 | Posted by: | eric, sprfred | | Subject: | Urgent please help Baking Soda | | When: | 3:53 PM, 09 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 161.184.155.60 |
I just washed my cage with baking soda lemon juice and water. I'm trying to use what ever I can that isn't bleech or an other chemical. There is a bit of soda left that doesn't want to rinse off very well. Will the soda hurt him? I hope you can answer this quickly so that I can let my poor boy back in his cage. If you can. Can you please suggest some other solutions to use for cleaning the cage. I have a very large one 3'x3'x6', so rinsing is very difficult so no chemicals please. It is a plastic hardware mesh. Thank you for your help
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| Posted by: | Sugar Fan, none | | Subject: | none | | When: | 4:03 PM, 09 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 216.46.139.129 |
Don't put chemicals into the cage because they can hurt your sugar glider. I don't think baking soda would hurt the glider, but still I am not sure. I hope somebody browsing the message boards will lend a hand. In the future, since it has proved a problem cleaning, don't use it.
| Posted by: | KarenE, KarenElfrank@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 4:05 PM, 09 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 64.12.102.37 |
I am really not sure about this question. Baking soda does have a tendancy to cause bubbles in the stomach to help relieve gas and help in burping.
Not being sure how a glider's sensitive stomach will reach to this, I would make every effort to wipe off any residue you see.
Does your glider have a habit of chewing on his cage? Just take a wet wash cloth or sponge and wipe the cage as best you can.
This should prevent any problems.
| Posted by: | haic, purplecrayonhr@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 6:27 PM, 09 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 205.188.192.44 |
I use a bristle brush (& a toothbrush for the hard-to-reach areas) to help get residue off my cage. I don't know if you're doing that already, but it's worked better for me with less mess with cleaning ooky rags.
I live in an apt, therefore I can't take my cahe outside to clean, & this may sound gross but I put it in the showetr. It sounded like our cages are similar size, so I thought I'd share. First I attach an old shower curtain (so as not to yuck up my current one), then put the cage in & just let in set in the shower for a while to soak every thing, then scrub with a scrub brush, then rinse, repeating this til the water runs completely clear. I don't use any cleaning solution (I'm a bit paranoid for my furry children). It's a LOT of work, but it does get the cage clean.... oh, and then I SCRUB the shower, so I'm not showering in their residue yuck. It forces me to clean my shower every week or week-and-a-half *S*.
Sorry about the typing errors-- not feeling well.
| Posted by: | Jasmine, Spookie_Girl@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 12:53 PM, 11 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 63.78.31.223 |
Hope this helps:
I use a 3/4 Hot water and 1/4 bleach solution. It kills germs, can rinse off easy, and once it dries it evaporates in the air. I've used it on reptile tanks, fish tanks, rodent cages, bird cages and my gliders' cage. It's something that's frequently used at zoos.
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