How to clean wooden ledges?

[Alake]

Do you need to clean wooden ledges in a chins cage? If so, how?

 

[chinnychinchinchilla]

im not sure but i think a lot of people use the vinigar and water solution to get most off and sand off what ever stain is left

 

[ticklechin]

Tile your wood shelves and no more problem, it will wipe clean and stay looking good a long time!

 

[Sesame]

So far, I've been lucky that my chin doesn't soil her ledges, so I just sand mine down every once in awhile to make sure there's no jagged edges and whatnot.

 

[3CsMommy]

Scrub them with vinegar water and allow to dry (air or sun). Then, reinstall. For badly stained places, like where a water bottle might drip, sanding helps. I usually replace Crash's shelves once a year.

 

[Alake]

Thnx. How often should I clean the ledges?

 

[3CsMommy]

Depends on how messy they get. I wipe them down with a damp cloth every week when I clean the cage, but I usually only haul everything out and do a full scrub every 4-6 weeks or so. Crash is litter pan trained, so he doesn't pee on his shelves. When I lived with my ex and his chin, though, we did the shelves every 2 weeks b/c Cervantes did a lot of territorial scent marking. With yours being female, I'd take a stab at once a month being sufficient for a hard scrub, unless she sprays a lot.

 

[Alake]

Millie is a boy. His owner thought he was a girl, but it turned out he was a boy.

 

[Idgie]

I just take sandpaper and sand them down when needed. And Idgie doesn't stain her ledges, so I don't need to do it very often.

 

[Cuddlebug]

You can also wipe them down with peroxide. It works really well and it will get the stains out. No sanding needed and peroxide will not harm your chinchilla.