Zen and the Art of Reptile Maintenance禅与艺术的爬虫类动物的维修

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I read the book many years ago now.我看过这本书在很多年前，现在。 "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" A moving book, full of wisdom and love, it is a wonderful read. “禅与艺术的摩托车维修”的动人书，充满智慧和爱心，这是一个美好的阅读。

It takes you on a journey, through philosophy, life, questions of quality and quantity, in an entertaining and gentle cross country journey.它需要你的旅程，通过哲学，生活，问题的质量和数量，在娱乐和温柔的跨国家的征程。

So what has the book to do with keeping reptiles?因此，有什么书，以保持与爬虫类动物？ Lots actually.其实地段。 But I only want to deal with one of the many ideas in the book.但我只想处理其中的很多想法，在这本书中。 The idea of engaging yourself fully in an activity and paying attention to details.的思想，从事自己完全在一活动，并注重细节。 The Zen of keeping reptiles.禅宗与时俱进的爬行动物。

The author and journeyman, Robert Pirsig, looks after his motorcycle on the journey by paying attention to details and doing the maintenance and the little things regularly and enveloping himself in the activity and the moment as he does so.作者和熟练工，罗伯特pirsig ，期待后，他的摩托车上的征程中要注意的细节和做维修和小的东西，定期和包络在自己的活动和时刻，就要像他那样做。 So it should be with your reptiles.所以应该与您的爬行动物。

Spot cleaning your cages every day will make looking after the cages much easier.现货清洁您的鸡笼，每天将寻找后，鸡笼容易得多。 I keep a small spray bottle next to the cages, along with paper towels.我一直一个小喷雾瓶旁边的笼子，随着纸巾。 This means I can clean up any fecal matter straight away.这意味着我可以清理粪便中的任何问题，直消失。 I can also spray this or any urine and clean it off there and then.我也可以喷涂，这或任何尿液及清洁它关闭，然后有。 This simple procedure means that cleaning the cages is much easier when I do a full clean out and disinfect.这个简单的程序，是指清洗鸡笼，是容易得多，当我做了全面清理和消毒。 At the moment the bottle is pure water as I also use it to spray the bearded dragon's greens but I think I might make a separate one with a mild detergent mix - better not confuse them.目前，一瓶是纯净水，因为我也用它来喷雾胡子龙的绿党，但我认为我可能会作出一个单独的，其中一个温和的洗涤剂组合-最好不要混淆。

Water is checked daily and the water bowls given a wash and clean out weekly (or daily if there is any fecal matter or contaminants in the bowl).水是日常检查和水滚球给予洗手和清洁每周（或每天如果有任何问题或粪便中的污染物，在碗） 。 I am lucky enough to have filtered water available so this reduces the growth of moulds and algae in the water bowls significantly as the water has no nutrients.我很幸运已经足够过滤的水可用，所以这就降低了增长的模具和藻类在水中的滚球显着的水没有营养。 But only if I thoroughly clean the water bowls.但如果我只有彻底清洁水的饭碗。

A scrubbing brush is important when cleaning the water bowls and the cage furniture.一洗涤刷子是很重要的，当清洁水的碗和笼子的家具。 The artificial rock material that the bowls are made of will collect algae, urine, feces and moulds in all of the crevices, so a scrubbing brush will allow you to get as much as this a removed as possible.人工岩石材料，该碗是将收集的藻类，尿液，粪便及模具，在所有的裂缝，因此洗涤刷，将可让您获得高达这是一个尽可能消除。

Also, using bleach to disinfect it on a regular basis (or if it has fecal matter on it) is important.此外，使用漂白水消毒，这对经常性的基础上（或如果有粪便的问题，它）是非常重要的。 Make sure you thoroughly rinse the bowls and other cage furniture with fresh water once you have cleaned them.请务必彻底清洗碗和其他笼家具与食水一旦你清理。 There are a number of commercial reptile cage cleaning materials on the market if you want to use these as well, but to date I have not had to use any of these.有一些商业爬虫类动物笼清洁用品在市场上如果您想要使用这些以及，但至今我还没有使用任何这些。

Regularly examine you reptiles closely.定期检查你的爬虫类动物密切。 Get them out and look carefully at them, all over.让他们出来，仔细研究他们，所有超过。 Examine their eyes, their mouths, their body and their cloaca (snakes rear end used for waste and reproductive discharges).研究他们眼中，他们的嘴巴，自己的身体和他们的泄殖腔（蛇尾部用于废物和生殖排放） 。 If you have lizards, check the feet carefully.如果您有蜥蜴，检查英尺小心。 Look for anything unusual.寻找任何不寻常的。 If you examine you reptile regularly, you will more than likely readily notice anything unusual, as you have looked thoroughly at them before.如果您检查您爬虫类动物，定期，您将以上可能随时通知任何不寻常的，正如你看过彻底在他们面前。 Remember to treat them gently while doing this to keep your trust with your pet and not give them fright if you can avoid it.记得要温柔地对待他们，而这样做是为了让您的信任与您的宠物，而不是让他们害怕如果你能避免它。

Paying attention to details is important.注重细节是很重要的。 You will appreciate your fascinating friend much more when you look closely and see how fantastic and interesting they really are.你会感谢您迷人的朋友多，当你仔细看看，看看如何神奇而有趣的是他们是否真的。

Make sure the food you are feeding your reptile is in good condition and if it is vegetable matter, make sure it is fresh.确保食物喂养你是你的爬虫类动物是在良好的条件，如果它是蔬菜的事，请确定它是新鲜。 You wouldn't eat two week old, limp, or slimy bok choi.你不会吃两个星期岁，跛行，或粘福财。 So why should your lizard?那么，为何您的蜥蜴呢？ If the food looks bad enough so that you wouldn't want to eat it, don't feed it to your pet.如果食物看起来够糟糕，让你不会想要吃它，不转达给您的宠物。 Never re-freeze mice or rats.永远不会重新冻结小鼠或大鼠。 It's not bait (no wonder I can't catch a fish).它不是诱饵（怪不得我不能赶上鱼） 。

These are just a few things to help you look after your pet.这些都只是几件事，以帮助您查找后，您的宠物。 Involve yourself fully in the moment and the activity of care and maintenance and enjoy it for what it is.涉及自己完全在目前和活动的护理及保养工程业和享受它的是什么。 You'll find you pet reptile much more rewarding.你会发现你的宠物爬虫类动物更有价值的。

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