I'm a very pragmatic person, and as my collection has grown to over 30 specimens (with babies on the way), I've been trying different methods of cleaning the sterilite tubs for my collection. As a full time doc student, I'm really looking for the most time efficient manner of cleaning the tubs.

My goal is to find the ultimate method!

Method 1: I was just bringing them to the bathtub once a week to clean them one by one with a sponge. With only 6 snakes, that was fine, but with more its too much of a pain.

Method 2: Bringing tubs out to the side of the house, pouring in dawn dish liquid, and spraying them with the water hose - using my thumb applied to the house to increase the water pressure for the more "difficult" corners lol. That was ok in the summer, but its not the best way in the cold winters. I don't like having cold wet feet and hands outside in December!

Method 3: The most recent method I tried was basically having triple the amount of necessary tubs, and switching them out as I need. Then, I went back to the first method and cleaning a bunch at once in the tub.

Method 4: The current method came to me after swinging by Sams Club and picking up some spray bottles for my F10 disinfectant. The 6 pack came with a spray bottle that would foam soap after squirting it out. At first I thought it was a waste of a bottle, but then the idea came to me. After changing a tub with a prepped tub (sterile and with newsprint or paper towels), I will take it out, put it on my worktable and spray it with the foaming squirt bottle containing a dawn solution. Then I scrub a bit with a sponge, and then place it aside. After finishing all the tubs in that manner, I will then go and rinse all of them off with my detachable shower head, return to the attached snake room and F10 everything. After about a half hour, I will use a terry cloth work towel and dry each tub before I place newsprint or paper towels in it, and then place that in a stack on a shelving unit in my snake room. From there, I can grab them as I need if a snake makes a big "accident", and place the tub aside to clean during the weekly cleaning. This method is a nice one because I can go as I need if I'm not bogged down with that pesky dissertation, or I can put them aside and catch up after a week or two.

I was wondering what some of the other breeders out there are doing when its time to clean all the tubs. Would anyone else mind sharing their method? Does anyone have an improved method that is more time-efficient? Whenever I have searched "best way to clean tubs," or something similar, I will often find posts about F10 or chlorhexidine solutions. I haven't found many posts of individuals explaining how the heck you clean all those tubs! Anyway, I'm looking forward to other ideas!!!