Hot soapy water?

[bubble&squeak4ever]

As I am going on holiday soon my pigs are going to stay at my friends in their 'holiday hutch!' As this hutch hasn't been used since last year as you can imagine it is pretty dirty. Therefore I need to clean it! I was thinking of using hot soapy water would this be ok do you think?

 

[twiams]

I don't see why not, but you'd wanna make sure it got a good dry out after, also do you have any of the pet safe disinfectants, i'd spray it down with that too for good measure (:

 

[lynda1]

Hot soapy water would be fine to get it clean but I would also spray it with a disinfectant like F10 after you have cleaned it to kill off any bugs that may remain in it. Remember to read the instructions of any disinfectant and make sure it is suitable for animals and that it is diluted properly.

 

[bubble&squeak4ever]

Thanks!
I do have a pet disinfectant so I will also use this! Should I do the disinfectant once it's dry?

 

[lynda1]

wash it thoroughly then spray the disinfectant everywhere including roof, corners etc then leave it to dry.
Have fun and keep smiling, yucky hutches really smell bad but they look good afterwards, are you planing to paint it? Wickes have some really nice colours at the moment.

 

[bubble&squeak4ever]

wash it thoroughly then spray the disinfectant everywhere including roof, corners etc then leave it to dry.
Have fun and keep smiling, yucky hutches really smell bad but they look good afterwards, are you planing to paint it? Wickes have some really nice colours at the moment.

No I wasn't planning on painting it because it is only a holiday hutch and their only in for about a week every year so not much point! It was covered in cobwebs and creepy crawlies! Yuck!