cage cleaning

[jacoby]

How often do you clean or should you clean your chinchilla cage? I do it every other day and I had someone tell me that was too often. Since they are frequent poopers it just seems that a healthy cage is a healthy chin. Am I wrong?(It wasn't someone here)

 

[Stackie]

There's no such thing as cleaning too often. If you have the motivation and the time, go for it.

Personally, my cages are tiled so I vacuum every couple of days and wipe down the tile and change out the potty pan litter weekly.

 

[AZChins]

I clean twice a week myself. Every other day is great, keep up the habit of keeping things clean. Plus the more you clean, the easier it is each time you clean because there's not as much mess to clean up.

 

[akane]

I clean 1 cage a day which is working for now because I have 2 pairs and a single so only 3 cages. Soon though that single will be a double and we'll have at least one new CN. Yet again more fleece buying. I just bought 6 new yards for hedgehog weaning cages.

 

[Shooper]

I spot clean when needed and do a total clean once a week.

 

[EternallyCynical]

I have a single chin in a double level CN cage. HE tends to spend most of his time on the topmost shelf, so I sweep that off the most to keep it clear of poop (it gets flung EVERYWHERE otherwise). I usually sweep out the cage every couple of days with a small hand broom and dust pan I picked up at the dollar store. When the fleece liners start to get grody (every 1-2 weeks, depending on how much my little goof makes a mess or is inclined to pee in his litter pan 9.9 ) I pull everything out, sweep any lingering debris off the pans, change the liners, etc. I dont think you really can clean your cage too much. Especially if your chin is like mine and doesnt think twice about flopping out in an area where he's pooped..... I find bits of poop stuck to Pepper's sides/back from time to time and he never holds still long enough to make it easy to remove them.

 

[Delaina920]

My chin doesn't make such a mess so usually I clean out his litter once a week or every 2 weeks. Although I frequently wipe down his shelves

 

[jacoby]

I appreciate all the great feedback everyone

 

[Godofgods]

One of my girls decided not to use her litter pans any more, so every morning when i get up i check for pee to clean up. If you don't it can stain or eat into the metal pans i have. And i check through out the day and at night to.

I sweep out the cages once a day as im feeding them. Get all the poops and lose hay they threw away out of there.

And i change the litter as i feel its needed.