the cages of its odor very well at all. For its price NOT WORTH IT.

[j_h_smith]

I volenteer for a zoo in my area and once they get this reptile house up for the reptile collection I'm going to be the one to clean, feed, and disinfect the enclosures of all the non venomous snakes. There are a lot of enclosures, and I don't really have time to take each one, go the the hose, clean it, put it back, put everything back in the cage...etc. Is there any cleaning solution that would go in a spray bottle? As in put it in the bottle, spray the cage, wipe it down, and thats it.

Thanks.

I think I would ask whoever will be in charge of the reptiles, what they want you to do/use. That would be my advice to you.

Jim Smith

[steveboos]

Yeah use whatever the Zoo recommends, not what a bunch of different people on here say.

If it was me, i would buy Chlorhexadine by the case and just use it. I've only used maybe 1/32 of my gallon in the last 3 months and i have a good amount of snakes! I just love the fact that it smells good and cleans up everything very well.

[BPelizabeth]

I use cholrohexadine personally but I agree you need to ask the staff.

[kitedemon]

There is no magic, spray it on and poof it is clean. It just doesn't work that way to disinfect a cage it needs to be clean first. No dirt, poo, pee, crud, or anything thing else it must be spotless. Then the disinfectant kills the microbes on the surface you can't see. Elbow grease and then after things are done spray wait and wipe out, there are no short cuts. Having a hose handy sound easy enough to me!

I personally can empty everything put it to soak in hot water, vacuum the enclosure, then go scrub the cage furniture (lots of plants hides and stuff) then steam clean the cage wipe it down repeat that and then go back to the sink and rinse the cage furniture, spray it with Chlorohexidine. Back to the enclosure one last steam clean, and wipe down, spray with Chlorahexidine. Wipe off the cage furniture and squeegee the glass off, return everything to the cage wipe it down dry everything off and refill with new substrate and replace everything, and add the snake and lock it back up.

IN 35 MINETS and the sink is a stupid bathroom one. Get a system and find a rhythm and go for it, tunes help but I look forward to it.