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F10 Fleece Liners

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Hi

We’ve got an outbreak of ringworm on one of our guinea pigs. I’ve read the thread on here regarding treatment of it. He’s currently on oral and topical antifungals prescribed by our exotics vet. We use fleece liners currently and we already use F10 as the disinfectant for the cage otherwise. My question is would soaking the liners in the F10 solution rinsing them and then washing it as normal work to sanitise them or would it best to discard them? If so I’ve read about bath mats with puppy pads being a good option. Would this be better longer term with being able to wash at a higher temperature?
 
JohnLpool said:
Hi

We’ve got an outbreak of ringworm on one of our guinea pigs. I’ve read the thread on here regarding treatment of it. He’s currently on oral and topical antifungals prescribed by our exotics vet. We use fleece liners currently and we already use F10 as the disinfectant for the cage otherwise. My question is would soaking the liners in the F10 solution rinsing them and then washing it as normal work to sanitise them or would it best to discard them? If so I’ve read about bath mats with puppy pads being a good option. Would this be better longer term with being able to wash at a higher temperature?
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Hi

Please don't use F10 for any fabrics and never in a washing cycle - it says so clearly on the bottle. It is better to wash at higher temperatures in order to kill ringworm spores.

Unless your fleeces or liners are very tight fitting, higher temperatures are OK but they contract the fleece. This is not the case quite as much with bath mats although they will contract somewhat as well but not as dramatically.

Having had ringworm carried in a couple of times with lots of piggies, I still have a bag with used old (of course safely washed) ringworm fleeces and cotton towels for underlay in the attic, just in case.
 
When I had a piggy with fungal I washed my liners at 60 with Dettol wash disinfectant in the final rinse. I can't see a problem with soaking with F10 and then washing if that's your preferred way. I use a combination of fleece liners and bath mats in my cages with newspaper under the mats. The mats are better for getting hay off, the only downside I've found is the weight of the wet mats means I can only wash two at once or the machine won't spin.

Edited after Wiebke's reply, I didn't realise it says not to use F10 on fabric.
 
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