OTC stuff to have in your snake room

I was going thru my room last night, and I realized...

Geez!

I have a grip of bottles and things of things in here!

I have a closet full of SNAKE stuff.

So I went thru and made a list of what I have over the years...


And here you are:


Betadine (for disinfecting soaks)

Iodine (same as Betadine, but for some reason I have both)

Mineral Oil (For mites in heat pits... flushes them out real good)

Q-tips (for using with Mineral Oil, or what have you... also good for cleaning)

Bleach (for disinfecting tubs)

Chlorhexidine (for cleaning tubs)

Hydrogen Peroxide (for YOU to clean up rat bites on yourself)

Bandaids (for YOU to cover rat bites)

Tongs (I have several pairs for feeding... I always manage to lose one)

Provent a Mite (to treat animals for mites)

Goo-gone (for getting rid of writing on tubs, or removing stickers)

Snake bags (for wrastlin up sum snakeys)

Papertowels (for cleaning)

Scoopers (for cleaning.. I have like six...)

Water spritzer (for spritzing)

Gloves in many sizes, shapes, and colors (for you and all the people helping you ... HAH!! SIKE!!! What people helping you???)

Extra tubs of various sizes, shapes and colors (for wrastlin up sum snakeys)



Thats all I can think of for now... Hope this helps.

(If you can think of something else, please feel free to share)

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

[I]Gloves in many sizes, shapes, and colors (for you and all the people helping you ... HAH!! SIKE!!! What people helping you???)

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What? You dont call "hey dude, I am going to go grab us a couple more beers", help?

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Originally Posted by Shrap

What? You dont call "hey dude, I am going to go grab us a couple more beers", help?

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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only when they are drunk enough to actually pick up a scooper and help, man...

Well, ill list what i have, on a regular basis
I use bleach for cleaning, as well as soap and water
Squirt bottle... to mist stuff that needs misting
Temp gun to check temps
tongs to feed
hook * i think its a 24"* to control the snakes that do try to bite, when i dont feel like getting bit
paper towels to clean up stuff
toilet paper to clean up stuff
Water jugs to fill bowls more easily after they are cleaned
Flexwatt for whatever extra heating i might need
Dividers for tubs, you never know when you might need them! Some use them regularly!
Extra hides... you always need extras
Sanitizer for after cleaning up poop while im still working, im not a gloves person.... i wash up afterwards.
Bags of mulch, for filling tubs back up after cleaning

I also have all that has been mentioned along with an extra thermostat and instant warmers in various hour lengths :)

heck ill bite

spare thermostats
multiple tweezers
multiple hemostats
chlorox wipes
hand sanitizer
various bits of flexawatt
tons of tubs and lids
a few CHE
scalpels
regular qtips and the long individual wrapped sterile ones
a few boxes of gloves
many water bottles and various parts
a few gallons of chlorhexidine
povidone-iodine
provent a mite
some extra probes for my herpstats
some syringes
a box of accurites
power strips and cords
lots of water bowls, hides
some cage decor
perlite
some cocofiber
peatmoss
a few 18" uvb bulbs and fixtures
paper towels
a first aid kit
a needle and thread
rodent dew drip valves

geez i need to clean that thing out im tired of listing stuff

Yep, I'm a lot like nixer... I gots TONS of reptile stuff! :)

The main things I have are:
Extra thermostats
MANY Extra UTHs and flexwatt pieces
A box full of extra bulbs
Another box full of extra digital thermometers
Spare water bowls (I use ceramic dishes)
Stacks of plastic plant pots to be turned into extra hides
Already made extra hides
A tub full of spare fake plants and vines
Temp gun
Four or so pairs of tongs for feeding
Chlorhexidine concentrate, a gallon of mixed, and three mini spray bottles with the mix.
Bleach
Paper towels a-plenty
Two big containers of aspen and many smaller bags.
Many spray bottles and gallon jugs of water (for misting and refilling bowls)
Dozens of plastic Critter Keepers (holding/transport boxes for the smaller snakes)
'Small' Rubbermaid blue tubs (holding/transport for the bigger snakes)
A small drawer full of instant heat packs
Extra record sheets
A bottle of hand sanitizer in EVERY room!


And that's just the stuff for the snakes! I have two large tubs full of assorted spare stuff that I've been selling bit by bit for a while now. :D

Good thread Heather!


Have you tried the Magic Eraser sponges? I use them now instead of Goo Gone. It was just too toxic for my liking.

i use those on my white AP cages. Works like a charm!

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Good thread Heather!


Have you tried the Magic Eraser sponges? I use them now instead of Goo Gone. It was just too toxic for my liking.

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

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Goo-gone (for getting rid of writing on tubs, or removing stickers)

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Nail polish remover is cheaper and does the same job:gj:

I also have a much smaller version of your "herping equipment" list in a storage bin:)