This is how we do it! How do the 50+ snake handle their cleaning?

So we have about ten snakes. Was wondering if anyone has a faster method to cleaning a snake tub? We have a water bowl, a hide and we use newspaper to cover the bottom. We clean them everyday by taking the newspaper out and spraying with this vet solution and wiping it dry. When they take a dump we take the tub out and wash it with soap and water. This becomes time consuming after a while. Just wondering what the people with 50+ snakes do when they clean their tubes

Thank you much

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I only clean if there is a big pee or a poop, I spray everything with a bleach solution then rinse and dry. Water gets changed every other day.

Why are you cleaning them everyday? I only clean mine when the snake defecates in it.... Am I just reading this wrong? If I'm not you must be going through a ton of new paper....lol

I don't clean my tubs everyday. Once a week or when they poop. I use listerin to clean my tubs. It sanitizes and smells good :) I also don't use hides. With over 40 bps, it takes me about an hour to do my weekly cleanings.

clean when needed and on feeding fridays everything gets cleaned ad replaced.:gj:

I agree with everybody else. I only clean the enclosures in my rack when they urinate or defecate. Even then, I might not spray down and rinse the tub every single time they do depending on how messy it is. If its just a poop or a shed, I just change the newspaper. At the least, I clean them out completely every other week or so. I have a couple tubs with cypress in them as well. I spot clean them as they defecate and change the bedding and clean those tubs every 3-4 weeks.

I don't have a sink in my snake room so I fill a bucket with hot water and a sponge. I take out the newspaper, Spay the tub with a 10% bleach solution, rinse with the sponge and then I take the water bowl to my sink and wash it. I'm a firm believer in a clean water bowl:) I clean about 60-80 a week this way!

Tubs get wiped down thoroughly with 1:100 F10 solution when there is a mess.

I used to scrub each water bowl in the sink with anti-bacterial dish soap, but I got nervous about using the same sponge for each bowl. Also, anti-bacterial dish soap is apparently worthless. Now I'm just putting them through the spare dishwasher with 1/8 cup of bleach once a week. Seems to be working okay.

I go through and spot clean daily. Which means pick up any urates and poop. If its smeared all over the place I wipe up with f10. Weekly bedding change. Bi weekly disinfect.


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I spot clean every day, then I do a full substrate change + tub sterilization every two weeks.

I keep my babies on paper towels, and they get a full tub sterilization every time they make a mess.

What's f10 ?

Gale

It's a disinfectant.

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It's a disinfectant.

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I figured that out. :P If I wanted some for myself, do I search for something called f10, or does it have a brand name maybe ?

Gale

I spot clean fecal matter and urinates as needed, clean once a month with new substrate unless otherwise needed, and PAM everytime a new snakes comes into the collection (after QT that is)

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I'm not sure if they still have any to sell due to the fire. There are a few other places that carry it, though I'm not sure who.

Folks with lots of snakes use racks which helps tremendously. You want to have more rack spaces or tubs then snakes so when one gets real messy you can swap out a fresh tub quickly and clean the soiled one when convenient.

I use two products to clean

Cholorohexidine solution (diluted). Mix it down with water and can be used to spot clean or clean entire enclosure with bowls and hides, it is also used to clean wounds and at stronger concentrations my vet uses it to disinfect surgical tools.

Good Link http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.h...2-00b0d0204ae5

And I also use Simple Green d Pro 3 a lot!, it zaps all bacteria, virus and fungus and is a great deodorizer. http://www.simplegreen.com/products_pro_3.php
Great for quarantines or mold. Always rinse thoroughly when using the simple green d pro 3


I clean when they mess or once a week. When pairing for breeding I may let the female enclosures stay a little messier with pee or sheds for the pheromone scents.

We clean our tubs once a week with water and soap, but everyday we'll go through the tubs and check to see if something is dirty and we will use cholorohexidine solution to clean what little poop or urine there is.

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Folks with lots of snakes use racks which helps tremendously. You want to have more rack spaces or tubs then snakes so when one gets real messy you can swap out a fresh tub quickly and clean the soiled one when convenient.

I use two products to clean

Cholorohexidine solution (diluted). Mix it down with water and can be used to spot clean or clean entire enclosure with bowls and hides, it is also used to clean wounds and at stronger concentrations my vet uses it to disinfect surgical tools.

Good Link http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.h...2-00b0d0204ae5

And I also use Simple Green d Pro 3 a lot!, it zaps all bacteria, virus and fungus and is a great deodorizer. http://www.simplegreen.com/products_pro_3.php
Great for quarantines or mold. Always rinse thoroughly when using the simple green d pro 3


I clean when they mess or once a week. When pairing for breeding I may let the female enclosures stay a little messier with pee or sheds for the pheromone scents.

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we actually were thinking about buying extra tubs so that we could do that. we were very curious if it would be worth buying extra tubs. But I guess if you have 40 to 50 snakes it can be very beneficial. Thank you for the post! XD

I agree, I have about half a dozen large tubs and a dozen small tubs that aren't in use. It makes it easier for cleaning and feeding at times.

I clean my tubs once a week.

I have a lot of spare tubs so when cleaning I just swap out tubs and if I run out I clean what I need on the spot and if I do not need any clean tubs I clean them when I am done with diluted bleach. Usually I only have to change paper but if there is a mess on the tub its self then I will swap it out. I also keep one empty tub per a rack so I just have to move the snake up to the clean one and change paper and keep moving. Water bowls I have 2 for each tub. One in use and one clean ready for use when I change water they get run through the dishwasher and set aside for the next water change. In all it takes me about 2 hours to do one full cleaning of all the snakes. I also schedule mine so I do babies one day and adults another day. That just makes it easier for me in the end.

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Tubs get wiped down thoroughly with 1:100 F10 solution when there is a mess.

I used to scrub each water bowl in the sink with anti-bacterial dish soap, but I got nervous about using the same sponge for each bowl. Also, anti-bacterial dish soap is apparently worthless. Now I'm just putting them through the spare dishwasher with 1/8 cup of bleach once a week. Seems to be working okay.

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The F10 hand soap is awesome and it has similar properties of the F10sc also there is the F10 sc xd that is a detergent + F10 I have both but the soap is really nice to work with.

Generally speaking sanitizers take 20 min to be effective spray and wipe out may not be doing much. Unless you are using strong chemicals.

I find my rack takes longer than anything else. I can't imagine how I could speed it up much I spend about 8-10 min a tub plus 20 min wait and 30 or more (plus wait) on the body of the rack especially the upper surface where the snake contacts. I have always had the feeling that few did this so do you?

I clean the rack once a month and the tubs too completely and every bowel movement in between. I am averaging 6 hours a month or more on the rack cleaning I find the enclosures faster at only 1 hour a month average.

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I find my rack takes longer than anything else. I can't imagine how I could speed it up much I spend about 8-10 min a tub plus 20 min wait and 30 or more (plus wait) on the body of the rack especially the upper surface where the snake contacts. I have always had the feeling that few did this so do you?

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Never have to clean my racks;) lids stay on tubs:gj:

Lids on tubs, just dump, dunk in bleach mix, and rinse.

For my display cages I only clean when they make a mess, period. Coconut fiber substrate. I take out all surrounding substrate, full substrate change once every 2 months or less if it starts looking bad sooner than that.

I'm obviously not the cleanest keeper here, but I have had no problems. Water dishes are my main concern. I figure THAT'S the place to make sure you clean thoroughly.

I wish I had room for lids... I hate hate hate cleaning the rack!!! :mad:

I clean right after pairings, aggressive feedings, and when they soil the tub.

Spray, wipe, lay papertowels back down. I change water when it gets low about every 3-4 days