Cage Question.

[Jesse's pigs]

Do you necessarily have to destroy a cage if a poorly piggy sadly passes away in it? I'm just curious especially with the unfortunate events my friend has had. Can you ever be totally sure that the cage is sterile? As I say this is just a query but I don't know what my friend is planning on doing with the cages- can other pigs go in it or should she just throw them? Thank you all

 

[Swissgreys]

It depends a lot on what the cage is made of.
Hard surfaces like metal and plastic are fairly easy to disinfect, but things with lots of surface texture, or porous substances (like wood) are not.

It also depends on what actually caused the guinea pig to become ill - a very rough generalization is that bacteria are far less robust than viruses, and fungal diseases often form spores (as do some viruses) and these can be almost impossible to truly remove/kill.