getting rid of gnats/other pests in enclosure?

[redshepherd]

thanks for the tips guys!

What substrate are you using? You probably have fungus gnats, attracted most often to well-watered houseplants, but damp moss
& other damp organic matter suits them just fine.

I found this suggestion for houseplants- you might need to take snakes out & sacrifice the substrate currently in use this way>>>

How do you get rid of fungus gnats naturally?

Mix one part 3% hydrogen peroxide with four parts water. Allow the top layer of your soil to dry, and then water your plants with this solution as you normally would. The soil will fizz for a few minutes after application; this is normal. The fungus gnat larvae will die on contact with the hydrogen peroxide.

How interesting! If this is safe for snakes, I'll definitely need to try this.

I've done the hydrogen peroxide bit to my houseplants and it works great for that. I also bought some carnivorous sundew plants to help catch any stragglers lol. I've heard that using mosquito dunks also gets rid of fungus gnats. Nuking the substrate's another option, but they only seem to die back briefly when I've tried that.

I think the life cycle of a gnat's somewhere around 21 days, so even if you think there are no more, the evil devils can pop up a few weeks later and lay millions of eggs before death. 0/10, will fly up ur nose again.

LOL yeah, it seems like no matter how much I clean the substrate, they always come back eventually. Have you used the hydrogen peroxide mix for your snake? It sounds like it acts as a pesticide so I'm not sure if it's totally safe for snakes, it would make me wary... And I'll have to try mosquito dunks if it's safe for snakes too!