Cleaning the hutch

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I know Roy only died this morning, but looking at his empty hutch upset me a bit so I was going to get rid of it, I don't need it anymore and I'm sure someone could get more use out of it than me. My neighbours friend is getting guinea-pigs and I was thinking of offering it to her if she still wants it, so I need to clean it out. I was going to clean all the bedding out, and hose the hutch, and spray it with hutch disenfectant, do you think that will be enough? I don't think Roy died of an illness (he was impacted but I think that may have been more due to him being an old guinea-pig) and I think his death was because of old age, but just in case it was an illness or something I want to make sure this lady's guinea-pigs don't catch it, so would washing the hutch and spraying it with hutch disenfectant be enough to clean it properly?
 
That must be hard for you :(

I think that will be enough to clean it, maybe even leave the disinfectant on it for a while to soak. It does sound like it was just old age, so I wouldn't worry too much.
 
Some people on the rabbit forum have steam cleaned their hutches. Apparently, this gets rid of all sorts of nasties, even ones that disinfectants can't kill.
 
I recently got a second hand hutch, and wanted to clean it, so used a milton solution and gave it a very good scrub

Milton kills more than your average hutch disinfectant and is a LOT cheaper, and you don't need to wash it down after. It is 100% guinea safe.

You can buy it in Boots in the baby section, and follow the instructions on the back to dilute.
 
Doeylicious said:
I recently got a second hand hutch, and wanted to clean it, so used a milton solution and gave it a very good scrub

Milton kills more than your average hutch disinfectant and is a LOT cheaper, and you don't need to wash it down after. It is 100% guinea safe.

You can buy it in Boots in the baby section, and follow the instructions on the back to dilute.
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Thanks for that, Doeylicious! I might get some myself! :)
 
threelittlepigs said:
Thanks for that, Doeylicious! I might get some myself! :)
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No probs, I got the tip from the lady JoJo and Bumble came from. She does all her hutches every year.

The only this is to make sure you pick a nice day or make sure noone is immediately moving into the hutch, as, being wood, they do take some time to dry!

It smells looooovely too...well, kinda like bleach, but I am a bit OCD about cleanliness so I like it :red
 
I appreciate you will never replace Roy but maybe a piggy somewhere is waiting to find a nice mum so perhaps pack hutch away and give it a couple of weeks. They leave big holes in our hearts and sometimes it actually helps to fill them x hugs to you
 
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