Air Freshener

[CJ's Exotics]

So my Reptile Room smells bad, and I am blaming the crickets, lol. Anybody know of any safe air fresheners or any good smelling things like coffee grounds or something that will freshen up the room?

 

[kinyonga]

Clean the crickets cage out. . Sorry...I just had to say that!
I don't think this would be a danger to them...but maybe get one of those diffusers with essential oils...like this...

https://ca.pipingrock.com/diffusers...MIkKLam6O11wIVg7XACh1ZwACrEAsYAyABEgI7GvD_BwE

 

[CJ's Exotics]

Clean the crickets cage out. . Sorry...I just had to say that!
I don't think this would be a danger to them...but maybe get one of those diffusers with essential oils...like this...

https://ca.pipingrock.com/diffusers...MIkKLam6O11wIVg7XACh1ZwACrEAsYAyABEgI7GvD_BwE

Thank you for the link! Don't worry, I clean it out, but it still stinks all of the time!

 

[kinyonga]

I was just kidding...I know they smell!

 

[CJ's Exotics]

I was just kidding...I know they smell!

It's horrible, I feel sick every time I open it, and then I ask my chameleon: Why didn't your ancestors choose roses as a food source? )

 

[kinyonga]

Think of it this way...were lucky they eat insects because if they ate roses they'd be pests and we'd have to get rid of them!

 

[Mai]

TBH I didn’t think the crickets smelled that bad until I was buying double the amount of them,
Until this forum I didn’t have a clue about gut loading them. So they would die really quickly. Now they live for weeks and they smell !!! Lol I had to stick them in the garage. Now the garage smells but not the house

 

[CJ's Exotics]

TBH I didn’t think the crickets smelled that bad until I was buying double the amount of them,
Until this forum I didn’t have a clue about gut loading them. So they would die really quickly. Now they live for weeks and they smell !!! Lol I had to stick them in the garage. Now the garage smells but not the house

Smells like rotting vegetables and poop.

 

[Mai]

Lol it does !!

 

[CJ's Exotics]

Lol it does !!

BTW, how is your little guy?

 

[Mai]

Omg my little Oscar is soooo cute ! He ate from my hand today twice !!! Two butter worms. I don’t see him eating many crickets tho, I guess that’s the bad thing about free range feeding. I also just set up the mistking so tomorrow will be the testing day.

 

[CJ's Exotics]

Omg my little Oscar is soooo cute ! He ate from my hand today twice !!! Two butter worms. I don’t see him eating many crickets tho, I guess that’s the bad thing about free range feeding. I also just set up the mistking so tomorrow will be the testing day.

Looks great!

 

[Mai]

Thanks

 

[Carlton]

Clean the crickets cage out. . Sorry...I just had to say that!
I don't think this would be a danger to them...but maybe get one of those diffusers with essential oils...like this...

https://ca.pipingrock.com/diffusers...MIkKLam6O11wIVg7XACh1ZwACrEAsYAyABEgI7GvD_BwE

Maybe I am overreacting because I also keep birds, but I am very leery of using essential oil diffusers close to my pets. Depending on which oils you like to use, the volatile oils may deposit fine residues on surfaces in the room...and you might not want that stuff getting ingested. Room air cleaners that include ionizers can also create hazards. You might have some luck with an activated charcoal air filter with a fan. Something that absorbs stuff FROM the air, rather than RELEASE stuff into the air.

 

[Goose502]

Use coffee grounds. Sometimes my patient’s infections are unbearable on the nose, we just put unused coffee grounds (cheap ones), in a large filter and leave it on the counter in the patients room. This helps a lot. That smell is the reason I hate crickets so much.

 

[CJ's Exotics]

Would grapefruit peels be safe? I was peeling one, and realized how good the sweet Rio Reds smelled.
Happy Holidays!!!

 

[Fireborn]

I've been using the febreeze unstoppable plug ins for a couple years now with out any problems.

 

[Andee]

How much airflow do you have? Crickets shouldn't smell that bad if they have good airflow and a clean up crew. I mean they still smell like crickets but not like sewage XD which is what I view crickets most people think of smelling as.

 

[CJ's Exotics]

How much airflow do you have? Crickets shouldn't smell that bad if they have good airflow and a clean up crew. I mean they still smell like crickets but not like sewage XD which is what I view crickets most people think of smelling as.

I didn't have a ton of airflow, just holes, but that bin is modified now, but the crickets still smell bad in general.

 

[CJ's Exotics]

I've been using the febreeze unstoppable plug ins for a couple years now with out any problems.

Thank you!!! I will probably try that, Happy New Year!!!