Cleaning

[DuncanTheDutch]

What is the best thing to clean the cagewith? Its the first time I'm giving it a good cleaning andwant to make sure I use the right thing.

Thanks

Sara & Duncan

 

[lovrabs]

The safest thing is a solution of half vinegar and half water.

 

[ken]

i use pledge wood cleaner, then i give it a good rinsing and wipe down

 

[bluebird]

I use bleach and water,or dish soap,rinse thoroughly.bluebird

 

[BunnyMom]

I spent too many Saturdays trying to get theurine deposits off the cage floors with hot soapy water and a puttyknife. Then I read on this forum that if you pour straight vinegar inthe cage bottom and let it sit for 20 minutes the urine depositsdissolve.

It WORKS!:shock:

Now I clean them with the half vinegar/half water solution and only soak when necessary.

I am all about the vinegar thing now! I clean everything with it.

 

[JimD]

BunnyMom wrote:

Ispent too many Saturdays trying to get the urine deposits off the cagefloors with hot soapy water and a putty knife. Then I read on thisforum that if you pour straight vinegar in the cage bottom and let itsit for 20 minutes the urine deposits dissolve.

It WORKS!:shock:

Now I clean them with the half vinegar/half water solution and only soak when necessary.

I am all about the vinegar thing now! I clean everything with it.

Ditto!!!

It also removes mineral deposits. It works great for the water bottles.I soak the tubes in straight vinegar once a week and it keeps thedeposits from making the balls stick in the tubes.

The only other thing I use is Dawn dish soap.

If you use Woody Pet it will cut down the urine deposits to next to nothing.

 

[Snuggys Mom]

Aw, Jim.

You put Rosie on your avatar! How cute!

Laura

 

[Stephanie]

Baking Soda also works for those tough urinestains, obviously make sure you wipe it off very well. Don't mix itwith vinegar either, or else you'll have a fun science project on yourhands.

I wouldn't use those harsh smelling products such as Pledge, eventhough we can't smell it, our rabbits probably can. I have a wood cagetoo, I wipe the top off with my swiffer and that works just as well.

For the inside, I use a mixture of water and vinegar.

Speaking of which, time to clean the cage again!

 

[ken]

actually baking soda wouldnt do as great as a jobas a vinegar solution because rabbit urine is high in ammonia which isa base and vinegar is acidic so it would clean it better

 

[Iwuvbunbuns72]

I use clean cage, you can purchase it at petsmart or petco.

 

[honeybunnie8]

If you put vinegar in a spray bottle and peroxidein a spray bottle and spray the cage that also works...I use to haverats and the vinegar/peroxide mix was the only thing that got the smellout....dont mix them, keep them seperate untill you put it on...

It worksI swear


PS . If nothing else the peroxide gets rid of the vineger smell...