Humid Hide, Handling BP & Introduction

[Bogertophis]

So I can spot clean/treats with chlorhexidine? That’s pretty awesome! Do you guys recommend removing your pet for a little while when doing so?

On a sidenote I took your advice, tossed out anything that had any bleach like smell and got her enclosure where she seems pretty happy. It was an extremely stressful ordeal, just hours before I went into Surgery I started a disinfecting cleaning. Aside from the bleach her enclosure essentially fell apart. The caulk came undone For her lower heating elements and her interior thermostat. Even though cause me lots of stress and anxiety I think she enjoys the heat gradient more. And there is a lot more selection of warm hidden places to chill out and I found her using her cool side less and less. Plus after three nice sized rats and shooting up to 125 g I think she’s ready for another shed.

I trust you're healing well from your own ordeal? I'm glad you got anything with a bleach smell out of her enclosure- those fumes are very irritating to their lung (snakes mostly only have one lung), & bleach is toxic to all living things (us too) so you should only use it when absolutely necessary, & only on things that cannot absorb it.

Yes, you can spot clean with chlorhexidine- just don't spray your snake with it, & wipe it completely dry before allowing your snake near enough to touch it. (it's nowhere NEAR as toxic as bleach & leaves no fumes) If your snake is active, you could either remove them while you spot clean, or just put something in their way to block them temporarily- they usually take "the hint".

Not sure what you meant by "can spot clean/treats with chlorhexidine" though???