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View Poll Results: Where do you clean your reptile gear?
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Where do you clean?
I'm not a clean freak.
I don't take special precautions with my reptiles that I should in terms of preventing the spread of germs.
But...
What sink do you guys use to clean poop out of a water bowl in, for instance? Why?
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Re: Where do you clean?
I use my bathtub because I use tubs and I can always spray my bathtub with disnifectant before I take a bath.
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I use a bathroom sink. Its just 5 feet away from my rack. But I honestly don't think it would be more unsanitary using the kitchen sink since my roommates are filthy slobs.....
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*knocks on wood* I have not yet had anyone poop in their water bowl. I also use my bath tub when deep cleaning/f10 soaking. For water changes I use bathroom sink. I always clorox the sink when I am done. And disenfect bathtub after snake tub cleaning before we go in.
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I also use the bathroom sink and tub for cleaning. It is no big deal to rinse it and spray disinfectant and walk away.
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Re: Where do you clean?
I also use the bath tub. Easy to disinfect afterwards and everything fits in there at once, bowls, hides, rocks etc
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If it's really messy I'll just take it outside and dump in our compost/yard waste area and pre-rinse with a hose. After that it's just some bleach solution inside, using the bathroom tub if necessary, and air dry
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Re: Where do you clean?
Water bowl's get cleaned every other day in the kitchen sink. For the monthly clean everything goes outside the back door (itis a couple feet away) and hosed down and treated with F10. But this is the easiest way to clean the way I have my snakes and rats set up
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I'm not sure why I haven't been disinfecting the sink after using the chlorhex on the tubs/bowls...
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I've used the kitchen sink, bathroom sink, and bathtub. It depends on what I'm cleaning (bowls, hides, tubs) and where the snakes are located in the house (I've moved a few times since I've been keeping reptiles). And Mr. Lang, I would say that you don't need to clean the sink if you already use bleach in the cleaning water.
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