Quote Originally Posted by Desdemona View Post
Thanks for the input, I'll just leave him in his cage the next time. He went for his hides pretty quick when I put him back in, so I'm sure he wasn't too impressed with his bin feeding.

This might be worth another thread.. but... do you worry about dead rodent germs breeding in your balls cage? Or am I just being a unrealistic germaphobe? Last week when I fed him in the cage I put the rat on a large shallow petri dish that I have (I occasionally order baby silk worms for my lizards and they are shipped in them) and put the rat on that. Of course he didn't leave the rat on it and dragged it across the tank a little. I then forgot to take out the dish (it's clear) and put his water dish on it. I noticed it when I cleaned his dish the next day, so the "germ dish" was in there for a day anyways.
I feed f/t. If they take the rat in their water dish, I wash then disinfect it. Other than that, I spot clean every day and do a full clean, disinfect once a month.