Disinfectant...?

Can i use a 1:1 ratio of water and white vinegar as a disinfectant? I dont want to use chemicals... So is this good? What would you suggest..?

Hi,

I'm not sure I'd use vinegar for anything but cleaning glass with mineral spots on it.

Is this for cleaning a tank or a wound?

As to the chemical argument everything you can see or smell or touch is a chemical so I wouldn't let that bother you overmuch. :D


dr del

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,

I'm not sure I'd use vinegar for anything but cleaning glass with mineral spots on it.

Is this for cleaning a tank or a wound?

As to the chemical argument everything you can see or smell or touch is a chemical so I wouldn't let that bother you overmuch. :D


dr del

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This is for cleaning out tubs in a rack system....

Hi,

I would do a search on cholorohexadine as I have seen a lot of people swear by it on here.

I'm using a product called "Vetaclean" at the moment but used to just use a weak solution of bleach and water.

I think a 1:1 solution of vinegar would result in your rack stinking like a chip shop (google it :P ) for ages and I don't think that would be good for the animals.


dr del

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,

I would do a search on cholorohexadine as I have seen a lot of people swear by it on here.

I'm using a product called "Vetaclean" at the moment but used to just use a weak solution of bleach and water.

I think a 1:1 solution of vinegar would result in your rack stinking like a chip shop (google it :P ) for ages and I don't think that would be good for the animals.


dr del

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cholorohexadine Is what I use, just dilute it with water and your good to go.

White vinegar doesn't smell as the same as malt vinegar. Depending on your point of view, that could be good or bad. :P

Vinegar does have some natural disinfectant properties. If you want to use it, I would use it straight, not diluted. Then give it a quick rinse, but you do not need to be quite so thorough with rinsing it as you do with bleach. It will smell bad (more just very strong than truly bad), but it will dissipate fairly quickly as long as you have an area with good ventilation. I would not put the snakes back in until the strong odor was gone.

I use vinegar for a lot of household cleaning, and I've come to associate the faint hint of odor that gets left behind with cleanliness. It does a good job of eliminating bad odors, and doesn't leave behind those artificial scents that so many cleaning products do. Yuck.

However, with the snakes, why not go with chlorhexidene? I figure there has to be a reason why so many people use it and recommend it. I know you want to avoid "chemicals", but Derek is right that pretty much everything has chemicals in it. It is just a question of whether they are natural or artificial, and natural doesn't necessarily mean good.

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,

I would do a search on cholorohexadine as I have seen a lot of people swear by it on here.

I'm using a product called "Vetaclean" at the moment but used to just use a weak solution of bleach and water.

I think a 1:1 solution of vinegar would result in your rack stinking like a chip shop (google it :P ) for ages and I don't think that would be good for the animals.


dr del

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Yea im definately going to look into chlorohexadine, but i really wanted to do it the good old fashion, homemade way... I also saw some people were using the clorox bleach greenworks stuff? I have tons of that, should i dilute that with water?

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Originally Posted by DBD

Yea im definately going to look into chlorohexadine, but i really wanted to do it the good old fashion, homemade way... I also saw some people were using the clorox bleach greenworks stuff? I have tons of that, should i dilute that with water?

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Yes. I believe the bottle will say a 1-5% dilution, although I don't know what people here use on snakes.

I use a 10% bleach dilution. At that dilution, there's not much odor, and it's effective for cleaning. Then I give the tubs a good rinse and they're spotless! I like your new avatar - pretty cool!

is Chlorhexadine the same thing?