Safe to use one container for bathing/pooping and feeding?

[Teleste]

I have recently purchased one small but tall Sterilite clear plastic container. I intend to use this container daily, here's my daily schedule:

8:30AM Eat crickets, dusted heavily
9:00AM Take bath and poop

6:30PM Eat crickets, dusted heavily
7:00PM Take bath and maybe poop

After each bath/poop I rinse the container with hot water. So then... After 9 hours will all of the poop bacteria have died? Or will I be exposing my baby to live bacteria?

I wish to avoid using cleaning products each day, although I understand cleaning is necessary weekly. I have a 90%water/10%bleach solution for most of my weekly cleaning.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Molson]

I don't know about the feeding dish, if I had to ask myself about the possibility of cross contamination, I'd just get a separate container for that. Also you probably shouldn't give him a bath right after he eats. They need a couple hours to bask and keep their body temperature high enough to digest properly. I'm not an expert but I think it's best to leave them some time to themselves after feeding.

Not sure if you are trying to feed him greens as well, but you should be offering them, even if he doesn't immediately start eating them.

 

[Teleste]

Yes I'm considering buying another container at this time and I may end up doing it even without a clear answer.

You have a good point about needing time to digest, but in my defense wouldn't the entire day be plenty of time to bask after his short 10 min bath? I could very easily swap the time he bathes with the time he eats, although this will without a doubt require a second container.

I give him greens daily (he's not interested in them yet).

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Molson]

I think the most important time for them to be basking is directly after they eat, uninterrupted. I don't know their biology, but I've read that you should leave them be after they eat from several sources. Someone more knowledgeable could probably confirm or deny this. I've read about beardies vomiting after eating because they were not placed back in their viv to bask. Obviously your set up is not as extreme as this, but I think the same principals with this apply, they need a lot of heat.

When I give mine a bath I wait an hour or so to feed him so he can get back to a high temperature. I believe their appetite will be greater if they are nice and warm.

 

[Teleste]

I can see how this would be important, keeping them warm. I'll keep this in mind when making changes to his daily schedule. I'm hoping others may reply with their opinion and even share their daily schedule.

Thanks again!