Handheld Vacuum For Cleaning Out?

AnnaHeath

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hi all, my piggies bed on fleece in a home made cage. I've recently injured my back... And thinking about the millions of poops I sweep every day considering a handheld vacuum. does anyone else use a vacuum for daily cleans? More bothered about it getting pooey and festering. The gins gins will Be cool with it as I vacuum under them daily and they're used to the noise. Any thoughts ?
 
i have a black and decker 4.5 wet and dry handheld vac,it fills up 2 times and have to empty the contents twice on a once daily poo patrol,but ive 5 piggies in a 6 x2 c and c cage ! if you get a vac that is greater than 7 volts i find it sucks the fleece up !
 
I have a cheapo twenty quid hoover. I shake out the fleeces and change the hay trays and hoover up stray poos and hay. It needs emptyi g often but does a great job.

My lot are in a c and c cage on ikea tables. Great for easy cleaning esp since I thought uo the idea of dog lead clips to hold some of the front grids together with cable tie hinges.

I take the whole front off for cleaning now.

Hope you find a good hoover. It can easily reach those far away corners!
 
Fab I just need to look out for a cheap one then.. We have one a
Ready but I don't fancy contaminating it with poo.....our cage is built rom ikea tables and shelves with a Perspex front upstairs and down. It has made cleaning out a lot easie being off the floor, but the sweeping motion contributed to me slipping a disc 3 weeks ago... It was not fun. Xx
 
I took mine back, as Lee says they suck up the fleece. If you have a bad back is your cage on the floor, I've put mine on cupboards. If you have C&C we made two panels removable so you don't have to stretch.
 
I use one. I find the angle you use it at makes a huge difference to fleece sucking, the more horizontal the better. I wash the parts and the filter fairly regularly and it's fine in terms of festering.
 
I prefer to use a dustpan and brush. Although a vac cleans efficiently, I'm concerned about the 'exhaust' contaminating the air with poo-smell.
 
Mine is a bissell hoover. So easy. No bags, cheap to replace and can reach those awkward poos hiding between the grids and the wall!
 
I have a handheld vac and love it. My fleece doesn’t lift too much because it’s tucked under the C&C perimeter (I don’t use the coroplast and put fleece on top). I find it’s effective and saves me a lot of hassle. I still use a dustpan and brush too from time to time.
 
I Hoover my budgie... it's far easier than sweeping out his cage tray... millet husks go everywhere...
When petal was nursing indoors, I did use the vac in her cage... but I think it's best to invest in two, a household vac and a Pet safe vac. That's what I do... that and the use of a carpet sweeper and steam vac/mop and you're good to go.
 
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