Stinky Cage

I can't figure this one out. I TOTALLY cleaned the terrarium last week (10 days ago). Normally Fluffy's area stays clean except for occasional "spots". Even when he makes a big pee it is relatively easy to spot clean ( I use aspen ). However, last night when I was checking his home for deposits I was overwhelmed by stench. I was sure that there had to be something big in there, but I could not find anything.

The only difference that has occured is that I fed him an adult mouse on Friday (he used to eat crawlers). I cleaned the cage after his last shed, so I just can't figure it out.

Tonight I am going to totally clean it out. Perhaps he burrowed in the aspen an left his "stinky" burried.

Anyone have an experience like this?

This is one of the reasons I switched from using aspen to using newspaper Akiva. They can bury things here or there and with the warm, fairly humid environment of a snake cage, it gets gross fast. I think it was Adam that said when you use newspaper, "when it's clean you know it's clean" (or something to that effect).

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

TAdam that said when you use newspaper, "when it's clean you know it's clean" (or something to that effect).

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That Adam is like the American Confucius...

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Originally Posted by jglass38

That Adam is like the American Confucius...

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Hmmmm what was that Confucius says about man with four balls????? :D

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Hmmmm what was that Confucius says about man with four balls????? :D

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I think it's something about walking uncomfortably...

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Hmmmm what was that Confucius says about man with four balls????? :D

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"Man with a lot of balls always say whats on his mind." ;)

If your cage stinks, clean it.

-adam

I use aspen but when I "spot" clean I move all of the bedding and move it around looking for any "hidden treasure" they think they might be able to hide from me.

You may need to start digging when you spot clean. If you don't want your fingers to come into contact with a nice little presant, try a kitty litter scoop.

I'm glad I use newspaper. So much easier to see. Except that my corn has taken to pooping under it. :ohmygod:

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Originally Posted by arcane

If you don't want your fingers to come into contact with a nice little presant... :ohmygod:

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I always wear disposable food handling gloves when I do anything in Fluffy's home.

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Originally Posted by AkivaSmith

I always wear disposable food handling gloves when I do anything in Fluffy's home.

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Ah. I still get grossed out even wearing gloves. You'd think with the amount of cat poop/puke I have had to clean up, I wouldn't be, but I am. With a kitty litter scoop, well I find it easier to find things that are burried quite well in the litter box, so I thought it may transfer over.

I'm using Aspen with a couple sheets of paper underneith to aid in the doodoo clean up. Anyway I generally do complete tub clean every Saturday morning. Its possible that by NOT cleaning often enough, this smell could be building up in your enclosure from old feces or urates.

Do you use a tank, or a tub? I love the new tubs we are using w/ the rack; it is SO easy to completely soap the tubs up and hose off in the bathtub. I could never get the phantom smells out of the tanks we used unless I resorted to bleach; then it smelled like that until after I spent a year (seemingly) out in the yard hosing it out..
As for poop, I shovel many times my weight in it daily cleaning up after my four-legged horsey kids. :)

my tubs stink when the snakes peed/pooed, so i look for the droppings, clean it up, and the smell airs out...but opening that tub sometimes can be :confused:

Ours never stink, we use sani chips as bedding....but I also find it to be very calming to rack my fingers through the bedding looking to "gifts" and yes I do it bare handed...I have a toddler and a husband....my hands have been in alot worst things then snake turds.

Kind of worried you included the husband in that statement :P Rugrats fair enough but the bigguns are meant to behave.

So unlike the homelife of our own dear queen.


dr del

i use a spoon... same spoon everytime it sits in a bowl that i use as well. ;) works great.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i use a spoon... same spoon everytime it sits in a bowl that i use as well. ;) works great.

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Not a "spork"? have :spork: will travel

well i use my spork for travelling and my spoon for scooping ;)

The culprit was a huge pee -- over the hot spot UTH. The top layer of aspen was dry, but underneath was totally soggy. I stripped the terrarium and soaped it down. New paper and aspen in place. He also mad a urates yesterday, so I am glad that I waited one day to do the cleaning.


Everything is nice and clean now! -- No more stink.

From now on if it really stinks, it gets a full clean! Spot cleans are for non-smelly days.

Thanks all.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i use a spoon... same spoon everytime it sits in a bowl that i use as well. ;) works great.

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until a visitor gets up before you and wants cereal.....:8: :rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by dr del

Kind of worried you included the husband in that statement :P Rugrats fair enough but the bigguns are meant to behave.

So unlike the homelife of our own dear queen.


dr del

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HAHAHAH!!!!!!!