Air Freshners in Snake Room

Wow it is DEFINITELY the carpet. Holy :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:. I seriously wanna rip it out right now. Gag!!

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Originally Posted by Rob

I don't think smell is an issue if you keep up on spot cleaning and what not. Im a candle freak so I have a bunch of candles in there.

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Candles are bad. You should try not to use them

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Originally Posted by M&NSnakeDen

I have contemplated switching substrates. Finding a good place is the hard part. Local places aren't very reputable. A few people I know have gotten white mites from wood chips or coconut husk substrate.

I'll be sure to lay down and take a good whiff of the carpet when I'm home from work later LOL.

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White mites are actually nice.

They are spring tails and actually eat any mold/fungus that may grow. Kinda little helpers

Kaytee 8cu/ft. aspen bedding..... $27 a bag locally.

One bag will take care of a complete cleaning of 40+ V-70 tubs, 20 Sterilite 28qt tubs and 36 V-18 tubs with some left over for my rat colony. Spot clean daily and total cleaning on Saturday.

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The white mites are a wood mite and do no affect your snake. If you get snake mites from any bedding, it is the pet stores fault for a)not taking care of their mite problems and b)storing the wood too close to the reptiles. However, that wouldn't help after the fact if you did happen to get mites. But as was already mentioned, white mites are just wood mites. Maybe still unpleasant but nothing to worry about. I myself buy small animal aspen because it's MUCH cheaper in bulk, less dusty, easier for cleaning (I find), and stored away from the reptiles. I have not had an issue, and don't have any friends personally who have had an issue with it either.

All the best with the smelly carpet situation!!

Thanks, everyone! maybe it is time to switch to some aspen. :cool:

I'll jump on the Aspen wagon. I love it. My snakes and rats use Aspen. I clean regularly and have a good amount of animals all living in my modest 1300sq ft condo without any issues of smell. No one has ever said anything about my house smelling bad and it's usually the opposite if I have a candle burning down stairs. I've got a tall and deep sterilite with a locking top that I'll carry around with my bag and as I remove Aspen I'll put it into the sterilite and replace it from the bag. When the sterilite gets filled with aspen and poop (2-3 times per week) I empty it and we're good. Good luck with the carpet situation hopefully it's a blessing in disguise and you can replace it with a linoleum that will be a thousand times better!

Not to shift the focus from the OP's issue, but I would still like to hear more suggestions on freshening the air near a snake! I live in a 1-bedroom apartment with carpeting in the bedrooms & living room, but not in the kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room. I also have 3 cats and a dog, and the laundry room is where I keep the cat stuff (litter box & food) + a rack full of corn snakes. So it does get stinky in there sometimes, even though there's no carpeting, due to the litter box etc. I also have terrible allergies, so can't use anything flower-scented anyway - and have to use either Carefresh or newspaper bedding with the snakes, as the wood-based ones flare up the allergies. So if anyone wants to add more suggestions, which are snake-safe and allergy-friendly, please do continue. ;)

That citrus stuff I posted pics of is all natural, non aerosol and is essentially citrus oils from oranges, grapefruit and a couple others. It smells so good.

Believe me when I say that fabrics, carpet especially, seem to hold tightly to pet smells. This is more of a problem with the pet cats who have been known to drag clothes into the litter box for no good reason.

Around here we mainly use Nature's Miracle pet odor neutralizer(we sometimes spritz it on the stuff near the litterboxes) and white vinegar. About a cup, tossed in the washer with the detergent and load, takes care of most, and if there are particularly lingering odors, you let the washer fill up with water, soap and vinegar and then let the clothes sit briefly. Pickle 'em, I guess.