how often do you clean?

So heres the question... how often do you do a thorough cleaning of your snake(s) enclosure? more than once a month, about once a month, or less than once a month... if its other please comment

Every time they crap.

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you dont just spot clean for crap?

I spot clean when they go to the bathroom, and I fully clean out the enclosure once a month.

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Originally Posted by royal constrictor

you dont just spot clean for crap?

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nope...that's nasty!

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I clean everytime they deficate or urinate. I use newspaper as bedding and the bins often windup covered in excrement. So I clean and disinfect at those times, usually not more than once a week per animal.

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Originally Posted by coldbloodaddict

Every time they crap.

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This ^. Usually it equates to about once a week but some of mine like to hold onto theirs for a bit...leave a little here, a little there and then BAM! Regardless, I clean the entire tub and water bowl plus any hides (if they're in there) any time they urinate or defecate. Full meal deal: paper towel the liquid or pile(s), F10 to sterilize, deoderizer after the F10 has been wiped up, then new bedding and on to the next one.

At least weekly if not more often:cool:

Everytime they poop or pee. Everything comes out, and everything gets wiped down with f10.

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I voted more than once a month but it's every time there's something to clean in the tub - poop, pee, spilt water, shed. Sometimes the food makes a mess so it's usually weekly.

Every time the poo or pee the tub comes out, gets cleaned completely and put back.
In my collection there is no such thing as spot cleaning.
Cleaning can be twice weekly or once weekly but it usually weekly at least.

I voted other because its whenever they go to the pee, poop. If its been a week or so since they went I just routinely change the paper towels and wipe the hides down anyway.

I do spot clean the tubs with aspen. I probably throw that out and replace it entirely every 3 months or so. But my breeding tubs and my tanks are on paper. For the tubs it's basically whenever they crap, or if they completely soak the paper. I sometimes don't see poops in the the tanks, so they might get away with hiding them for a week or two. But they like to hide UNDER the paper even more than under the hide, so eventually they'll mess it up so badly I go in there anyway. It's rare that I go longer than a month without completely replacing the paper in the tanks.

I've started double-layering the paper in both the tanks and the tubs so that they can just hide under the folds. Because the whole point is for them to poo ON THE PAPER, not under it.

1-2 times per week depending on how dirty it is. If they make a mess, we clean again as soon as we notice it.

Since switching to newspaper I clean as soon as anyone is dirty. Sometimes it's just one or two tubs, sometimes almost everyone is dirty but I typically end up cleaning daily or almost daily.
If it's just a fairly dry mess that doesn't soak through the paper I may just change the paper but if there's any moisture I wipe dry with a paper towel, soak in F10, wipe out and replace newspaper. Unless anyone has gotten anything icky in their water I usually only scrub out and disinfect water dishes once a week, and just ensure they're filled the rest of the week.

I use aspen and can never figure out when he goes pee! :confusd:

Solid white balls is where they pissed

Where do you guys get your f10 at?

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Originally Posted by royal constrictor

Where do you guys get your f10 at?

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I do a full cleaning every 2-3 weeks, spot cleaning every time they defecate.

Every time they poop/pee/etc. the newspaper gets changed and the tub/hides/water bowls are wiped down with F10. Then, at least once a month I take out tubs, scrub, and disinfect with F10 before putting in newspaper and then the snake. Also, water bowls get refilled/washed out every couple of days and once a week they get washed in the dishwasher.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Every time the poo or pee the tub comes out, gets cleaned completely and put back.
In my collection there is no such thing as spot cleaning.
Cleaning can be twice weekly or once weekly but it usually weekly at least.

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I agree with jerry. I use newspapers and feed twice a week. so thats a lot of cleaning!!!

I spot clean as needed and full clean once a month.

To me a full clean means spotless and completely disinfected this is time consuming it is unlikely that it can be done quickly, at the fastest 15 min and likely longer (my rack takes me 4 hours to completely clean and disinfect.)


It appears that many have not read or follow the instructions on the disinfectant they choose, all I know of require the surfaces to be throughly washed scrubbed and rinsed before use of disinfectant then the surfaces must be saturated and kept saturated for the correct contact time.

http://www.f10biocare.co.uk/vetguidelines2.pdf
http://www.vetdepot.com/product-labels/nolvasan-s.pdf

Take the time to read and then follow the instructions. The only way to know if a disinfectant is to either follow the instructions or do cultures to insure you are making a significant reduction.

Whoops. I answered the poll incorrectly by accident.

Anyway, I clean a few times a week. Basically I clean whenever a snake defecates or urinates. All snakes are on paper substrate.

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

http://www.f10biocare.co.uk/vetguidelines2.pdf
http://www.vetdepot.com/product-labels/nolvasan-s.pdf

Take the time to read and then follow the instructions. The only way to know if a disinfectant is to either follow the instructions or do cultures to insure you are making a significant reduction.

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Even if you aren't reading the instructions, isn't it still better to use it than not at all? At least you're getting SOME of the little buggers. Some is better than none in my opinion.

Same could be said about people's hands. Some people either don't wash their hands or only use alcohol-based sanitizers. Really, you should be washing your hands for at least 10-20 seconds in hot water with firm friction and THEN use hand sanitizer on top...but really, at least washing with soap in cold water is better than not at all. Alright. Getting off my soapbox now.

I keep my BP's in tubs on paper with ceramic water bowls.

As soon as they mess they get a clean tub with fresh paper. I check on the snakes 3 times a day.

Once a week I put the bowls in the dishwasher.

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

I spot clean as needed and full clean once a month.

To me a full clean means spotless and completely disinfected this is time consuming it is unlikely that it can be done quickly, at the fastest 15 min and likely longer (my rack takes me 4 hours to completely clean and disinfect.)


It appears that many have not read or follow the instructions on the disinfectant they choose, all I know of require the surfaces to be throughly washed scrubbed and rinsed before use of disinfectant then the surfaces must be saturated and kept saturated for the correct contact time.

http://www.f10biocare.co.uk/vetguidelines2.pdf
http://www.vetdepot.com/product-labels/nolvasan-s.pdf

Take the time to read and then follow the instructions. The only way to know if a disinfectant is to either follow the instructions or do cultures to insure you are making a significant reduction.

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It can be done very quickly if you already have clean tubs and bowls ready to go!!!

All of my dirty tubs get dry wiped...Rinsed with scolding hot water...Wiped again...Then sprayed with F10...They sit an appropriate amount of time with disinfectant and then get rinsed in hot water again...Then set out to air dry...

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we try to do our snakes weekly ( I got to try and get time to start some today since we been so busy planning the wedding and such for sunday(for friends and family) but tomorrow is the one she wants for the date.

but i try to clean the tubs and everything every week in somes cases i need to clean them 2-3 times a week. specially if someone sheds or manages to get the papertowels in the water bowl lol. it then wicks all the water out of the bowl and all over the tub bottom.

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Even if you aren't reading the instructions, isn't it still better to use it than not at all? At least you're getting SOME of the little buggers. Some is better than none in my opinion.

Same could be said about people's hands. Some people either don't wash their hands or only use alcohol-based sanitizers. Really, you should be washing your hands for at least 10-20 seconds in hot water with firm friction and THEN use hand sanitizer on top...but really, at least washing with soap in cold water is better than not at all. Alright. Getting off my soapbox now.

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Exactly! Also as long as you don't see any germs it's clearly disinfected. I've definitely never seen any germs in my tubs so I know they're very clean.

If the disinfectant is neutralized by organic matter (CHD, CHG, bleach mixes, alcohols, peroxides, and F10 are) on contact no. It might as well be water why waste your money doing nothing at all?

Incorrect use of disinfectants makes 'super germs' bacteria resistant to disinfectants much the same as misuse of misuse of antibiotics. It does more harm than good.

Duplicate tubs are faster by a few min but they still need to be rinsed, scrubbed with soap or detergent (F10scxd) rinsed again, they saturated with disinfectant and re saturated on the vertical surfaces making sure everything is soaked for the full contact times (10-30-min depending of the disinfectant) I also do the top surface of the rack too.

I thought I was going seriously fast to get the tub inside and out done and the top rack surface cleaned rinsed and disinfected in 15 min or so.

I spot clean every time she craps, I mean I scoop up a large circle of aspen and replace with fresh aspen.

So she has constant fresh bedding as a result.

My adult female likes to pee in her water dish ( I guess ) so I clean that out too......about every other day....

I sponge down the glass about every month or more with hot water and a ....sponge.....

Harry

I keep everything on paper towels and I do full cleanings every Sunday. My helper comes every Sunday and we clean everything in one day. If something gets excessively dirty in the week, I'll take care of it, but i0f I cleaned every time something used the restroom, I would go crazy trying to keep everything clean. Too many snakes for all that!

Everytime there is a mess, I clean, but don't necessarily do a "full" clean. I use paper towel for all the females, males are on aspen and get introduced to the females bin for breeding purposes.

The male tubs get spot cleaned for poop and wet wood chips, but it all gets replaced about every 2 weeks - a month depending on what goes on. Some of them are notorious for spilling their water dishes, which leads to more frequent cleans.

When a female goes on the paper towel, I get a new freshly cleaned tub, replace new paper towel, and swap out the bin. I disinfect with F10 from there

I clean once a month, but I use newspaper so what I do is remove the newspaper and replace if they happen to poo. I do, however, clean the tub if they decide to smear it all about the sides of the tub and such, but other than that bedding just gets replaced until a month, then all tubs get cleaned out completely and washed so on and so forth!!


Ball Pythons
0.3 Normals (Coilette, Athena and Mary Jane)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
1.0 Spider (Zeus)
1.0 Mojave (Prometheus)

Boa Constrictors
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)
0.1 BCI (Kiyoko)
0.1 Dumerils Boa (Gloria)

I check the snakes 2 times a day and have a couple of extra tubs of each size. If I see condensation inside the tub:

1. Line clean tub with paper towels, clean hide, clean water bowl

2. Transfer snake and replace in rack

3. Spray tub, hide (I use only scalding water on the bowl) with cleaning spray and wipe down

4. Spray tub, hide, bowl with Chlorhex disinfectant and place aside to air dry

The whole process takes maybe 3 minutes per tub. Every couple of cleanings I will bring the tub, hide, bowl to the bath tub and rinse thoroughly with water, just to remove the little bits of residue that get caught in the nooks. It's my understanding that once dry the Chlorhex does not leave a harmful residue. This is information from my sister who is a veterinarian and regularly uses Chlorhex on open wounds on small animals at her practice. I use non-toxic hippie soap for cleaning so I am sure this also does not leave a harmful residue.

This equates to about once a week per animal.

I use cypress for bedding so I actually check their enclosures daily to spot clean but I fully clean out everything at the beginning of every month. I actually spot clean daily because they all seem to go to the bathroom at different times, like I will clean one day and the next day the others will decide they need to go lol. But thats okay so I would feel bad if I didnt spot check daily :)

I voted wrong in the poll, whoops! But I do something similar to what people have said before me.

I use indented kraft paper for my adult ball pythons which gets changed as often as they go to the bathroom. I give the tubs a good scrub down probably once every month to 2 months depending on how messy the snake was.

I spot clean all the babies and arboreals because they are on cypress mulch, but I do a full clean once a month.