Cleaning cages!

[lovethatgrey]

How often do you wash your cages and perches? What do you clean with?

 

I remove the soiled papers every morning and

I wash my cages ONCE a week EVERY week.

 

I use Oxyfresh cleansing gel. I find that it removes the dried on poop very easily and thoroughly.

 

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[Joolesgreyuk]

Hi Janet, I clean Beau's papers every day and Argyle's ever other day (he's smaller and his cage is wider) the perches and cages are cleaned as necessary, this varies greatly but I find I'm having to wash the grate at the bottom more often lately - about twice weekly.

[Joolesgreyuk]

Oops sorry, I use Johnsons spray on disinfectant for birds (from the pet shop) for direct cleaning but for perches etc. I wash in a mild wash-up liquid solution.

[Luvparrots]

I clean my fids' cages every evening with vinegar and water. I change the paper, wash the grate, etc. I'm retired to I have the time to do this.

[tommyn]

I clean the papers out of the cage every second day, and wipe down the perches/surfaces with Safe4Pets disinfectant spray..I occasionally take my CAG Jake's cage outside and give it a good cleaning with a power washer, unfortunately I can't do this with Meikos large cage as it's upstairs but I give it a good scrub when it's needed!

[she]

The cages are cleaned daily and given a good scrub once a week.I change the papers twice a day,more if needed.

[Joolesgreyuk]

It seems we are all pretty scrupulous with our fids' cages. Believe me some people DO NOT BOTHER. I go to people's houses to do their hair and one in particular springs to mind, my guess in that house it's a twice a year ritual, what's more the cage was in the kitchen and I very much doubt it ever left it's cage. Needless to say I no longer go there.

[LisaM]

I also use Oxyfresh...I love it! It dissolves everything quickly and makes it easy to wipe up. I have acrylic cages and it also doesn't leave any streaks.

 

I put about 10 sheets of newspaper on the bottom and then pull one sheet out every day. I wash the cages themselves once/week.

 

P.S. I use Oxyfresh as my general cleaner all over my home...counters, floors, everything.

 

Lisa

[pga7602]

Where can I get oxy fresh in the US?

[lovethatgrey]

Here you go!

 

 

http://www.theperchstore.net/oxy200x.html

[Codys Mom]

I pull cage papers every day then clean with Poop-Off and a little water every 3 days any longer then 3 days I would have a big mess especially with 3 birds

[Char]

luvparrots wrote:

I clean my fids' cages every evening with vinegar and water. I change the paper, wash the grate, etc. I'm retired to I have the time to do this.

 

This is what I do also. I wish I was retired.