How do i clean my turtle cage like do i take all the rocks out?

Question

How do i clean my turtle cage like do i take all the rocks out?

Answer 1

If it is an aquatic turtle I would suggest you take everything out of the tank and clean every single thing that was in it very carefully. Scrub the tank itself very carefully as well. If you don't clean every item that is in the tank thoroughly when you put it all back (dirty) into in a clean tank it will just make the tank dirty faster. Your turtle can live for an hour or so in a tupperware container while you clean everything. Make sure that you don't use bleach or anything that can harm your turtle and rinse more thoroughly than you scrubbed. Any left over residue from the cleaning on any of the items can be ingest through the water by your turtle and make it very sick. I bet the pet stores have specialty cleaners that you can get that won't cause illness if you don't get every little particle out. But I would suggest that you clean every rock, every corner, the dock, everything!

Answer 2

yes of course or it will start smelling and all the poo will get stuck in the rocks.