Disinfectant

[jglass38]

Even cheaper where I buy it

Braggart!

[mikeamy2007]

Thank you for all the helpful replies. I just got the repticarpet, and i know its reusable, so im figuring we'll switch it out everytime he defecates. I just wanted to do something about possible odor linger. And obviously you dont want there to be billlions of bacteria on the carpet when it goes back in. thank you for everyone being so helpful. And, just out of curiosity, what department at walmart do you find that stuff ?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Braggart!

That's because I'm French

[Spaniard]

Even cheaper where I buy it

Doh!

[SatanicIntention]

Just an FYI, if you want alcohol to kill anything(which isn't a whole heck of alot) it needs at least a 30 MINUTE soak time. Other than that, it's just like putting water on the AIDS virus.. Doesn't do a whole lot.

Chlorhexidine or another safe, quick-kill contact time, disinfectant.

I buy my chlorhex at Valleyvet.com. Works well and can use it on anything from tubs, hides, water bowls, and even on the snakes themselves. I have no problems spraying chlorhex on a paper towel and wiping down a poo-covered snake. I also use it during quarantining, since I can spray my whole body down, face and all, just to make sure any buggies that got on my clothes, are zapped. It doesn't get the viruses, but it does get alot of bacteria, especially those that cause RIs.

[West Coast Jungle]

Just an FYI, if you want alcohol to kill anything(which isn't a whole heck of alot) it needs at least a 30 MINUTE soak time. Other than that, it's just like putting water on the AIDS virus.. Doesn't do a whole lot.

Chlorhexidine or another safe, quick-kill contact time, disinfectant.

I buy my chlorhex at Valleyvet.com. Works well and can use it on anything from tubs, hides, water bowls, and even on the snakes themselves. I have no problems spraying chlorhex on a paper towel and wiping down a poo-covered snake. I also use it during quarantining, since I can spray my whole body down, face and all, just to make sure any buggies that got on my clothes, are zapped. It doesn't get the viruses, but it does get alot of bacteria, especially those that cause RIs.

I do the same thing and get it from the same place, Deja Vu

[Mochelem]

Just an FYI, if you want alcohol to kill anything(which isn't a whole heck of alot) it needs at least a 30 MINUTE soak time. Other than that, it's just like putting water on the AIDS virus.. Doesn't do a whole lot.

Chlorhexidine or another safe, quick-kill contact time, disinfectant.

I buy my chlorhex at Valleyvet.com. Works well and can use it on anything from tubs, hides, water bowls, and even on the snakes themselves. I have no problems spraying chlorhex on a paper towel and wiping down a poo-covered snake. I also use it during quarantining, since I can spray my whole body down, face and all, just to make sure any buggies that got on my clothes, are zapped. It doesn't get the viruses, but it does get alot of bacteria, especially those that cause RIs.

Alcohol kills almost every type of fungal spore and bacterial endospore, there are very few things out there that can resist it. For example my brother works at a mushroom farm, the areas that they are innoculating substrates for a specific fungus have to be contaminate free because other types of fungus and bacteria will fight each other for space and the strongest will win and take over the substrate. Every surface in the room is wiped with isopropyl alcohol and the room is then vented throughmicronic filters to put positive pressure in the room. They use alcohol because even spores that are resistant to disenfectants cant resist alcohol... I think I will trust the people who work in rooms that are completely sterile...

Ive heard great things about Chlorhexidine dont get me wrong, but I think you need to do some more research about alcohol as a disenfectant...

The question that was asked in this thread is what house hold items are good for disinfectant, not too many houses keep jugs of Chlorhexidine under the kitchen sink...

[pythontricker]

http://www.lysol.com/products/disinfecting-wipes/
I use this and then dry the remanence off with a paper towel.

[Mochelem]

in fact I just pulled a lab test sheet that I found on google about alcohol and it says it kills 99.999% of bacteria in 30 seconds not 30 mins...

[reptile3]

http://www.lysol.com/products/disinfecting-wipes/
I use this and then dry the remanence off with a paper towel.

Did you know after you wipe with it, you have to let it dry for 10 min to be effective?

I learned that in a class, for Child Care.


I use GENERIC NOLVASAN/VIROSAN Chlorhexidine gluconate
from http://www.baskinglizards.com/produc...roducts_id=153

to clean my reptiles cages & etc