Hi everyone,
George is getting tamer, but still won’t come out the cage unless I towel him which really stresses him (and me) out and I only do it if I REALLY have to.
So far, because I can’t get him out to clean it without him in, I have only been using boiling water and a sponge scourger to clean his cage, bottom tray and bars at the bottom. This is fine, but there is starting to be a little bit of a smell coming, I don’t know if it’s a mixture of the poo which I’m just wiping away with hot water, or more than likely where he throws un eaten veg down and the hot water is not killing the smell from them.
I’ve seen online that I can make a solution up using some pure lemon juice, bicarbonate of soda and hot water and mix it all into a spray bottle.
My question is, does anyone know if this is definitely safe to use and can I spray it whilst George is in the cage. I will only be spraying it on the lower parts of the cage where he will not be sitting and definitely will not spray it directly onto to him as will do it as far away as possible. I will then get a bowl of hot water to dip the sponge in and rub over everything to wash it all away.
Just after some advice of what you would all do. I’ve never seen him go down the bottom to get it on his feet or his beak, but just incase he suddenly does decide to go walking down there, I’d rather know I was using something safe, so just in case I accidentally didn’t wash it all off, I know it would be safe for him.
Thanks in advance.
George is getting tamer, but still won’t come out the cage unless I towel him which really stresses him (and me) out and I only do it if I REALLY have to.
So far, because I can’t get him out to clean it without him in, I have only been using boiling water and a sponge scourger to clean his cage, bottom tray and bars at the bottom. This is fine, but there is starting to be a little bit of a smell coming, I don’t know if it’s a mixture of the poo which I’m just wiping away with hot water, or more than likely where he throws un eaten veg down and the hot water is not killing the smell from them.
I’ve seen online that I can make a solution up using some pure lemon juice, bicarbonate of soda and hot water and mix it all into a spray bottle.
My question is, does anyone know if this is definitely safe to use and can I spray it whilst George is in the cage. I will only be spraying it on the lower parts of the cage where he will not be sitting and definitely will not spray it directly onto to him as will do it as far away as possible. I will then get a bowl of hot water to dip the sponge in and rub over everything to wash it all away.
Just after some advice of what you would all do. I’ve never seen him go down the bottom to get it on his feet or his beak, but just incase he suddenly does decide to go walking down there, I’d rather know I was using something safe, so just in case I accidentally didn’t wash it all off, I know it would be safe for him.
Thanks in advance.