I hear you. Even the most diehard snake enthusiast will appreciate easy-to-clean setups that still provide the snakes with what they need to be as healthy as possible. Here are some tips I use if I want to keep it simple and quick. Basically, it is using chlorohexadine to clean cages and bowls, and to use newspaper subtsrate. Kings actually do very well in a newspaper-laden cage. They hide under it anywhere in the cage they want.

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Water
Change twice a week. Sorry. But, you can get this stuff called Nolvosan (spellin?) which is chlorohexadine I think. Anyway, Pro-Exotics sells it in a gallon concentrate with a pump spout. Get a spray bottle, pump a few squirts of the concentrate into it and fill with water, shake it, and you have it. And you can clean water bowls quickly and easily.

Substrate
Lots of debate. Wood shavings and other paticulate substrates can be spot cleaned before a total change is needed. Does save some time. If you use newspaper, use enough so the paper serves as the hide too. Then there is less to remove to clean. A humid hide may be necessary to be offered at times if using newspaper and your room humidity is low. And use the Nolvosan to clean the glass or plastic or whatever.

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