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Hi all, I've been searching and reading about ways that folks clean their enclosures. Lots of good information however I have found no one that uses just a plywood floor for their enclosure. I have just a plywood floor for my two large Leopards. They are 10 years and 7 years old and the plywood floor has worked great. When my first one was a hatchling I tried a few different things on top of the enclosure - pellets, cyrprus, dirt/sand. The pellets get wet, clump and mold, the cyprus is expensive and not feasible for a 70sf enclosure, and the dirt/sand would dry out so fast and then dust everything in site because leopards are pacers and walk the edge all day. I live in Minnesota so my torts are inside most of the time and the dust would cover everything in my house no matter how ofter I would set the substrate. In fact, almost anythings turns to dust under their feet, including hay.
I went to just plywood and that has worked out great. The trouble is how do you clean your plywood? I have never wanted to seal it because I don't want anything toxic near them. Any sealer would be worn off by them as well. I have read a lot about how people clean their enclosures but none of them have plywood floors. My concern is cleaner residue being absorbed into the wood. I clean the floor VERY infrequently and have never had any issues, torts are healthy, no bugs, no smells, no mold, no nothing, but it does absorb pee and poo moisture. This stuff drys fast in the heat, but should be cleaned now and again.
Does anyone else use just plywood?
What do you do/use to clean and how often?
Thanks so much.
Ben
I went to just plywood and that has worked out great. The trouble is how do you clean your plywood? I have never wanted to seal it because I don't want anything toxic near them. Any sealer would be worn off by them as well. I have read a lot about how people clean their enclosures but none of them have plywood floors. My concern is cleaner residue being absorbed into the wood. I clean the floor VERY infrequently and have never had any issues, torts are healthy, no bugs, no smells, no mold, no nothing, but it does absorb pee and poo moisture. This stuff drys fast in the heat, but should be cleaned now and again.
Does anyone else use just plywood?
What do you do/use to clean and how often?
Thanks so much.
Ben