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Newly realized benny of SMALL collection

RyanT Apr 08, 2009 02:13 PM

I need to Spring clean my snake room. I have some dirty boxes and bowls that have piled up in a corner over the Winter. I want to switch out the bowls of the snakes that have grown too big for the ones they can hide under with crocks, because they're to the point where they're damaging their scales when they squeeze under the ones they have now. Also need to do a thorough cleaning of all their boxes currently in use.

Dawned on me this morning, only having 10 snakes at the current time...my dishwasher can do most of the work. I can put all the bowls in there and even the 32 qt. tubs 3 at a time. So instead of bending over a bathtub, straining my back and draining and refilling the water over and over again for HOURS tonight, I can get it all done in maybe 6 or 7 dishwasher loads (NOT on hi-temp wash of course, just to be safe). The only bathtub work I'll have to do is to clean the 41 qts. which I have 8 of. Woo hoo!...Sorry, bored at work...sharing my brainstorm...don't know how you guys with hundreds and thousands of animals do it...or why you would WANT to.

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PHLdyPayne Apr 08, 2009 08:12 PM

Personally, unless your hot water does get hot enough to kill parasites and salmonella...I wouldn't recommend cleaning any pet bowls, tubs etc in the dish washer.
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PHLdyPayne

RyanT Apr 09, 2009 12:52 PM

Eh, I actually don't doubt that it does get hot enough. And I'll of course run it with nothing in it a cycle or 2 before I use it to wash actual dishes again. I'm not much of a germophobe (or any o-phobe for that matter), so...I'm not scurrred.

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