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How many of you just throw your snake bowls in the dishwasher? And how many of you do it with regular dishes in it? Respond quickly, Im about to turn the dishwasher on. LOL

ep
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Occupants not paying rent:
1.1. balls
1.1 corns
1 everglades rat
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
2.1 cats

I toss my crocks in the dishwasher - they usually require their own loads - but I have been known to throw one or two in with the family dishes.

Start away!
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

6.34.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.4 frogs rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.0 Lizards of unknown origin

plan to keep it that way. I have read that there isn't anything that can be passed from a snake to a human but I'm sure there are those that would disagree. I keep separate sponges and wash cloths, separate towels for drying, etc. I would never take the risk of exposing my family to some bacteria or infection from a snakes feces in a water bowl. As it is, about once a month all the water bowls are placed into a 5 gallon bucket of salt water and bleach and soaked for 24 hours. Then they are scrubbed and rinsed. Boxes/tubs are cleaned on a regular basis with soap. I have extra boxes /tubs to swap out. After breeding season they get washed with a soap and bleach solution once a month in addition to their regular cleaning. I just consider this part of having a clean collection.

but on occasion, I would pull out household dishes and find pieces of shed skin and other items. I decided the it just does not seem too sanitary.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

yes they can pass stuff

pet shop had a lady that got bitten by a burm and a boa.....both snakes died.......they laughed and said she was killing the snakes....turns out she did......SHE had salmonella........and she got it from lizards they think.......

also......humans can get coccidia I would say........and I bet snakes can get it from crickets.......

......I hate to cross contaminate from anything to snakes.........frogs,lizards,crickets,turtles and all just freak me out......

guess that's why I hate the morons walking around the show today with big igunas clutched in their arms or the tegu or the gators and all......why walk with them...?.is it like we never saw them before?....or is it like they actually want them to get sick from the 40 degree rainy weather today?..........dumbasses none the less.....stop it.........

and people walking around with boxes of crickets ........germs and all actually WILL fall through the screened boxes onot tables and people.........buy crickets and take to car into a styrofoam container.......they hate 40 degree rain too....

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..........yes germs ,bacterias and viruses can pass I personally think............not all......but it takes just one.........
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JYReptiles

Scales-N-Tails Reptiles ltd........Pa

I've thought of doing them in the dishwasher, but it would take too many loads and it wouldn't be fiscally prudent. But I put my birds crocks in with family dishes and we are still alive

I would use a dishwasher if one load would be enough but it would take several loads a week and the cost would be too much over what it takes to soak them in bleach and scrub them myself. But personally, I don't see anything wrong with it, people need to do what works for them.

I always wipe sheds off the crocks before putting them in the laundry room sink to soak because I don't want all those sheds going down the drain, so I would be extra careful about wiping them off the crocks before putting them in the dishwasher so they don't plug up the tiny dishwasher drain.
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gail

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I don't recommend it. One disease can be passed from snake to humans, Salmonella. Though dishwashers do get pretty hot I am not sure just how hot it needs to be to safely kill the Salmonella bacteria. Best to err on the side of caution and safety, wash your reptile (all your pet dishes for that matter, be they reptile, avian or mammal (or fish)) separately from your family dishes. Unless you are the only one living in your house and would use your dishes then if you want to risk it, then it is your risk to take alone.
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PHLdyPayne

Yep - not sure about all dishwashers but our "sanitize" cycle eliminates 99.9% of all bacteria including salmonella and is even certified by National Sanitation Foundation Certification (according to the manual)- impressive I know (LOL). On regular cycle the temperature is 154 degrees on the sani cycle it reaches 180.

I guess you can look at it this way ... if you put utensils you've just used on your raw chicken and/or eggs in there - you'd want to be sure that it killed the samonella associated with those items right?

And no I don't put poopy dishes in the dishwasher.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

6.34.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.4 frogs rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.0 Lizards of unknown origin

Im actually pretty anal about cleaning things when I do it. I pretty much wash my own dishes before I put them in the dishwasher. But I figure that if it is safe to kill the salmonella off my chicken plate it should be good to kill anything else. I only have 6 snakes now so its just easier to throw them in the dishwasher, now that I have one. This is the first load so we'll see how it goes. They were all pre-cleaned anyway so it should be fine. Thanks for playing.

ep
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Occupants not paying rent:
1.1. balls
1.1 corns
1 everglades rat
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
2.1 cats

I've done it, but never along side the family dishes. It doesn't really work out that well, dishwashers are designed more for plates, silverware and drinking glasses then they are for water bowls. It would take too many loads to get all of the snake bowls done. I usually just stack them up in the basement sink, fill with hot water and nolvasan and let them sit in the nolvasan solution overnight. The next night I scrub them out rinse in a hot water bath and let them air dry. I also have enough bowls so that I have two for each cage, that way I can just swap them out every week and don't have to worry about getting the dishes done right away.

Mark

>>How many of you just throw your snake bowls in the dishwasher? And how many of you do it with regular dishes in it? Respond quickly, Im about to turn the dishwasher on. LOL
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>>ep
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>>Occupants not paying rent:
>>1.1. balls
>>1.1 corns
>>1 everglades rat
>>1 w. hognose
>>1 bearded dragon
>>2.1 cats

I put hides and water dishes in the dishwasher. Of course my girl is always pissed because the dishwasher smells like snake right afterwards, lol.

Kyle