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RE: How do I clean a Wooden tank out?

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Posted by: Morgans Boas at Mon Mar 26 23:28:00 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Morgans Boas ]  
   

A cage with a wooden floor will absorb fecal matter and urates. As you now know it'll also absorb Bleach. The best move for a wooden floor is to cover it with lanolium, or sheet plastic, and silicone the edges and corners. Allow a few days or more for the silicone to off-gas. If you don't correct this soon, your cage will either start smelling bad of snake crap residue, and bacteria will spread - or you will make it toxic to the snake by bleach fumes. I wouldn't be putting it back in the cage until the bleach odor is gone. Hardware stores sell cheap lanolium in apropriate sizes, if you can't find plastic sheeting. Also check on the "caging forum" on this site for many helpful ideas.
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