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The Clean Room Protocol · Free 9-page guide

Stop cleaning your snake roomfrom memory.

Which disinfectant for which job, how strong to mix it and how long it sits. Daily and weekly checklists, a 60 to 90 day quarantine plan and first steps for mites or an RI. Free, 9 pages, made to print.

From THE RACK, facility management software built by a ball python breeder. Husbandry guidance, not veterinary advice.

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Mites can move from one tub to a whole rack before you ever see them.

A written routine cleans the same way every day.

Busy week or slow week, the protocol does not change. This guide is that routine on paper: which product, what dilution, how long it sits, and the order you work in, ready to print and post by your racks.

Inside the guide

The whole routine,
nothing left to memory.

Cleaning agents and the banned list

Chlorhexidine, F10, bleach and accelerated hydrogen peroxide: what each is for, how strong to mix it, how long it sits, and whether you rinse. Plus five products to keep out of your snake room, Pine-Sol and Lysol included.

Daily routine

Morning walkthrough, six-step spot cleaning, and when to sanitize your hands between snakes. About 20 to 30 minutes for 50 animals.

Weekly deep clean

Rotate a quarter to a third of your tubs each week, soak water dishes in 1:32 bleach, and sanitize tools by material. Block out 2 to 3 hours for 50 animals.

Quarantine

60 days minimum, 90 for rescues, show buys and unknown sources. Why a separate rack in the same room falls short, when the clock resets, and the four signs a snake is ready to come out.

Outbreak first steps

Signs to watch for and first steps for a respiratory infection, mites (three treatment rounds, 7 to 10 days apart) and suspected IBD or nidovirus, including when to call your vet.

Master cleaning schedule

Daily, weekly and monthly tasks with the product for each one. Print it, tape it up by your racks, check it off.

Product reference table

Dilution, contact time, rinse and shelf life for each product on one table, so you are not guessing at the spray bottle.

The core principles

Clean before you disinfect. Let it sit the full contact time. Quarantine 60 to 90 days, not 30. Never mix bleach with anything.

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A real page from the Clean Room Protocol: Know Your Cleaning Agents, with dilutions and contact times

Every page reads like this: the product, the dilution, the contact time and whether you rinse, not a wall of theory.

Five products to keep
out of your snake room.

Common cleaners that look fine on the shelf and are not safe around ball pythons. The guide explains what to use instead.

01

Pine-Sol and other pine-based cleaners

02

Lysol and aerosol disinfectants

03

Ammonia-based cleaners

04

“Natural” essential-oil cleaners

05

Dish soap alone, with no disinfection step

The Protocol lists the safe replacement for each one. Get the free guide.

After the guide

Keep the routine
from slipping.

A paper checklist works until a busy week. THE RACK carries the same routine forward: cleaning and quarantine reminders, a countdown on every quarantined animal, and health flags when something looks off. Free for your first 5 animals.

Shared for information only. This is not veterinary advice. Always consult a qualified reptile veterinarian.

Clean the same way
every single day.

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Written by a working ball python breeder. Husbandry guidance, not veterinary advice.
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