Cage Cleaning?

Question

What are some methods for cleaning bird cages that dont fit in the shower? Right now I use vinigar and GSE, and when its warm- i take the cage outside; but I am curious about other methods. Does any one steam clean?

whiteparrot: Hehehe what about the winter? I live in vermont and we already had snow this weekend : / I dont have a problem removing poop neccessarily, just wondering about disinfecting I guess?

sillygoos: so you only clean your cage in the summer?

Answer 1

I have the exact problem. My large community cage is 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide. I can barely fit the thing through the door never mind in the tub! I find I spot check a lot. If things get grimy I use vinegar and water, let it soak and take one of those plastic scrubbers to the hard-to-remove stuff. A metal pancake flipper is excellent for getting into the hard to reach places. Then I wipe everything down with paper towel. I know someone who bought himself a real cheap steam cleaner and he says he doesn't know how he lived without it. Most people who have yards will wash off their cage in the summer and spot clean / steam clean during the winter. The thing with steam cleaning is that you have to use distilled water in the reservoir as tap water leaves a nasty scale.

I'm in a one bedroom apartment without an elevator. I use newspaper over the grill and the grill is removable if things get really gross. The grill also has a pan underneath to catch seeds, etc. I regularly wipe that down by hand with vinegar and water. I have a similar set up with my rat cages and I use Lysol on the under pan and use vinegar on the bars. Then I spray it down with regular tap water before wiping it down with paper towels. Removable Grills really cut down on the amount of work gone into keeping the cage tidy! The rat cage is a pain in the **** to clean without one, so I'm forced to scrub with a plastic scrubber and/or one of those fancy dish scrubbers with a removable head and you can put soap on the inside.

Hope that helps you out. :-)

Answer 2

I clean cages all the time and get $40.00 a parrot cage when hired out. I go into it with any kind of Anti-bacterial kitchen cleaner spray and spray it all down, I use knives if the poop is so thick it needs scraping off. But most of the time a good scrubbing pad and cleaner cleans it right off sense all bird poop is really water based. I do it by hand, bar to bar, rail to rail. I also remove any perches that need washing off. After I clean it all up, I respray it down with lots of water. You can always place newspaper under the cage to keep the floor clean or mop it up if its on a tile or hard wood floor. I love cleaning bird cages because it makes me feel like the birds are being taken care of properly. I have never steam cleaned anything, because I dont know how nor would I hire someone else to do it for me. Because they wont clean it properly sense they could care less about your bird. Then again that may just be my obsession talking LOL! @_@

Answer 3

I have a 6 foot cage on wheels. When it's time for a good scrub down, I move it into a larger room onto some towels that I previously laid out. Then I use plain water and plastic scrubby to get all the mess off the cage bars. Next I use a mixture of mild dish soap and bleach (1 oz bleach to 1 gallon of water) and scrub it down again. Finally I rinse in plain water again and dry everything off.

Answer 4

you ought to purchase hamster clutter packing packing containers. you place it interior the corner of the cage and the hamster pees in that. All you may desire to do is take the clutter field out as quickly as a week and sparkling that extremely of cleansing the finished cage. try to be waiting to flee without cleansing the cage for no less than 2 to 3 weeks with a littler field.

Answer 5

I have a Yellow parrot and her cage is huge. I use a bowl with hot water and sponge to clean the cage up. No soaps of any kind! Use could also use warm-hot water to clean it.

Answer 6

I clean about once a week with hot water and soap..and with spray about once every 4 weeks. It seems to work fine for me.

Answer 7

i just get a new cage every 6 years or so.... birds cant take anything besides what you already do... i hose mine down in summer.then use a scrub brush on tuff spots... but nothin is tuffer than bird poo!

Answer 8

I take my cages outside, get them wet, let them sit, rinse them with a nozzel stream, let them sit, rinse them, let them sit. Poop comes off when it is wet for a 30 minutes or so.