RobH
Member
Hi. This might be a dumb question. I have a dedicated outdoor open-top, fenced in area for one of our rabbits, maybe 90 SQ ft. It's on my lawn (typical wire grass) and a 2 level wooden hutch. The bottom of the hutch is floorless, just raw dirt and straw at this point. We don't have other pets, just typical neighborhood wildlife (Virginia, US).
Aside from usual lawn maintenance and replacing straw, including removing all old straw even from the dirt as much as possible, is there anything I should do more to clean this area? Or the wooden hutch? How does you best maintain an outdoor play area to keep it as sanitary as possible, being outdoors? Currently I do this simple cleaning routine of trimming and cleaning straw about once a week. If it's rained, and the straw is moist, I'll replace it. I worry about parasites. I had a dog that had parvo a long time ago and had to spray my yard with something, I can't remember what though.
Indoors I just use vinegar, and sometimes f10 to sanitize.
Thanks for any feedback.
Aside from usual lawn maintenance and replacing straw, including removing all old straw even from the dirt as much as possible, is there anything I should do more to clean this area? Or the wooden hutch? How does you best maintain an outdoor play area to keep it as sanitary as possible, being outdoors? Currently I do this simple cleaning routine of trimming and cleaning straw about once a week. If it's rained, and the straw is moist, I'll replace it. I worry about parasites. I had a dog that had parvo a long time ago and had to spray my yard with something, I can't remember what though.
Indoors I just use vinegar, and sometimes f10 to sanitize.
Thanks for any feedback.