cleaner

[dw662002]

As the title say I was wondering what I could use to clean my snakes tanks safely. Is there a substitue for comercially available cleaner?

 

[Skully23]

I heard that vinegar and water was all natural way to clean. But smells a litte.

 

[Nanci]

10% bleach/water. It smells, but kills nearly everything. I like the commercial Healthy Habitats, I think it's called. I use bleach on poop and for water bowls, HH for just general cleaning.

 

[Dreamsnake]

I alternate cleanings with watered down bleach and vinegar and water. I used dish soap for a soak and scrub first and follow up with the bleach or vinegar 10 minute soak. Everything gets washed and paper items are tossed. Things are returned in drying order. I have a small wooden hide that takes a day to dry out. I don't think I'm going to use wood hides again after this one is outgrown.

 

[slitheringdead]

I use Chlorhexadine from Reptile Basics as a cleaner and it's been working great so far. That 16oz. bottle will probably last you years if you have < 10 snakes.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/chlorhexadine-16oz.html

I use Healthy Habitat is a deodorizer, but i rarely use it now because since switching to aspen, i find that the aspen absorbs a lot of the funk. Either that, or i'm just getting used to the smell of snake poo.

 

[Nanci]

I also use chlorhexadine on water bowls. Soak in bleach, scrub with chlorhexadine.

 

[Ares2010]

I use vinegar and water to clean anything that hasn't had poop on it.. the parts that have, I use a bit of bleach and water..