How do you clean a cage?

emmett518 · Jul 1, 2013

I have macaws who poop down the side of the cage. Cleaning the inside is easy, but cleaning those hundreds of bars and joints is a nightmare. I can't remove the cage to the driveway for powerwashing (the cages are too big), and scrubbing with a brush sprays poop and water everywhere.

How do people keep their cages clean?

Thanks

Featheredsamurai · Jul 1, 2013

lol, I spot clean using nature's miracle cage and aviary cleaner, and once a month scrub both the cages really good. Rosie and Kenji's cages both weigh 98+ pounds, and are kept up a flight of stairs in my room. I actually have my room set up so I can't even get them out! I would have to take all my books off my book shelf and move it out of the weigh so they can fit out the door.

I wish I could bring them outside and pressure wash them, would make my life way easier XD But spot cleaning is working really well for me, I just use wet paper towels and spray a little cage and aviary cleaner, or a mixture of water and vinegar and it works great.

JerseyWendy · Jul 1, 2013

I clean my cages daily, my mornings start at 8AM sharp. I take all the fids out, and use hot, soapy water (Dawn dishsoap). I know it's a PITA when you have fids that poop down the side of the cage and it goes in the nooks and crannies, but I find if I clean them like this daily, I never have too much accumulated stuff.

Whenever needed I disassemble the cages and take them outside to be powerwashed. The Amazons' cages fit through the back door when I remove the seeds skirts, but the Mac cages need to literally get disassembled for that chore.

U2gal · Jul 1, 2013

I spot clean papers every other day. And wipes bars once a week. And thoroughly change all papers about once a week. And every two weeks I pull the cages out from the wall and thoroughly clean back there and the wall too.

My cages are way too big to be taken outside for pressure washington. LOL

tab_xo · Jul 1, 2013

I clean Fargos cage at 6:30pm, he doesnt sleep in his cage, so its spotless until the next day when he has to go in it for short times!

I use a special cage cleaning product with a spray bottle and a scrubbing sponge, and scrub and spray the whole cage, each side, and roof, and some perches if they are a little dirty..

Then i use dishsoap, sponge and toothbrush and take the grates out and scrub them... and then scrub all the crevices, bars and pieces underneath the grate and cage! Then i will wipe all the underneath bars and pieces with toilet paper to make sure its clean!

Then i take out the old newspaper, and let the trays dry!

Then in the mornings i put the new newspaper in!

and that is done every single day.. I think if you clean every day, the job is easier than waiting a week! But that is just me, because i like everything to be spotless!

JDlugosz · Jul 2, 2013

Copperarabian said:
lol, I spot clean using nature's miracle cage and aviary cleaner, and once a month scrub both the cages really good. Rosie and Kenji's cages both weigh 98+ pounds, and are kept up a flight of stairs in my room. I actually have my room set up so I can't even get them out! I would have to take all my books off my book shelf and move it out of the weigh so they can fit out the door.

I wish I could bring them outside and pressure wash them, would make my life way easier XD But spot cleaning is working really well for me, I just use wet paper towels and spray a little cage and aviary cleaner, or a mixture of water and vinegar and it works great.

So... basically an enzyme-based cleaner is the way to go.
(I also have a cage that needed to be assembled in the room it will stay in; but no mess yet. I'm "expectant")

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