What's the Best Disinfectant for Reptile Enclosures?
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2018
- Not all cleaners are rated equal. Today we share with you our top three picks for reptile disinfectants for reptile enclosures and decor, and why we use each one!
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A word of caution for people in the UK. When you buy bleach to make sure you get "Thin Bleach" most others for household cleaning has surfactants added. I use bleach in the Aquarium to clean certain filter components and to regenerate Purigen. Bleach is easily rinsed off and you can make sure by using a rinse containing water conditioner. Surfactants by their nature can be sticky.
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Very helpful thanks
Thanks man this helped a lot :D
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You have to know your species, too. Most geckos, like the cresteds I have, lick all surfaces in their cage and get most of their hydration by being misted several times daily, so anything like bleach is a no-no unless you plan to leave the enclosure empty for a while (I would go with a week minimum to let the bleach fully evaporate after several rinses) and NEVER use a disinfectant with fully aquatic species like axolotls or any type of fish or frog.
Lady Vader Well said!
True! You could also just rinse the enclosure with water that contains a heavy amount of a dechlorinator like Seachem Prime. It will chemically expedite the breakdown of the chlorine in bleach. We do it all the time in the fish keeping hobby.
Well said. She does say that these disinfectants are to be used in reptile enclosures though, not amphibians.
@@soph1e they said in the beginning they handled geckos
Foxiana 123 yes but she didn't say she used them for the geckos
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Chlorhexidine is great! We use it a lot for cleaning wounds in our Vet clinic. I never really thought about using it as an enclosure disinfectant before, so that was cool to learn about. I would be interested in seeing how hydrogen peroxide and alcohol stack up.
They dont touch Chlorhexidine
@@legendarymayormarylikestur8874 Oh yeah I figured that -- I meant more of "between the two, which is better?" Chlorhexidine is definitely the best for daily spot-cleaning, but I like to know how other common household things stack up if you're out or waiting on a shipment or something.
I personally use rubbing alcohol as my disinfectant of choice around my home. I’m not sure I’d use that for cleaning critters cages/tanks, but counter tops and mirrors, it does an amazing job on.
@@battlebear437 I use alcohol sometimes as long as it's all dried up before putting back in the reptile.... but chlorahexadine is cheap at tractor supply
@@trevorbraden5448 ooh yeah. I wouldn’t put an animal back in until it was completely dried.
Do another please, and you are amazing with keeping all your animals healthy and well feed. Thank you for teaching us
You have recommended Chlorhexidine before and I took that advice when I got my snake. I'm proud to report that it's helped me keep her healthy and she seems to be doing great otherwise!
I'm super late to this video, but I found it extremely informative! Thanks so much Emily! One thing I would like to share is that bleach is pretty unstable once diluted. Once you mix it with water, it starts to degrade pretty quickly, so you don't want to pre-dilute bleach too far ahead of time. I worked at an animal shelter (only cats and dogs though), and when we would use bleach dilution for quarantined animal spaces, we would mix up a new batch every 24 hours. Just a helpful tip for those of you who want to use bleach dilution so you can ensure your bleach is still doing the most for you!
I would be interested in a cleaning solutions pt 2! Going over other 3 cleaners you mentioned and perhaps comparing to reptile specific brand-name cleaners. Really informative video-thanks!!
Most farm supply stores carry chlorhexidine if you want to find it locally.
Ooo, yes, please make a part 2 for this vid about the other three chemicals you use! This was very informative! 😊👍🏻❤️
I got so happy when i relized the brand was “our family “ vinegar because i work at a family fare and thats our brand and just like idk yay.
Absolutely love these videos, so many useful tips and lots of practical info. Also love that you do hands on demos
for a lot of the things you talk about so we can see how they are put into practice...especially handling snakes etc.
My hope for 2019 is that this amazing channel makes it a MILLION subscribers (and beyond!!!) finding Snake Discovery was seriously a highlight of my 2018 and I want more people to be able to enjoy and love reptiles the way we do in this little SD community!
They’re almost at 3M now!
Love the blue stuff. Chlorhexadine is also used to prep skin in the OR prior to surgery as well as for surgeons to scrub in. Nothing feels cleaner to me than after I use that on the snake tubs
Yes! So excited for this video!! I work at an animal rescue here in Minnesota and have learned a lot about disinfecting. It's helped when I also started working at a pet store/doggy daycare combo.
I’ve been watching your videos for days now and I just want to say thank you because you have been a huge help in teaching me how to care for my California kingsnake. He is my first reptile and I’m obsessed with him ❤️
Literally everything I've needed to know about keeping my snake has been in a Snake Discovery video. Thank you!!! 🧡🧡
You help me so much! I own a ball python, and you teach me so many things I didn’t know about snakes and other reptiles and amphibians. Thank you! 💝
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Love this channel. So much raw info and tips. If only the whole reptile community was like this we would all be family as it should be.
I’m glad you posted this as I was literally scouring the web for disinfectant recommendations from trusted sources. I’d love to see a video comparing the pros and cons of f10 and even a bit of information regarding how it stacks up against the chlorhexidine.
we use chlorhex in the hospitals too. I'm a registered nurse abduction we use it for hand sanitizer, some wounds/cleaning skin before taking bloods and also use it to clean the hospital and the bed area between patients.
love your videos
Janelle (Melbourne, Australia)
i love videos like this because you never see the typical like pet youtuber talking about things like this. I know you guys are more educational and professional in terms of the trade, but this kind of stuff is REALLY good information and i think it should be shared more.
I always love your videos can’t wait for 2019 videos☺️☺️👍👍
I'm not even planning to own reptiles, but you make these topics so interesting. Keep up the good work! :)
I've been waiting for a video like this! It was so helpful, thank you!
HAPPY NEW YEARS SNAKE DISCOVERY 🐍 thanks for entertaining us and for the feedback you give us to learn how to care for our reptiles. You’ve been the best you tuber for 2018 make it the same for 2019. LOVE YOU ALOT
thank you Emily your just a wealth of knowledge and I appreciate everything you share with us. To you and Ed happy new year's it was a great one and let's continue our reptile lives together in 2019. Have a great day
My two daughters love watching your vlogs. You have a huge knowledge and such a great ability to share that knowledge with us all. We would benefit from a schools programme here in England that allows children to get up close to reptiles.
I've been wondering about my cleaning routine. There are too many products that offer the same results. THANK YOU for giving me some clear guidance on this issue.
I'm watching this because I'm considering getting a snake soon, but when you said vinegar takes hardwater stains off, something clicked and now my glass shower door is beautiful. thanks!
Great timing! Was just about to dedicate my day to cleaning two walls of enclosures. White/cleaning vinegar is a lifesaver. That chlorhexidine looks like it would be helpful to have on hand too, though.
Yay!!! Starting the new year with new Snake Discovery!!!
Happy new year Emily! You’ve been so helpful! 🤩🥳🥳❤️❤️🔥🔥
Starting the new year fresh and clean!
Chlorhexidine is one of my favorite smells xD I worked in veterinary and it is one thing I loved smelling just cleaning up wounds and cleaning down counters
give Rex a happy new year to celebrate her life
This really helped, thank you. Happy new year 🥳💛✨
I love how I don’t even own reptiles and I still watch every one of your videos
I'm in the UK too and ordered some Chlorhexadine solution from Ecolab which is 2% concentration (as is the bottle Emily is showing) so a ratio of 1 part solution to 32 parts water gives a final concentration of 0.0625% for any geeks out there. Great video!
i don’t even need to watch these videos it just keeps me entertained and satisfied idk just to learn or sum
Yes!! Thank you for posting this I've been researching this recently bc I was using Wipeout and it's so expensive. Please do the follow-up video about F10 I've been considering that as well and it would really help!!
I simply love this channel. Enough said.
Your videos are always so helpful.
Thank you for this video
Happy new year to you and yours 🏴
me, not owning any pet, getting notified about the video: OMG!! i gots to knowwww!!!!
I'm getting a ball python next July, so I'm watching all of these videos to help me figure out things. Thanks for having these eduacational vids! You look very pretty, btw.
Happy New Year to Emily and Ed, thanks for your time and effort and videos. From Diane Southampton UK
I think I speak for everyone when I say... this channel is awesome ❤️
Happy New Year, you brighten my every day
I’m watching this for the bearded dragon I bought about an hour ago! He’s doing great so far!
Happy 2019. Gonna hit more than a million this year! I know it!
This video is a life saver!! Thank you!
Great video! One thing that is really important to note about disinfectants is they need to sit for a certain amount of time to be efficient. It also won't fully sanitize if the surface is "soiled" as in there is debris stuck because the disinfectant cannot fully penetrate. Each disinfectant has a different sit time, but I don't think I've ever seen one that was shorter than 5 minutes. Usually they say on the instructions. Alcohol for example is recommended to set, saturated on the surface until it evaporates, and I believe bleach is 10 minutes.
Awesome video! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!
My mom for Christmas got me ALL of your merch and they are finally all here! I'm in love with them! Also can you do a video on how you set up your enclosure for Peanut?
good info as always. keep up the good work!
I had no connection but because this was a notification so this is the only video I can watch, I am not mad
I really needed this video thank you soo much!!
I have 2 dogs & 3 cats. We use hydrogen peroxide and alcohol 70% to clean up any accidents and stuff like that and they work amazing. No need to spend money on those carpet cleaning products that don't even work!
Love your videos! Happy New Years!
Hi Emily, I thought you might want to know this. There was a lady in Brian Barczyk’s zoo who had your Snake Discovery T-shirt on.
I just got a snake a week ago! Bless all of are earth and thank you so much for inspiring me! I got a ball python and named him cylus!
Happy New Year! Hope you have a safe, healthy, and successful year!
Your eye makeup is so nice omg. I'm really happy that you made a video about this! I'm so paranoid about which chemicals are okay for their habitat cleaning that I've only been sticking to water and baking soda only for all this time. I hope that much is okay, what do you say?
Thank you for everything you do 🖤
So much help! Thank you!
I wouldn't mind seeing more of these types of videos.
I would even watch you guys just cleaning honestly. As long as you talked to use about what you are doing.
Great advice, I use chlorhexidine myself and have never had an issue with it.
Happy New Year! Yes please do a comparison with F10. Love your vids
I was hoping you'd recommend cleaning products for reptiles, thank you this is fantastic information ❤🐍
I was playing the game 5 second rule with my friends a while ago where I should name 3 things within 5 seconds. Then they asked me to name 3 kinds of snakes and since I have been binge watching your videos for days now, I answered it with ease. I said
Hognose
Ball Python
Garter
which I did not know because the only snakes I know are cobras and rattlesnake. My friends did not believe me and I told them to go and watch your videos.
STAY AWESOME. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much for making this video!
Love this video. Keeping pets in general it is important to understand the cleaning products necessary. I use bleach on occasion, I have also use F10 and I use antibacterial soap, not really for disinfectant, but for order control in some of my enclosures, mainly my Columbian tegu as she can really stink up the place. :) I would love to see your next set up of cleaning supplies.
Thank you very much for the video! It is very useful.
I use hibiscrub is a good way of finding chlorhexidine. It’s what I use. I hate bleach, makes me feel sick, but I use a diluted spray for the deep cleans. Never used vinegar though, I might give that a go...🤔 Happy New Year Emily and Ed, thanks for another great video! 🥳
Let this new year give us more Ghost Bull snakes. Happy new year to Snake Discovery and all of their reptiles!
Happy 2019 Emily!!!!! I hope you have a great 2019!
Awesome video! I’d love a video explaining when you should clean your reptile cage!!
I have no reptiles, but subbed because your videos are wonderful!
Happy New Year Snake Discovery!!
I'm a firefighter and when I heard PPE I got confused until I looked at the screen. whoops lol
I've only had 3 hours of sleep.
Get some more sleep lol
@@theblabarmy lol I wish it worked that way.
The pagers don't care if you want to sleep, are sleeping, eating, or showering. They go off whenever they are told and house fires like to wake people up niceeeee and early. So 1-3 am rolls around and the pager wants to sing you the song of it's people and you have to get up to go see it's concert. Sometimes the concert have flames and explosions and sometimes it has blood and glass everywhere. Sometimes you get a mix of both and sometimes you don't get anything and you can go back to bed.
Lol I’m taking accountancy and it triggered me too cause I’m used with PPE being Plant, Property and Equipment hahahaha
@@Aqil1999Ikhwandi I just thought she randomly switched to talking about firefighters and was trying to tell everyone the safety procedures we follow.lol
Manifest Shadow1 Thank you so much for doing what you do! I have so much respect for you.
Chorahexedine is a fantastic and very safe disinfectant. Even some mouthwash contains chlorhexidine. For my crested gecko I use chorahexedine for disinfecting, and I use a razor and dechlorinated water to clean the glass.
Thank you Emily!!! I needed this video for my first snake I got yesterday
how is your little buddy and what type of snake is he/she
@@mikelagalea6180 beautiful Kenyan Sandboa. A couple years old too not a baby
I love this show happy new year everyone
Happy new year yall are great
You educate me so much
Thank you for this video 🦖
Simple Green D concentrate is amazing. One gallon will last years for most herps. Four ounces/gallon works great for reptiles.
A huge fan of your channel - from South Africa. Honestly though, I'm afraid of snakes 😅 I just love this channel.
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This was VERY informative and helpful
In the UK we get F10 reptile disinfectant ready to use with my two royal pythons and it works really well. Its efrective against bacteria, fungi, spores and viruses and it is suitable for every day use. Great thing is it is non-toxic to the animal. I make sure my two are i there travel boxes when cleaning
So helpful thank you
Can we get a 2019 breeding plan video?? I would love to see what you’re working on for new babies in the new year!
Happy New Year Rex
Happy New Year 🎉🎉 wish yous all the best in 2019 🎊🎊
Happy New Snake!
Very useful! Thank you!
Hello, I found this video very informative! Any chance you will do a detailed video on your snake's brumation process?
Keep up the great work!
I love your videos!!
Emily you are the best!
Thanks for the video. Very thorough. I posted this on Chameleons Forum.