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Is there any way to keep a boa cage from getting smelly or to get the smell out? I clean the cage regularly, I have repti bark in it right now. But once they go to the bathroom a couple times the cage starts to smell again. Is there any way to make the cage not smell so bad without hurting the snakes? Oh I have the top pretty covered so it keeps the heat in the cage too and I don't want to change that because it's easier to keep the cage warm.
Thank You
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Matt Smith
0.2 Columbian Red Tails
0.0.2 Leopard Geckos (1 Albino)
RedGhostKingApril

I don’t know. Maybe a thin layer of aquarium charcoal under the repti-bark might help absorb the odors. Is there any fresh air exchange, or is the top really closed off good.
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Jeff
0.1 Wife (Homo sapiens sapiens): Kim
2.0 Hogg Island Boas, Bob Sears Line (Boa Constrictor imperator): Ham-let and BLT
1.1 Smooth-Scaled Sand Boas (Eryx johnii johnii): Xerxes, and Sa'rai
1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus loveridgei): Solomon
0.2 Kenyan Sand Boas, 100% het anery (Eryx colubrinus loveridgei): Sheba, Jasmine
0.1 Doberman (Canis familiaris): Princess Grace
1.0 Pitbull Mix (Canis familiaris): Popcorn
1.0 Rough Collie (Canis familiaris): Dante
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“It’s not bragging if you can prove it”

If your cage still stinks after cleaning it, then you are not cleaning it well enough. A strong smell is a sign of bacteria still lingering in the substrate. This is not good for your boa, or for you for that matter because it could be salmonella.

I completely change my substrate once a month, like clockwork. Sounds like you should too...
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David - Houston, TX
Young Red Tail Boa
Purchased 11/16/03
www.geocities.com/davidag02