Disinfectant

I was just wondering if anyone out there has any ideas as far as home type remedies for disinfectant/deodorant for a ball pytohn cage ?? I really feel like the pet store is trying to "bend me over a barrel" for 5.99 for a four oz bottle......

You can buy a big bottle of concentrated 'Dawn' from Walmart for $4.
You don't need to disinfect anything unless you have a sick snake.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/Cleanin...p-1-c-249.html

I bought the 4 gallon bottle of Chlorhexadine and it lasts for quite some time. Mix small batches. Or choose one of the smaller quantities.

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Originally Posted by Spaniard

http://www.reptilebasics.com/Cleanin...p-1-c-249.html

I bought the 4 gallon bottle of Chlorhexadine and it lasts for quite some time. Mix small batches. Or choose one of the smaller quantities.

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same.

I buy a small bottle of Chlorhexadine at wall mart for around 8 bucks then i mix it with water.. goes a long way.

I use this http://www.agri-med.com/site/255063/product/CHLRHN2S16 for daily cleaning, once a month I also bleach everything with a 10% bleach solution.

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

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Originally Posted by jglass38

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

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Sweet Deal :gj:

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Spaniard

Sweet Deal :gj:

Thanks!

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Even cheaper where I buy it ;)

I use rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle, you have to give it 15-20 mins to fumigate. Alcohol kills everything and once dry leaves no residue... A bottle of rubbing alcohol costs about $1...

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Even cheaper where I buy it ;)

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Braggart! :O:D

Thank you for all the helpful replies. I just got the repticarpet, and i know its reusable, so im figuring we'll switch it out everytime he defecates. I just wanted to do something about possible odor linger. And obviously you dont want there to be billlions of bacteria on the carpet when it goes back in. thank you for everyone being so helpful. And, just out of curiosity, what department at walmart do you find that stuff ?:8:

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Braggart! :O:D

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That's because I'm French :8:

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Even cheaper where I buy it ;)

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Doh!:oops:

Just an FYI, if you want alcohol to kill anything(which isn't a whole heck of alot) it needs at least a 30 MINUTE soak time. Other than that, it's just like putting water on the AIDS virus.. Doesn't do a whole lot.

Chlorhexidine or another safe, quick-kill contact time, disinfectant.

I buy my chlorhex at Valleyvet.com. Works well and can use it on anything from tubs, hides, water bowls, and even on the snakes themselves. I have no problems spraying chlorhex on a paper towel and wiping down a poo-covered snake. I also use it during quarantining, since I can spray my whole body down, face and all, just to make sure any buggies that got on my clothes, are zapped. It doesn't get the viruses, but it does get alot of bacteria, especially those that cause RIs.

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

Just an FYI, if you want alcohol to kill anything(which isn't a whole heck of alot) it needs at least a 30 MINUTE soak time. Other than that, it's just like putting water on the AIDS virus.. Doesn't do a whole lot.

Chlorhexidine or another safe, quick-kill contact time, disinfectant.

I buy my chlorhex at Valleyvet.com. Works well and can use it on anything from tubs, hides, water bowls, and even on the snakes themselves. I have no problems spraying chlorhex on a paper towel and wiping down a poo-covered snake. I also use it during quarantining, since I can spray my whole body down, face and all, just to make sure any buggies that got on my clothes, are zapped. It doesn't get the viruses, but it does get alot of bacteria, especially those that cause RIs.

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I do the same thing and get it from the same place, Deja Vu:O

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

Just an FYI, if you want alcohol to kill anything(which isn't a whole heck of alot) it needs at least a 30 MINUTE soak time. Other than that, it's just like putting water on the AIDS virus.. Doesn't do a whole lot.

Chlorhexidine or another safe, quick-kill contact time, disinfectant.

I buy my chlorhex at Valleyvet.com. Works well and can use it on anything from tubs, hides, water bowls, and even on the snakes themselves. I have no problems spraying chlorhex on a paper towel and wiping down a poo-covered snake. I also use it during quarantining, since I can spray my whole body down, face and all, just to make sure any buggies that got on my clothes, are zapped. It doesn't get the viruses, but it does get alot of bacteria, especially those that cause RIs.

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Alcohol kills almost every type of fungal spore and bacterial endospore, there are very few things out there that can resist it. For example my brother works at a mushroom farm, the areas that they are innoculating substrates for a specific fungus have to be contaminate free because other types of fungus and bacteria will fight each other for space and the strongest will win and take over the substrate. Every surface in the room is wiped with isopropyl alcohol and the room is then vented throughmicronic filters to put positive pressure in the room. They use alcohol because even spores that are resistant to disenfectants cant resist alcohol... I think I will trust the people who work in rooms that are completely sterile...

Ive heard great things about Chlorhexidine dont get me wrong, but I think you need to do some more research about alcohol as a disenfectant...

The question that was asked in this thread is what house hold items are good for disinfectant, not too many houses keep jugs of Chlorhexidine under the kitchen sink...

http://www.lysol.com/products/disinfecting-wipes/
I use this and then dry the remanence off with a paper towel.

in fact I just pulled a lab test sheet that I found on google about alcohol and it says it kills 99.999% of bacteria in 30 seconds not 30 mins...

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

http://www.lysol.com/products/disinfecting-wipes/
I use this and then dry the remanence off with a paper towel.

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Did you know after you wipe with it, you have to let it dry for 10 min to be effective?

I learned that in a class, for Child Care.


I use GENERIC NOLVASAN/VIROSAN Chlorhexidine gluconate
from http://www.baskinglizards.com/produc...roducts_id=153

to clean my reptiles cages & etc

Nolvasan/chlorhexidine takes 10 minutes too. If you are soaking bowls or wiping down the cage you should let it sit/soak for 10 minutes. It is not effective if you just spray it on and then wipe it off immediately.
The manufacturer also recommends mixing small batches with distilled water instead of tap water, and then using that solution within a six week time frame. The unmixed solution will last a long long time but once mixed/diluted it should be used fairly quickly.

i dont see how rubbing alcohol would take ten minutes to work, when it evaporates in like 15 seconds ????

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Originally Posted by mikeamy2007

i dont see how rubbing alcohol would take ten minutes to work, when it evaporates in like 15 seconds ????

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They are talking about lysol and Chlorhexidine... I pulled a lab sheet last night and it takes 30 seconds for alcohol.....

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They are talking about lysol and Chlorhexidine... I pulled a lab sheet last night and it takes 30 seconds for alcohol.....

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so i was close then lol :rofl:

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Originally Posted by jglass38

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

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Thanks for the info Jamie. :gj: