[Gpdd] MISC - Thanks for the help on cleaning the urine stains!!

[Nicola Atkins]

Hi all,

I'd just like to say a big thank you to all who have posted comments, or 
sent me emails, on cleaning the urine stains out of Harvey's cage! Most 
people have recommended using a white wine vinegar/water solution, and when 
we go shopping next week, I'll get some and give it a try! I'd still like to 
clean the cage afterwards with the mild washing-up liquid and water - does 
anybody think that would be a bad idea?! Every small animal I've ever had 
has had it's cage cleaned with soapy water, and so have all my mum's many 
hamsters - and old habits die hard!!

Don't worry, I'd never even entertained the idea of putting neat bleach in 
the cage - and when my friend told me that she did, I had to tell her that I 
thought it was a bad idea, even if she did take offence. I've had many 
guinea pigs in the past, and Harvey has been by far the stinkiest. I clean 
him out twice a week, and I always put a thick layer of newspaper down 
first, then another thick layer of sawdust, as well as generous amounts of 
hay, but after two or three days, his cage reeks to high heaven! As he lives 
in the living room and we spend most of our day there - it's not pleasant 
sometimes!! Harvey's urine has the strongest smell of ammonia that I've ever 
smelt in a guinea pig - he does drink a lot so maybe that contributes to the 
cause?!

Oh, just a note - I'd been considering purchasing the Guinea Pig Secrets 
book too, as they've been pestering me to buy it relentlessly, but on 
everybody's advice in the GPDD, I definitely won't be bothering! Thanks for 
the advice, on that, and on Harvey's cage!

Nicola and Harvey :-)

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