CakeLike, I can understand your anxiety about possibly exposing your snake to a sick gecko- please be more careful in the future & always ALWAYS practice quarantine for any new animals (even those temporarily in your care) for the safety of all the others you may have around.
But just in case someone suggests (or you get the notion to) spraying something like F10 disinfectant directly ON any live pets, please DON'T. I'd suggest that you READ ALL THE FINE PRINT ON THE PRODUCT LABEL- I think you'll see that the product is more lethal than the illness you're only imagining might be there.
I feel the same way about using F10 "off-label" in a fogger for RI's. While I know some have tried that with varying degrees of outcomes, I personally would NOT -unless that advice came from my vet & knowing there is updated safety testing to justify doing this, & then only carefully following instructions.
Because just as Erie_herps was saying earlier (cautioning against trying to use UVC) the thing about these "antiseptic" chemicals is that they KILL living things by design. And just because we get used to using these cleaning products routinely in our homes, please don't get complacent & forget their danger to living things. That goes for laundry bleach too- it KILLS- & such chemicals don't distinguish the "good" from the "bad".
While properly diluted F10, Nolvasan or chlorhexidine are safe to spray on your cages & equipment, then always wiping them dry, they're NOT made to wash our animals with. When I first saw this thread title, I assumed you were asking for suggested products to clean enclosures with. With any luck though, your snake will be just fine.
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