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01-29-05, 06:15 PM
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Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
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Harmful?
I go to the petstore today and I asked for reptile cage cleaner (for my corn snake). Turns out they dont sell any but an employee tells me that I can use benadyne (sp?). Anyways I ask if its harmful and she says not at all, considering I use diluted benadyne. Could any one tell me for sure? (I can't trust a pet store too much)..
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01-30-05, 10:50 AM
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I don't know the answer myself.... but for a forum were everybody "cares" about the well being of animals... I'm shocked no one has offered an answer to your question yet.....
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01-30-05, 12:06 PM
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I tried... 
But I looked up 'benadyne' and no one knows what the crap that is.
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01-30-05, 12:15 PM
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I "care" about the well-being of animals so I'll help out...
CORN_SNAKE91 likely misheard the word "Betadine."
Betadine is a trademark for a preparation of povidone-iodine. It is a topical antiseptic agent that is readily used during surgery prep. It's available at any drugstore, I used to use it for piercings, though I've never used it for herp enclosures. I would imagine that a diluted mixture would be an excellent antiseptic cleaner, however, it is iodine based and stains things easily. I don't think it would have any adverse affects on herps so long as the enclosure is properly rinsed afterward.
Cheers,
Ryan
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01-30-05, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2004
Location: Edmonton
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For cleaning my snake cages I simply use vinigar. Works great.
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01-30-05, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Southwestern Ontario
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Diluted bleach solution.
Crazy; chill out. Rather than make a snide comment, why didn't you offer a suggestion?!
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01-30-05, 02:10 PM
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Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally posted by mykee
Diluted bleach solution.
Crazy; chill out. Rather than make a snide comment, why didn't you offer a suggestion?!
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I said I didn't know the answer to the original question, I guess I could have offered an other method.... personally I just use a vinegar salution.... unless it's really dirty or I'm puting a different animal all together then it's bleach.... As for the snide comment.... Sorry I guess?.... Just seems people are never as quick to offer help to someone ?... as they are to give them crap, when they screw up... That's all
have a nice day mykee.....
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Last edited by crazy4reptiles; 01-30-05 at 06:39 PM..
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01-30-05, 02:14 PM
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cleanerss
Good old Hot water and Vinegar with a good scrub brush!
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01-30-05, 05:13 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2004
Location: London
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Crazy:
The only person that gave anyone "crap" was you. Nobody had even said anything yet, obviously no one knew the right answer and didn't want to reply for the sake of replying. Like you did.
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01-30-05, 06:41 PM
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Location: Calgary
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Wow ..... it wasn't really that big of a Deal.... ya so I was a little sarcastic... or made a snide comment... sorry... but suck it up... hope ya dont lose any sleep over it.... lol
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01-30-05, 06:46 PM
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We used to use a diluted Betadine solution to disinfect enclosures and accessories/tools with at my old job after a good soap and water cleaning. It is water soluble and rinses quite easily, and being a film-forming solution, doesn't 'bead up' like other cleaners tend to. It is perfectly safe and effective. Like Ryan said, you can purchase it at any drug store. I find they tend to have quite a markup and only sell small quantities, I get mine from the farm supply.
IMHO though, you can't beat the cleaning power of vinegar and peroxide. That's my choice for cleaning all my collection for the most part. Vinegar effortlessly removes mineral buildup from water, cleans glass flawlessly, kills germs, and is safe enough that it can even be ingested. Peroxide is great at cleaning enclosures as well, but will streak glass, so I only use it on plastic and wood enclosures. Just spray and wipe! For a super clean, spray one over top of the other... it has been proven in university tests to be more effective at killing germs than bleach, and above all, is not at all harmful to your herps! 
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01-30-05, 09:27 PM
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Location: BC
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Soap and water and elbow grease. Why make things harder than they should be? If you can eat off of a plate washed with warm water and dish soap, why is that not good enough for your snakes???
Larger collections; bleach is an excellent tool. For sure.
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01-30-05, 09:30 PM
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Waterloo
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I use diluted vinegar solution in mine.....CHEAP and effective, perfect!
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01-30-05, 10:23 PM
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Jeff....I prefer to Not feed my snakes on plates... or in bowls...
Bleach........WOW..u must love that smell..like a swimmin pool..nothing like a fresh smell of clorine..well enough said
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01-30-05, 10:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2004
Location: Edmonton
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Quote:
Originally posted by wiseman001
Jeff....I prefer to Not feed my snakes on plates... or in bowls...
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Jeff wasn't suggesting you feed your snake on a plate, the idea was if you can eat off a plate after washing it with dish soap then wouldn't dish soap clean well enough to use on your snake enclosure. Reread the post.
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