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View Poll Results: How Often Do You Clean Your Enclosures?
Weekly 6 26.09%
Biweekly 1 4.35%
Monthly 6 26.09%
3 Months 6 26.09%
6 Months 4 17.39%
It's Overdue 0 0%
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Old 12-04-12, 08:39 AM   #16
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Re: How Often Do You Do A Full Enclosure Cleaning?

It really depends on the species for me. Some snakes, like my Burm and retic, are messier and they get cleaned every 1-2 weeks. I use paper for their substrate, so whenever they shed or pass waste they are cleaned out. My other pythons I spot clean every week and the substrate is changed about every 2 months, or sooner if it seems dirty.
Others, like my arboreal vipers, only eat once or twice a month and defecate after every 3rd meal, so they get spot-cleaned every time they poop, and the entire substrate is changed out every 3-4 months or so.
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Old 12-04-12, 09:02 AM   #17
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Re: How Often Do You Do A Full Enclosure Cleaning?

Great feedback. It's interesting to see how each if us differ. Seems like I'm a little overkill with the weekly cleanings.
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Re: How Often Do You Do A Full Enclosure Cleaning?

I do weekly to bi-weekly 'cleanings'.
Except, I dont wash the terraniums. I wash whats inside and change the substrate. The terraniums themselves don't become messy, but I wash them a few times a year.
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