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Chinchillas => Cages => Topic started by: Elle2005 on August 26, 2012, 02:03:46 PM
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Does anyone have any suggestions for cleaning a wire bottomed cage that you can't reach the far side of?
I've just been spraying, throwing kitchen roll at the wet bit it and closing the door for a few minutes whilst it dries and then using whatever I can to get the kitchen roll back out... :doh: Bit of a faff.
Any tips would be appreciated :)
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I suppose you could use a bath brush with a long handle. Why is it that you can't reach the other side? Does it have a small opening?
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Here's a picture of her cage, it only has one door and it's not huge.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/305048_10152053847630333_476014822_n.jpg)
My arm isn't long enough lol, I got my other half to clean the far shelf areas as his arms are a bit longer. I could get a washing up brush or one of those sponges with a long handle... This could work, ta :::grins::
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when cleaning velvet's cage, i usually use a brush (not that i have problems reaching in there, but the longer brush suggestion would probably work) when I clean (doing this all outside) I blast it down with the hose, scrub it all down with soap and hot water, then blast again with the hose. if you decide to use the hose, as a note, when the high pressure water hits the wire mesh, it tends to splatter in all directions, and will reach up to 3 feet away from the cage (further behind) so i wouldn't recommend doing this next to anything you don't want wet (like lawn furnature perhaps) and i stand back a little ways. if there are spots I missed, or didn't get well enough, I scrub and rinse again. whatever you decide to do, good luck :)