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What disinfectants are commonly used in snake farms?

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"Disinfect the snake farm often, and with diligent care the snakes stay disease-free." For snake farms (and keepers), "prevention is better than cure" is an eternal rule. Especially under captive breeding and home propagation conditions, routine chemical disinfection must be kept up, otherwise a trivial matter can "brew" into a big problem, and by then it will be a bit late to try to salvage the situation. Disinfectants now on the market come in a confusing array of types, but snake farms (and keepers) must not blindly misuse disinfectants that are irritating, smelly or corrosive, such as caustic soda, Lysol, 84 disinfectant, formalin (formaldehyde)

"Disinfect the snake farm often, and with diligent care the snakes stay disease-free." For @#@246@#@ farms (and keepers), "prevention is better than cure" is an eternal rule. Especially under captive breeding and home propagation conditions, routine chemical disinfection must be kept up, otherwise a trivial matter can "brew" into a big problem, and by then it will be a bit late to try to salvage the situation. Disinfectants now on the market come in a confusing array of types, but snake farms (and keepers) must not blindly misuse disinfectants that are irritating, smelly or corrosive, such as caustic soda, Lysol, 84 disinfectant, formalin (formaldehyde) and the like. The disinfectants commonly used in snake farms should preferably be broad-spectrum, low-toxicity and high-efficiency, able to remove odours, and drinkable, such as benzalkonium bromide, boric acid, Baidusha, potassium permanganate, Dikangwang, Weidao disinfectant and Jundu disinfectant (must be diluted with hot water). These disinfectants not only have no odour, no irritation and no toxic side effects, but are also low in price, affordable for everyone, and very suitable for alternating use by snake farms (and keepers). For the specific methods of use and dosages, refer to the product instructions; they will not be detailed one by one here.

Should snake farm disinfectants be changed frequently?

In many years of snake-keeping practice, the author has deeply realised that snake farms cannot do without disinfectants, but the same variety of disinfectant solution (agent) must not be used alone for a long time. This easily breeds resistance in pathogens and bacteria, markedly reducing the disinfection effect and preventing the proper disinfection and sterilisation. The scientific method of use should be: choose several commonly used disinfectants (agents) and, during routine disinfection of the snake farm, best alternate and rotate them, so that no resistance develops, making the disinfection more thorough and more reassuring.

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