"Rescued" a group of ball pythons, have a few questions.

[mackynz]

The smells you are describing are similar to crack cocaine and meth...It could be something different but I would deff get rid of that rack if I were you just to be on the safe side.

I was about to joke that he was making meth...

[DavidMundy]

Well with that smell (especially if you can smell it outside his house) and the way he was acting I would say its a yes. Either way I would get rid of the rack to be on the safe side. Those chemicals are toxic and I wouldn't want anyone to get sick including those poor ball pythons.

[angllady2]

Oh my God!

Are you serious ??!!!

That never even entered my mind. Well, payday is Thursday, and hubby is buying the materials to build a new rack, like it or not. Can breathing in the residue from that hurt me or my kids ? We don't go around the rack much, just for a few minutes twice a day to check snakes, but that is really scary!

Gale

[DavidMundy]

Yes those chemicals can really mess someone up. My intentions are not to scare you but inform you that if it is meth you do not what to be around it. For all I know it could be something else but I doubt it with the way you described it and the way he acts. I wouldn't take any chance at all and stay away from it as much as possible until you can get a new rack.

[mackynz]

Personally I doubt that if it was meth any small amount of fumes from the rack won't hurt you. You would have been in more danger at his house since meth tends to blow up. If that is what he was doing.

[DavidMundy]

Personally I doubt that if it was meth any small amount of fumes from the rack won't hurt you. You would have been in more danger at his house since meth tends to blow up. If that is what he was doing.

Actually a small amount of chemicals can hurt you and it stays around for a while. I work part time construction and remodeled plenty of meth and crack houses that have been out of "business" for years. You walk in and can still smell it. To treat it we had to nearly demo the whole house.


Do not take the chance. $150 for a new rack is priceless when it comes to you and your families health.

[angllady2]

Oh I know just how serious those meth houses can be.

I have to wait a few days, no choice there, but I will be even more careful about being around that rack until then. And only I will be checking the snakes form now on. If that thing is dangerous, I don't want my kids near it.

I truly hope that isn't what it is, but I will be taking no chances.

One last thing I just thought of. Does anyone here use that F-10 disinfectant ? I remember seeing a bottle of it, and my husband originally thought that was the smell. I think it was called F-10.

Gale

[mackynz]

I don't use it, so I don't know the smell, but it is called F-10.

Just keep the room well ventilated and get the new rack up ASAP.

[darthsamurai]

I use F-10. It has a pretty mild smell. Hardly any smell once diluted. I honestly don't think it could possibly give off that strong of a smell.

[MrLang]

Sounds like Heisenberg is getting out of the biz...