Sanitizing a cage

EdgesofTwilight

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Cosmo - Hahn's Macaw
I recently lent out Cosmo's travel cage to a friend who's amazon was sick so she could take him to the vet. What is the best way to sanitize it? There is a wood perch on top that acts as a carry handle and a rope perch inside. I have it sitting outside my apartment in the hallway and won't bring it in till it's cleaned. I was thinking scrubbing it outside in a part bleach/water solution and hosing it down. And then let it sit outside for a day or 2. Would that be suffice?
 
Sick as in how....

I have f10 and mango pet focus for disinfecting...
 
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Well her Amazon, Sam, had trouble going poop and it was collecting near his vent/cloaca, which was inflamed. They put him on ABs and an antiinflammatory which he feels a little better but still not right. This was over a week ago. I saw him this past weekend when I picked up the cage and he didn't seem himself and looked a little bloated. But he was active and whistling. The poor guy. Don't know exactly how old he is but they have had him for 33 years and someone else found him 2 years before that perching in an apple tree. And he was mature already. So he's probably at least 40.
 
Oh poor guy.
So probably not an illness that would be deadly for your bird. More likely age related. :(
 
I use Virkon-S to disinfect anything in contact with a sick bird or QT bird areas, but, honestly, bleach and water mixture kills everything anyway, and it's cheap, and when it dries it's not toxic. I think I'd just use that if I was you. That rope perch, I'd pitch if there was any question the bird it was used with was sick, but given your situation, I'd probably put it in a pillowcase, wash with hot water-bleach in the washing machine, dry in the sun until totally dry, and then reuse in carrier. Good luck to your friend's Amazon to make a full recovery and live to be a hundred or more.
 
I would think a bleach/water solution and thorough scrubbing would do the trick. This amazon does not sound like he is high-risk for having a dangerous and highly communicable disease. Though you may want to wait to disinfect in case the friend needs to borrow the cage again for a follow up appointment or if he takes a turn for the worse. I hope he recovers from his illness!
 
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Though you may want to wait to disinfect in case the friend needs to borrow the cage again for a follow up appointment or if he takes a turn for the worse. I hope he recovers from his illness!

I was thinking the same thing. Sammy is an awesome bird for what he has been through. My friend got him about 33 years ago from her friend's brother who found him in a tree and locked him in a small cage barely enough for him to fit. He had him for about 2 years. He had and still has behavioral issues due to that. He doesn't like hands coming at him, except for my friend. However he is stick trained and after bird sitting him and talking and paying attention to him over the years, he will hop on my shoulder when I bend down to him and say "Hop aboard matey" :) He will fly and land on my knee and put his head down to be scratched once in a great while. Only briefly till you get the ack ack ack sound :) Hopefully he pulls through this. When I saw him Sunday he was eating dinner with us and whistling and somewhat active. But he just didn't seem like himself. I can't remember what AB he was on, but I believe it started with an O. And the antiinflammatory was Metcam I believe. He still has a hard time pooping and it seems to collect around his vent towards his tail feathers. Almost looks like from diarrhea, but a lot of times he tries to poop and nothing comes out. Although it gets better briefly when the give him a shower.
 
I would give them the cage and get a new one. Wouldn't want to take any chances with a new baby :/
 

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