Cleaning

[piggl]

How do you clean hides and such, the items I have in my cage are mostly wood and in the really concentrated areas the bottoms of them are gross.

We will be picking up a baby boar tomorrow and would like everything to be clean, with fingers crossed the initial bonding goes well, and although the fleece will be clean I am not so sure about the wooden hides that are kind of brown and gross. It is something I should have done earlier but I did not get round to doing it as I am quite lazy, haha.

I was thinking either warm water and fairy liquid, just wiped down with a cloth or a Dettol wipe or such. I would give it adequate time to dry but do not want to use anything that will harm my boys or the items themselves.

 

[Lady Kelly]

I used to wash with soapy water to get the dirt off, leave to dry and then generously spray with F10 and leave to dry again before putting it back

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

I second F10. It’s ideal for cleaning piggy stuff

 

[Piggies&buns]

I agree also - I spray all my wooden hides and hutches with F10

 

[Seven7]

I always use vinegar to clean my boys' living quarters. I mix 50% vinegar and 50% water in spray bottle to clean their cages. I leave fleece beddings in vinegar water to soak after a hand wash with soap. Paper beddings and puppy pee pads get thrown out.
Mind are indoor boys so cleaning is pretty easy so I spot clean daily.

 

[piggl]

Could/would you recommend one item in particular?
I have had a look at their site and i’m not quite sure where to look.

 

[Piggies&buns]

Either one of those is good.
You are looking for the disinfectant not antiseptic version.

The first picture is a ready to use spray. Works out more expensive but is the easier option.
The second one is a concentrate. You mix with water as per the instructions and to the desired concentration.

 

[piggl]

Great, thanks!

 

[Lady Kelly]

I used to get F10 from Amazon. I brought the spray bottle the first time then kept it and just got the cheaper concentrates after that

 

[Betsy]

I buy the concentrated version and dilute it into a cheap sprayer that I got from Tesco.