Can you really clean the cage items with rubbing alcohol?

In a sheet I read on this website, it said you could disinfect the cage items by using rubbing alcohol. Could I really do this when cage cleaning comes around?

And also, to scrub the water dishes, what should I use to disinfect the water dish and what not from the gross stuff that's always hangin' around in the water dish? What do I scrub the water dish with, and what disinfectant should I use to scrub it with? Would regular Dial Antibacterial hand soap work (not the bar, the liquid hand soap)? I really want my snakes and reptiles to have a clean environment that's bacteria-free so they do not get any sicknesses, so this is why I'm asking this. I would definitely devote my time to clean as much as I can daily to make sure the reptiles have a healthy environment.

Also, tomorrow I'll take a pic of one of my spray bottles (small) and I would want to know how much bleach I could put in there with water when cleaning time comes around. I do have JurassiClean, and it does work, so should I just use that up then just go over to using water and bleach?

I have never heard of anyone using rubbing alcohol, and do not think that it would be a good idea. I would worry that some may be left behind and the vapors would hurt the snake. I suggest using a 10% bleach solution to disinfect cage supplies.

I had someone post a reply to a cleaning question I had and they said that they soaked wooden items in rubbing alcohol and used a chlorhexadine solution for cleaning the other items and the cage. Rubbing alcohol should evaporate fairly quickly, just dont throw any items in the cage right after you clean them. I really like the chlorhexadine but if you use a bleach solution that concentrated make dang sure that you rinse the cage out with TONZ of water as the scent of bleach sticks around for a long while.

rubbing alcohol would be pretty expensive anyway. Bleach is the way to go if your trying to save a few bucks. Just make sure it is aired out

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Originally Posted by likebull1

rubbing alcohol would be pretty expensive anyway. Bleach is the way to go if your trying to save a few bucks. Just make sure it is aired out

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Rubbing Alcohol is like 99 cents for a big bottle (like 32oz if I had to guess). Not expensive at all. I use it to clean stuff that I cant talk about on this forum so I have alot of it in supply. I was hoping that the answer to the original posters question would be yes, kill two birds with one stone.

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Originally Posted by specialk01510

Rubbing Alcohol is like 99 cents for a big bottle (like 32oz if I had to guess). Not expensive at all. I use it to clean stuff that I cant talk about on this forum so I have alot of it in supply. I was hoping that the answer to the original posters question would be yes, kill two birds with one stone.

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Hmmmmm.... Stuff you cant talk about here :weirdface

I have no idea if it would be safe or not. I wouldn't want to guess and be wrong though.

All you have to do is say pour a gallon of water in a bucket. Then you find out what is 10% of a gallon, and you pour that much bleach into the water, mix it, and viola.

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Originally Posted by specialk01510

Rubbing Alcohol is like 99 cents for a big bottle (like 32oz if I had to guess). Not expensive at all. I use it to clean stuff that I cant talk about on this forum so I have alot of it in supply. I was hoping that the answer to the original posters question would be yes, kill two birds with one stone.

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I can get a gallon of bleach for $1.29 and i only have to ad %10 to the water, i can also clean "stuff" with bleach, like my clothes.

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Originally Posted by likebull1

I can get a gallon of bleach for $1.29 and i only have to ad %10 to the water, i can also clean "stuff" with bleach, like my clothes.

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tuche

I use rubbing alcohol all the time...