I made a massive mistake...

[Snagrio]

Well, if no one buys it right off, just take down the ad quickly & re-do it.

And btw, do NOT try to sanitize wood with bleach, not even bleach that's been diluted: wood absorbs too much & will give off toxic fumes forever from bleach- it's not safe for your snake- just don't do it.

I have three people "in line" so to speak. One wanted to pick it up today but then tried to lowball (I'm already offering this thing below half of what I paid for it, no thanks) so that will probably not happen. The other two I have on notified standby to see if the first one ponies up. If none of them work out by the end of the day I'll take the ad down, wait a few days while I get it cleaned and presentable, and see if I can't get a little more out of the thing than what I paid and try to turn this whole mess around.

And yeah I kind of automatically figured bleach was too strong by default, absorption or otherwise.

[gerguera]

There you go, good for you making some lemonade! Good luck selling it and finding a more suitable home for your snake

[Snagrio]

I was going to finally start cleaning the thing out today thanks to the weather warming up from a last minute chill spell, but of course just my luck both my dad and my next door neighbors decided to burn random wood so now the air's filled with smoke and there's no point in getting the thing out from the tarp (it's on a roofed porch as the only place indoors with room is the basement, which is where my snake is so I obviously don't want the thing anywhere near there) where it's going to get permeated with it so I have to wait yet again.