Quote Originally Posted by j4mbo View Post
I left the thawed rat in the viv overnight because she didn't eat yesterday and just wanted to wait and find out. The smell when I opened it today to check was UNREAL-awful. I cleaned out the whole thing with a steam cleaner and the smell was still there and still pretty awful. Wasn't sure what to do, and now i'm really regretting it!
A 10% bleach solution and then a VERY thorough rinse. Or the vinegar solution mentioned above. Or any number of non-toxic disinfectants. I'd rinse them all out afterwards, though, so as not to leave any smell which could stress the snake or lead to an RI.