How to CLEAN your LEOPARD gecko | Chemical | Parasite | Tank | Tub (2022)

How to CLEAN your LEOPARD gecko | Chemical | Parasite | Tank | Tub (2022)
Hello Gecko Fanatics!
Once again we WELCOME you to another Geeky Gecko Creations VIDEO covering leopard gecko care tips and tricks.
In this episode, we are covering CLEANING your leopard gecko's ENCLOSURE!
This can be pretty simple, but there ARE a FEW things you want to be AWARE of.
1) Contamination
2) Parasites
3) Chemicals
4) Frequency
I have developed this cleaning routine out of extreme caution and care that I like to use to maintain a large healthy collection. I believe there are a lot of tips and tricks you will find useful in the video.
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How to CLEAN your LEOPARD gecko | Chemical | Parasite | Tank | Tub (2022) Hello Gecko Fanatics! Once again we WELCOME you to another Geeky Gecko Creations VIDEO covering leopard gecko care tips and tricks. In this episode, we are covering CLEANING your leopard gecko's ENCLOSURE! This can be pretty simple, but there ARE a FEW things you want to be AWARE of. 1) Contamination 2) Parasites 3) Chemicals 4) Frequency I have developed this cleaning routine out of extreme caution and care that I like to use to maintain a large healthy collection. I believe there are a lot of tips and tricks you will find useful in the video. Join us on another Geeky Gecko Creations Journey into the wonderful world of REPTILES! Consider subscribing and please if you can, hit that like button and notification bell, so that you can be up to date with the LATEST Gecko News! Until next time my friends, be safe, feed your passion, and remember: "Have a Geeky Gecko Great Day!" * P - e - a - c - e * (heart) (heart) SUBSCRIBE and SAVE today on any animal by purchasing off our Morph Market link BELOW. Every order gets store credit "Dino dollars" creditable for your next purchase! We provide a PLATFORM for YOU to LEARN about REPTILES! Leopard Geckos, Bearded Dragons, Tegus, Monitors, Snakes, and MORE! SOCIAL MEDIA MorphMarket www.morphmarket.com/stores/geekygecko314/ Patreon www.patreon.com/geekygeckocreations Instagram instagram.com/geeky.gecko.creations/ Facebook facebook.com/GeekyGeckoCreations TikTok www.tiktok.com/@geekygeckocreations?lang=en Website www.geekygeckocreations.com Email [e-mail] Rainbow Mealworms www.rainbowmealworms.net

[@SagaofaCrew]

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[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

that does look funny ill have to check it out!

[@earlsreptiles1276]

I love how you grab there tail so professional good at your job

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Haha TY...we actually have a whole video on grabbing them safely by the tail here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIvPi5h5rs5mr8k

[@pantherophisml5699]

Good morning, Frank! Great video, as always.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Ty Blake!

[@olympusnfitness]

Keep up the great work on videos brother

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

TY Dallas!

[@wildcardgeckos]

Great video amigo.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

TY bro! :D

[@moparsofphilly]

Awesome thanks

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

anytime! :D

[@mklexotics8118]

Chlorhexidine is a great cleaner vets us. You can also add a piece of copper to the water dishes to avoid the slimy film.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Ah yes i heard that trick!. And Chlorhexidine diluted yes ive heard of that too, I bought some just haven't used it yet lol. Maybe i will incorporate that one day! Thanks for the comments! :D

[@whitwhit6973]

Yes, always clean EVERYTHING with soap and water

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Yes you know me :D

[@jayflynn-youell7472]

I use kitchen roll an don't use bowls for drink as found mine don't drink from them so just spray with water in viv an they drink the droplets.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Yeh thats a common method we might experiment with in the future as well! :D

[@rdnkenki]

Copper penny with date prior to 1980 have very high amount of copper... I place one in my Leopard Geckos water bowl and it reduces bacteria etc

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Very cool! yeh ive heard of that b4 but never saw it applied to leos, way to think outside the box! :D

[@rdnkenki]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations I learned it on Snake Discovery channel :) Then I googled it etc.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@rdnkenki oh nice haha

[@MrsJosephCorica]

They don’t seem to sell it anywhere near here.

[@alyssablair7613]

The sprayer you use, does it not contain lead? We got one but decided not to use it cause it contained lead and dehp that is said to cause birth defects

[@alyssablair7613]

So I looked up this container and it does at least contain the deep, don't know how much it actually causes birth defects.

[@pantherophisml5699]

@@alyssablair7613 all petroleum plastics are made of dozens to hundreds of toxic chemicals. Unless it was made of hemp, all plastic is toxic. The difference is not every type of plastics bleeds or leaches those chemicals out into the liquid they're holding. Sprayers are completely safe, even for much more sensitive plants and animals than geckos.

[@alyssablair7613]

@@pantherophisml5699 ours said it did have lead and that you should not even use it without washing your hands and stuff cause it would Leach

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

That Ellimatnator sprayer from walmart, the 2 gallon kind I showed, thats the main one we use for humid hide spraying and some baby water dish fill ups. thats a good concern but I havent seen anything about lead, but never looked, however never had any issues as far as I can tell, but will keep an eye out for any data

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@alyssablair7613 ill keep an eye out, we probally hatched 350 or so babies last year, some with defects due to inbred lines like tangerine, others with defects due to parent x offspring breeding, and some just natural occurances, but the numbers were very low, so I cannot say if the sprayer would have caused that like you mentioned, that would have to be tested, but maybe its also possible our contry's tap water has stuff to possibiliy dilute or disolve the lead? Anywho Ill be keeping an eye out, but for now I cannot say that the issues were caused by the bottle given the other factors involved.

[@alyssablair7613]

So a thing that we use commonly in the micro lab is 10% bleach. It's recommended that a 10% solution is the best way to clean for microbes. You might want to dilute that especially if you don't want to harm the lizards

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Yeh thank you, I am super careful to rinse everything very thoroughly with water, so none of the geckos' stuff ever has chemicals raw lying in it. But also at this time, im not really using chemicals in the geckos' tubs themselves, just the bathtub which gathers feces and like sometimes the sponge, but then i rinse the sponge really well before using it again on gecko stuff. So what im saying is by the time I bring the gecko tub back to the room it's rinsed super thoroughly with water and shouldn't have any chemical residue at all. That's really good info to know as well tho for what you guys do in the lab. I'm not sure if bleach from the store is diluted already? On the gallon bottles I buy it doesnt say, so must not be? But anywho, good info Alyssa, thank you! :D :D

[@alyssablair7613]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations yea we buy household bleach at work and dilute it to 10%

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@alyssablair7613 Coo coo, yeh I know if your using it directly in geckos tub you want to do like 5% or something low likw you said, and let it air dry, and probably rinse it out so no fumes get into ur geckos lungs too much, but we just clean all our tubs with water and that sponge, and only use the chemicals on the bath tub itself to try to eliminate as much bacteria/possible parasites as possible. I under stand this method isnt fail safe completely, but has worked really well for us so far keeping a large healthy collection so far :D

[@alyssablair7613]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations so from what I can tell on micro, you use 10% and then using dawn to get the remainder of the bleach off should not cause any problems

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@alyssablair7613 Oh cool good to know, yeh i love dawn for just pure "clean" feeling on stuff lol.

[@jayflynn-youell7472]

Just had my first four eggs two from each of my females. Coral an zena.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

whattt thats awesome congrats!

[@izzyjohnson3010]

That box is way too small for that size geck It’s dirty as heck cleaning it or not. Then you grabbed her by the tail!? Wtfff

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

It can seem offputting but I do have a lot of comfortablility with handling geckos and never lost a tail to thousands of geckos this way.

[@NathansWildLife]

What’s cold

[@adontopp]

Why are leopard geckos biting each other

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

The intro is an educational segment of what can happen durring breeding, I literally was filming them breed, it happened very quickly and no geckos were hurt, this is common behaviour, im very careful with my geckos and the male was removed right away after that. we house all geckos sepertely and only pair durring breeding season for 10 minutes per session.

[@hyeGUY25]

bro 33% hydrogen peroxide will fk anything up.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

We buy our's at 3% from store, but not sure if you meant your comment in a concerning way, but we only use chemicals mentioned in this video on the bathtub to kill as much bacteria and parasites as possible, not directly on the geckos tub

[@hyeGUY25]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations no I meant 34% hydrogen peroxide will kill any disease. Must be rewashwd with soap after but ya let it sit for an hour in it and it kills all germs.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@hyeGUY25 Gotcha, good stuff, yeh thats the problem with mass reptile keeping is when you have 1000's of tubs to clean theres just no way to let everything sit for long periods of time, and there are so many other pints of possible contamination, we can just do the best we can lol. Appreciate ur input tho thats good stuff to know! :D

[@hyeGUY25]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations ya when I say sit I mean for heavy duty stuff like fungus build up and stuff but a quick 5 second wait period will be great for Maintainance cleaning. We use this a lot in the legal canna industry to keep our facilities mold and disease free. Must wear gloves. Ok I’ll leave you alone now haha nice geckos btw

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@hyeGUY25 Hhaha no i enjoy learning. TY for sharing! :D