Cleaning Box Turtle Cages

Video Transcript

"Now I saw I've got all the particles removed from the bottom and I'm just going to mist it with the terrarium cleaner I have here, which is a product I use quite a bit on all of my animal cages in reptiles and rodents, mammals alike. It's called Wipe out. It is a disinfectant and what I like this product because it has enzymes in it that kill a very broad spectrum of diseases and bacteria that can develop inside of a terrarium. So I'm just going to take a damp cloth here and wipe out this, the walls and floor. Ok. And that should be just about sufficient to make, to keep her cage bacteria free. That's one reason I do like the cage carpet. It's very simple for me to clean the cage when I use the cage carpet. Now after you wipe it down with a damp cloth, I like to use a dry cloth just to get the moisture off, make sure I don't leave any water spots or whatnot in there. Ok. Now I'm ready to lay down the substrate. In most cases you would want to use a soil based substrate such as potting soil, high quality potting soil mixed with orchid bark. That makes for a perfect substrate for turtles. Box turtles are burrowers so you're going to want to use a deep substrate of at least three inches deep for burrowing purposes. In her case she's, like I said, she's special needs so I'm using the cage carpet. She gets the eye infections, she gets really bad eye problems from dirt."