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Poo cleaning...
- Thread starter Neo
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Well..I'm guessing you use paper towels since you were talking about "soaked paper."
I use paper towels too but I don't have to take everything out..unless you use one long piece? I usually use like shredded paper towels so i only have to pick out that one spot and if any poop is stuck the the bottom or sides i use a wet paper towel to rub it off. I do a full tank clean once or twice a month depending on how motivated I am..
I use paper towels too but I don't have to take everything out..unless you use one long piece? I usually use like shredded paper towels so i only have to pick out that one spot and if any poop is stuck the the bottom or sides i use a wet paper towel to rub it off. I do a full tank clean once or twice a month depending on how motivated I am..
Kevin M
Corn Addict
I use Aspen Shavings for all my my corns except hatchlings. I check and clean all PooMatter every day. It's time consuming but dirty cages are a pet peeve of mine. (That and during the summer if some fruit flies get in the room I tend to have maggot problems. Which is never good)
-Kev
-Kev
The cages around here are cleaned every week. The regimen is that the snake is put into a temporary holding cage, the newspaper (that's what I use as a substrate) is rolled up and thrown away. Any loose fecal material is scraped from the bottom of the cage and deposited into the 'scum bucket'. These buckets get dumped on the bamboo groves whenever they get ripe.
Fresh paper is put down, the water bowl wiped out and fresh water provided. The snake is then put back into it's cage and offered a meal.
Now a well acclimated corn snake will not get stressed out from this sort of activity. It will be just part of the background scenery for it, and as long as it has no fear of you, there is no need to get stressed out. Matter of fact, mine are SO used to this procedure that they have learned that they are going to get fed sometime in all of this activity and it is sometimes a challenge keeping the snake from grabbing your hand by mistake. One the hatchlings get to be about a 6 months old, they have picked up on the routine and are acting the same way.
It is VERY rare for us to have a corn snake act stressed out for any reason related to cage cleaning or handling. I guess this is because 20 some years of weeding out the malcontents has just about eliminated that sort of misbehavior in those guys.
Fresh paper is put down, the water bowl wiped out and fresh water provided. The snake is then put back into it's cage and offered a meal.
Now a well acclimated corn snake will not get stressed out from this sort of activity. It will be just part of the background scenery for it, and as long as it has no fear of you, there is no need to get stressed out. Matter of fact, mine are SO used to this procedure that they have learned that they are going to get fed sometime in all of this activity and it is sometimes a challenge keeping the snake from grabbing your hand by mistake. One the hatchlings get to be about a 6 months old, they have picked up on the routine and are acting the same way.
It is VERY rare for us to have a corn snake act stressed out for any reason related to cage cleaning or handling. I guess this is because 20 some years of weeding out the malcontents has just about eliminated that sort of misbehavior in those guys.
little twiglet
New member
every three weeks???
i clean my snake out once a week and remove poo everyday if there is any
and the water bowl is cleaned everyday i have 2 so i can disinfect 1 and use the other
Clean out ur snake every 3 weeks means that you run the risk of mites and other nasty infections.
water bowls should be cleaned every day to remove any scum and nasty stuff remember that your snake not only drinks that water he/she also bathes in it!!
Frankly im appalled
i clean my snake out once a week and remove poo everyday if there is any
and the water bowl is cleaned everyday i have 2 so i can disinfect 1 and use the other
Clean out ur snake every 3 weeks means that you run the risk of mites and other nasty infections.
water bowls should be cleaned every day to remove any scum and nasty stuff remember that your snake not only drinks that water he/she also bathes in it!!
Frankly im appalled