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I am planning on dunking each of my snake bins in a bleach solution before I wash them each week. How much water to how much bleach is safe for snakes??? I will do this with their water bowls too, so I want to be on the safe side. If anyone does this can you let me know how much bleach and water should be mixed to kill any bugs that might be there yet not harm the snakes.

Thanks!!

about 15 % bleach and soak for 20 mins.Rinse with cold water and let dry
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Doug L

A trick i learned working as a cleaner is bleach is a very powerful chemical and cap full to 1 gallon of water is plenty enough to clean. Just my 2cents

make sure you let the cages air dry.

I think even straight bleach, if it dries, is safe.
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"Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8".

"They that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." -Benjamin Franklin

the one cap to a gallon is safe for humans, and quite sufficient. I'd also rinse thoroughly.
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Todd Hughes

I m just saying that when chlorine dries it just turns to salt.
Any remaining deposits left on snake tubs after it drys can't hurt the snakes. So the amount of chlorine you use does not matter.

I use chlorine to soak my water dishes in. Then i place the water in a bucket of fresh water to rinse. After i remove them from that I let them dry before using.
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"Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8".

"They that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." -Benjamin Franklin

.. I meant to write ..."Then i place the water BOWLS in a bucket of fresh water to rinse."
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"Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8".

"They that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." -Benjamin Franklin

also, if you wash them first, the bleach water solution will stay cleaner...
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Todd Hughes

I don't get chemicals near my snakes and wash their tubs with anti-bacterial soap and hot water. Every two months I boil water and pour that into the tubs and then put the lids on to hold the heat. Twenty minutes later I emtpy, wash, rinse, and dry. Just my way of doing things. I don't trust the bleach stuff even though folks have been doing it forever.

I also dislike bleach, the smell and the burning eyes sucks. I use Chlorhexidine good stuff but it's kind of expensive.

I use Chlorhexadine because I don't have to wait for it to dry completely. A quart will last me a year; I use it in a spray bottle. http://www.reptilebasics.com/chlorhexadine-16oz.html
I switched when I got tired of spending a lot of time drying bins by hand. If a snake comes in contact with it, it's no big deal.