i agree thats exactly what i would do, except that i would spray the bleach for better coverage and maybe add a few drops of liquid dish soap to increase the cling factor. in the past, i have done the dish soap routine on all of my plants and they come through fine, of course the addition of bleach greatly increases the chance that the plant may not make it, but it is worth a shot. even if you were to buy new plants , it is unlikely that the soil would be sterile. there are literally thousands of species of ascarid / nematode type parasites, and they are quite common in soil, so just buying a new plant does not guaranty that they wouldnt be with the new plants. any soil that has not been recently pasturized/sterilized could very easily (even likely) contain parasites, so i recomend doing at least the dish soap routine with all new plants. in fact, sooner or later, all soil (including eco-earth) will almost always end up with some sort of parasite. for this reason, i recomend (using this method https://www.chameleonforums.com/little-mites-plants-45612/index2.html) for a yearly repot of all plants. also idk if your vet discussed this with you, but many types of roundworms are easily transmissible to humans, some can even enter through the skin, so wearing rubber gloves is advised while handling any suspect material or animals, and a thorough post process bleach sanitization of your shower is strongly recomended. (i am constantly amazed and appalled at how many keepers submit photos of their animals crawling in their hair or on their face) you could also place the bare root plant in a closet with a lineal uv/c germicidal bulb (probably get one for about 25$) for a day or two, but i have more faith in the bleach routine. also i would replant with something more hygenic , like eco-earth instead of actual soil. sort of surprized you didnt call me on this one, i hope we are not talking about zeus, but knowing the level of care you give, i am sure whatever animal it is, will have the best possible chance for recovery. my # is still the same and you are always welcome to call. jmo / edit ps in the past i have gotten a # of emails from people concerned about residue issues & using bleach as a disinfectant. imo bleach is one of the safer all around disinfectants. basically, it is made by passing an electrical current through salt water and returns to a mostly saltwater state, shortly after being oxidized. for this reason, it is one of the few otc disinfectants usda approved for use in cleaning food contact surfaces. so residue isnt as big of an issue as it might be with many other disinfectants. jmo
