How Long do you spend on maintenance Daily?

[Jhill001]

I've just gotten my first bioactive setup going for one of my rat snakes. In a few months it'll be literally only water dish duties.

[Jhill001]

You might consider the bioactive thing if maintenance is getting to be too much.

[Crowfingers]

I only have 1 reptile, so daily is just checking temps and humidity and checking hides for stool/urates. I change water every other day and clean the bowl every other water change. Once a month I deep clean the whole enclosure and soak the hides and rocks in disinfectant and completely change the mulch (that takes about an hour all told).

[cchardwick]

Well not sure about the question and it really depends on how many snakes you have. I saw a video of a breeder who had 700 snakes, both adults and hatchlings. He said it took him 11 hours per week to clean, feed, and maintain them all. I used to have my snakes in glass aquariums, when I moved to a rack system the labor went down to almost nothing. Same with my rats, I can have hundreds of rats in my rack and it takes me about 2 hours per week to clean them, about two minutes per week to feed and water all of them LOL. I spray and spot clean 20 tubs twice a week and feed once or twice a week, usually takes me about an hour or two for 20 tubs, but I like to take some snakes out and handle them a bit too. I change Repichip about every six weeks, that usually takes 2-3 hours or so.

[se7en]

i have 103 reptiles, and it takes me 2+ hrs to check them all, plus clean whatever tubs need cleaning. i also don't exactly rush through it either.

[redshepherd]

With my 7 snakes, I don't have daily maintenance. I just check on their temps and water bowls every couple days. Once every couple weeks-ish, I feed them. They all have different feeding schedules. I spot clean every few days to weeks.

I look at them every day though and handle whenever I feel like it! The best part about snakes, they're so low-maintenance.

[bcr229]

Just over 100 snakes with 10 being retics so it involves a few hours each day. Cleaning and disinfecting one messy retic enclosure is 20-30 minutes on its own.