Vinegar as a cleaner
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If you use any chemicals to clean, including vinegar, you have to thoroughly rinse it with water and let it dry. The birds cant be anywhere near the chemicals or smells from it.
It is a good cleaner when diluted with water. It is not a germicide.
Lesa1211
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I not only use vinegar for Kia's cage but that's the only cleaner I use in my house. I do dilute it with water tho.
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Vinegar, and smell from, can be irritating to some birds skin which has been linked to plucking in some. I used to use it a lot diluted with water to clean the cages, but after reading about it and having a plucking bird, I decided not to take a chance and switched to GSE diluted with water.
Lesa1211
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Echo what is GSE? I use vinegar and water but I dont put Kia right back in the cage when Im done, I let it air out for some time.
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I cleaned the bottoms with vinegar and water (away from the birds who were left in the cages) and WOW it worked great! The cages look like new. I used plain water on the parts of the cage that don't come off since 2 of my birds are not handle-able and it is an ordeal to remove them from the cages.
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sorry, I know you were asking echo but I thought I'd just go ahead and answer, GSE is grape seed extract.
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It's GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT not grape seed extract.
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Sorry, I meant grapefruit seed 
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