Marmoset
Hatchling Dragon
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- 60
- Location
- New Jersey
Prince Moonpani is an excellent eater and pooper. He is eliminating 2-3x a day. They are "perfect poops" with a good consistency/ no straining etc. The issue is with me. Since I've always owned snakes I'm used to cleaning poop immediately and thoroughly. With snakes I only have to deal with poop once a week at most so this regimen is no problem. But Moonpani goes multiple times a day and in different areas of the enclosure. He uses the second and third level of his rock basking "mountain," his mopani wood and the vegetable dish. Once he went on his blanket that he sleeps in. Basically he goes anywhere except the paper towel that I'm using for his substrate. So at least once a day I take out his mountain and log and soak them in a chlorahexadine solution and while they dry I give him a second alternate sandstone basking mountain because it takes the stone and wood a long time to dry. So basically he gets an alternating enclosure arrangement every single day. I've read that some beardies don't like enclosure changes but he seems fine with it. Still I can't be positive that it won't start to bother him once his adult hormones kick in and he becomes more territorial.
So I'm wondering what the standard is for cleaning decor. How does everyone deal with poop on decor? Do you do a full clean it right away (soaking/ disinfecting) or just pick up the solids and do a periodic full cage cleaning? Do you put sandstone or wood into the enclosure before it is completely dry? Is it ok for me to be such a neatnik or would it be better for him to have his cage a little more dirty but undisturbed?
So I'm wondering what the standard is for cleaning decor. How does everyone deal with poop on decor? Do you do a full clean it right away (soaking/ disinfecting) or just pick up the solids and do a periodic full cage cleaning? Do you put sandstone or wood into the enclosure before it is completely dry? Is it ok for me to be such a neatnik or would it be better for him to have his cage a little more dirty but undisturbed?