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| CSN |
Posted - 12/09/2010 : 15:24:04
When you guys feed if you use tongs, how and what do you use to clean them after holding the mouse in them?
cheers |
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| Sta~ple |
Posted - 15/09/2010 : 14:41:22
I don't regularly clean mine but I do put them back into the feeding container once fed, which also doesn't cleaned unless I see where the mouse has defrosted. When I do clean them I use hot water and washing up liquid. I have some plastic tongues which are good for all mice but don't feel that safe when picking up weaner rats. |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 16:52:05
trigene every now and again.........rarely tbh, unless something's made a mess of them! |
| BurnedAtTheStake |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 16:51:10
quote:
Originally posted by lee2308
i just lick mine
LOL - very mice - ewwww!
Hi, the people who asked about Wilkinsons' kitchen tongs - I'm sure they were incredibly cheap, £2 odd - and if I'm wrong, certainly not much more than that. They are in kitchen dept (lol!) and about 18 inches long with spoon shaped plastic grips - mine are yellow. They really are good - and I think the plastic grips are better than metal. I've put mine in the dishwasher sometimes, and it hasn't harmed them.
All the best.
Aaah! Stop press- if you're gardeners, check out Wilkinsons' garden dept - lots of stuff reduced by 50%. I got two of those plastic zip up cold frame thingys for £5 each today! |
| bigal |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 16:31:06
I use reptile disinfectant unles my tongs are my fingers then I just wash them! lol |
| FiestaSTLou |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 11:02:58
sounds yummy haha!
i use boiling water, reptile disinfectant then rinse with hot water. |
| lee2308 |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 10:16:07
i just lick mine |
| drchino |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 09:52:30
Good question, I was wondering about this myself.
I just stick mine in the dishwasher, presumed this would be ok. I also put the tub I feed in and the small tub I defrost the mouse in too. I always give everything a wash in boiling hot water afterwards to be sure anyway. |
| ryanred5 |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 02:09:35
BATS how much are the kitchen tongs at Wilkinsons?
Although we have a huge pair of metal tongs that we use to feed Tango with, I though another pair of tongs to feed Phoenix with, would be a good idea.
What exactly do they look like so I can tell my hubbie as he will be the only getting them?
Thanks. |
| Stacii |
Posted - 12/09/2010 : 17:26:02
i have a kettle in my room on opposite side of room from snakes and i jus boil the tongs between snakes lol |
| BurnedAtTheStake |
Posted - 12/09/2010 : 16:18:34
Yup, hottest water/antibacterial washing up liquid, or stick them in the dishwasher.
I only use tongs for the royal, but my smallest corn has only one eye and special disabilities - I may have to start using tongs for her, to get her to notice mouse, but at present feed days are different. If the were the same, I suppose I'd just scald tongs before feeding another snake - unless there was a disease or mites (heaven forbid!) in the house. My rep shop had sold out of tongs so I ended up buying Wilkinson's kitchen tongs - fraction of the price and with soft plastic grips that I think are gentler if snakey strikes and misses. Cheap enough to have a few pairs! (They look HUGE but are more impersonal - won't smell of large human hands ...) |
| CSN |
Posted - 12/09/2010 : 15:36:31
do you use the same tongs for every snake stacii? |
| Stacii |
Posted - 12/09/2010 : 15:32:13
boiling water and disinfectant for us followed by another hot wash with fairy dishsoap |
