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Kath
Yearling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 18/10/2011 : 19:47:34
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Hi again!
Last question for today I think....!
Have read that you should clean your snakes enclosure every month, which some sites say & we were told every 2 months, any suggestions on which is right?
Also, when you clean the actual viv, do you get rid of all the substrate & replace with fresh or just the top layer say or maybe just where your snake does his business?
Thanks.
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Edited by - gmac on 18/10/2011 19:51:19 |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 18/10/2011 : 19:50:52
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really it depends on what substrate you're using and how messy the individual snake is
please post in the right sections as this is the 3rd thread i've had to move. |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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johno
Egg
United Kingdom
75 Posts |
Posted - 18/10/2011 : 19:54:35
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| just do every 6 weeks then ur in between :P and personally yea for what it costs i just replace all mine disinfect everything then u know everything is clean and all substrate is fresh. |
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Kath
Yearling
United Kingdom
697 Posts |
Posted - 18/10/2011 : 20:00:00
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| Thanks johno, my other half said just go inbetween what I'd been told & read but not telling him he was right lol. |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 18/10/2011 : 20:03:21
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our tinies on kitchen roll or aspen need a weekly full clean
the adults in RUBs on newspaper get a weekly clean out, the ones on aspen go for, well, as long as it takes - usually i just do a partial change and wipe half the RUB down with disinfectant then tip the aspen the to the other side and finishing wiping round. it's mainly the clean girls on aspen  |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 18/10/2011 : 20:13:00
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| Mine are spot checked every couple of days although I can usually smell when they have pooped. Then I just get some tissue and scoop out the offending mess and surrounding aspen. I usually do a full clean out about every 6 weeks-2 months (whenever I have time to do it). |
4.1.0 corns - Izzy (Carolina) Alice (Amel) Peanut (Butter Motley) Swayze (Ghost) Carmellia (Butter Motley)
0.1.0 cat - Kizzy
1.0.0 Dog - Dobbie
Location - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
www.support-dogs.org.uk |
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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scottishbluebird
it is all my fault
United Kingdom
8403 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2011 : 01:59:13
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| 8/10 Kellogs will poop when getting handled! so his faun is spotless most of the time, but still gets full clean every 6 weeks |
     
0.1.0 Corn - Kellogs
1.0.0 Hognose - Storm
0.1.0 Staffy - Lyla
1.0.0 Spaffy(staffy x springer)-Spyro
1.0.0 Ferret - Peanut R.I.P
0.1.0 Crestie - Fudge. Wish List - Pygmy hedgehog. Tropiocolotes |
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garrie
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1148 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2011 : 10:28:24
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| Same a scottishbluebird for me ^^^^ |
^click for more pics^
Garrie - Halesworth, Suffolk. 1.0 AURYN (fire morph corn) 0.1 Puzzle (Cat) |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
United Kingdom
3984 Posts |
Posted - 20/10/2011 : 20:46:49
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2 months for me. If you spot check it shouldn't be too desperate. Although the smell could be an indicater you need to clean them out.  |
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huffy_86
Hatchling
United Kingdom
113 Posts |
Posted - 20/10/2011 : 21:58:29
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We clean Pablo out every 6 weeks with a full substrate change and disinfect, but in the meantime we do spot checks everyday and if he's had a dump we use special reptile friendly anti bacterial wipes to remove the poop and surrounding substrate and clean around the area.
Remember to check any rub decorations aswell... i recently found Pablos trailing plant covered in poop and wouldn't have seen without lifting it to check underneath!! Was a right mess to clean! |
James aka Huffy, Leighton Buzzard. |
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LittlestarRed
Egg
United Kingdom
99 Posts |
Posted - 21/10/2011 : 14:18:17
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| I clean out Nagini's Faun every 6-8 weeks depending on how much time I have and how dirty it is! I spot clean every day or every other day in between to make sure nothing nasty gets left! LOL |
0.1.0 Carolina Corn Snake 'Nagini', 4.8.0 Royal Pythons, 1.0.0 BRB, 1.0.0 Honduran BCI, 1.0.0 Yemen Chameleon 'Jasper' and 1.0.1 Beardies 'Snuggle' & 'Beanie' |
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MammasGirl
Egg
United Kingdom
59 Posts |
Posted - 22/10/2011 : 10:18:22
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Kath I help mamma clean her snakes and we clean everything once a month but scoop poop every day  |
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