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View Poll Results: How do you clean up after attending to your snakes

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  • Soap and Water

    53 60.92%
  • Bleach Solution

    6 6.90%
  • Hand Sanitizer

    21 24.14%
  • Something Else (please explain)

    4 4.60%
  • Don't Do Anything

    3 3.45%
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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    Alcohol sanitizer, like they use in hospitals. Then hot water and soap.
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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    Crap, I didn't read your second post and I thought you were talking about tanks/tubs. So... Yeah, I'm that lonely 1 bleach solution, lol. (If it's not too much to ask, could a mod change that?)

    Typically I use my hand sanitizer, but I'll normally wash my hands with soap and water before I touch anything from the kitchen.
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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    Hand Sanitizer then Soap and Water.
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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    soap and water for everything I will bleach hte tub once a month but weekly and my hands,arms and face since one snakes things my glasses are a place to perch just soap and water, if at a show and I handle or even touch anything Alcohol sanitizer.


    was gongi ot say a bottle of jack but I rather drink it. lol

    most thetime i wait until I am either down with the reptiels/rodents for th day and get a bath but ifI eat befoer then I wach them real good. I am more liky to pick up a germ or a cold being outside doing something than from my snakes.
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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    Mostly I wipe the glass down with plain water. If it's something nasty, I'll use a dilute vinegar solution.

    Only if it's really bad and smelly will I use a weak bleach solution, then rinse very well.
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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    Quote Originally Posted by rockhardchick666 View Post
    Soap and water, before and after. That includes all animals I come in contact with(yes, dogs too).
    Wow! That sounds crazy to me, but I guess that's because my dog is always by my side when I'm home. If I washed my hands after every time I came in contact with him I'd be washing my hands every few minutes!
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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    Ah, most of my dogs were outside all the time as hunting dogs. God knows what they carry.

    Now the pitbulls my sister rescues from ontario are all indoor dogs who like to cuddle, so in that scenario I just make it a habit to wash them when I see a sink and not touch my face till then.

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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    I just use soap and water after handling my snake. I often wash my hands before because I work with a lot of chemicals and am a bit paranoid about passing them along. The enclosure I use a steamer and the cage furniture I wash with a vanodine soap. It is an iodine based soap usually used for birds but hey if it work for birds snakes should be no problem. I then carefully rinse the cage furniture and wipe out the cage.

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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    I USE HAND SOAP & WATER, I ONLY USE SANITIZER WHEN I CANT GET TO A SINK
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    Re: How Do You Clean Up

    Sanitizer if I can't get to a sink and at shows, soap and water any other time. Generally I'm not too careful at all, but I've got a few animals in quarantine, and I don't want to pass anything between snakes. If I'm not handling the snakes, (i.e. working at a farm I volunteer at or playing with my dogs) I'm not careful at all. If my hands feel dirty, I'll wash them, but most of the time I forget. And haven't gotten sick yet, thank goodness
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