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Diluted Simple Green as a cleaner?

Zombiegirl

Zombiegirl

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When I was in tech school we had the opportunity to care for reptiles for the little mini museum that was on campus, and Nick, the...owner? of said reptiles used diluted Simple Green to clean the bins...spray it in, wipe it out (sans reptiles of course) Has anyone else heard of this or done this? What is YOUR preferred method to clean your racks/bins/tubs/vivs?
 
I can only suggest F10 which is now finally being sold in your country.

I highly recommend F10 SC Veterinary Cleaner for all cleaning and treatment, it is truly the best on the market and every reptile keeper should have this. It is a high level disinfection against bacteria, fungi, ring worms and most viruses even resistant viruses such as Parvovirus or PBFD.

My vet introduced me to it some time ago, it is what they use to disinfect their tables, floors, hospital cages, accessories and all equipment and they even ad it to the water. I did some research to find out how it helps in the water and found an article from Dr. Dorianne Elliot, Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital, Onderstepoort (Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital- high-tech practical training hospital of the Faculty of Veterinary Science.)

In the article it is written that F10 SC are used for soaking reptiles that have:
Scale rot
Any fungal diseases like black fungus
Septicaemia
Bacterial pneumonia -Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aeromonas spp. in snakes
For wound cleaning
Nasal flushing
Respitory Diseases
It is also used in foggers and humidifiers

It is like having veterinary medicine at home.

For more information on the use of this product here are articles written by Veterinarians.

Developed in South Africa. Can be bought at all Veterinary practices.
Sold in the US.
Sold in the UK.

This product are used for ALL animals.

(I posted links about this product, medical reports and where to buy it but it seems your software does not allow links.)
Bigreptileworld sell it in the US. To read about this product go to f10biocare. co.uk - all the vet reports can be found there. What is great about it is that it is super diluted so only a teaspoon are needed for cleaning etc.
 
I have never felt the need to really disinfect my snakes' tanks unless I was switching tanks out between animals. I spot clean the snake's vivs daily so any feces/urates are removed along with a handful of the remaining aspen. When I clean out the whole tank I remove all the aspen and wipe down the inside with a damp washcloth, dry, and replace the aspen.

Once I bought a tank off of someone on craigslist and he told me he has a lizard in the tank before he sold it, so I brought the tank outside, filled it with a 10% bleach solution (which is pretty strong) and let it sit for about 30 min. Then I wiped down the outside and edges with the solution, drained the bleach back in the kitchen (which was a HUGE pain) and rinsed really well with the garden hose. It was quite an ordeal! But I felt confident my critters wouldn't catch anything nasty from whatever animals had lived in that tank before I bought it.

I suppose I could go out and buy some disinfecting solution to wipe down tanks with... but I never really thought it was necessary. Should I be doing that? I always assumed that the tanks were fine as long as they looked clean and didn't smell like anything. Lol~
 
I have used Chlorhex but don't feel it's really doing much as it's so diluted? Just looks like I'm spraying water in the enclosure...I was told 2cc/1gallon water?

StaticSnow: I spot clean frequently but when I do a complete change of aspen I like to deep clean also (personal preference). I also have beardies, one of which is DISGUSTING so they get deep cleaned all the time.
 
ZG, what's the story with the disgusting beardie?
 
My wife has actually taken concentrated Chlorhexidine to the microbiology lab at her University and tested it against several gram negative and positive bacteria. It is actually very effective. It however will not protect against crypt, the only thing effective against crypt is ammonia. Our herp vet told us if we were concerned we could use a little stronger dilution factor than what is recommended so that is what we do.
 
I use a vinegar/water mix for basic cleaning, & F10 for deep cleaning. I think deep cleaning is necessary on a regular basis, regardless if you're switching animals/enclosures. They eat & poop in there.

I also use F10 with a nebulizer for RI's, (luckily, only one case, which was a stressed out Carpet Python, shortly after moving to a new home).
 
@Chip: My male is just a nasty boy...he poops ALOT, way more than the female does lol.

I ordered some of the F10SC stuff, hopefully should arrive within the week if not early next.

I haven't seen that type of Simple Green before, the stuff Nick used at the school was just plain green Simple Green.
 
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