In order to keep your pet mouse happy and healthy, you need to clean its cage frequently.The cleaning process is very simple and can be done using common household materials.
Step 1: You can wash your mouse's food bowl with soap and water.
Once per day, take your mouse's food bowl and run it under a stream of hot water.Use a scrubbing brush to clean the bowl after squirting a few drops of antibacterial soap onto it.You can dry the bowl off with a towel.Before you fill the bowl with food, make sure it's completely dry and free of soap.The food bowl needs to be cleaned every day.
Step 2: Use soap and water to wash out your mouse's water bottle.
Just like with the food bowl, remove your mouse's water bottle once a day and clean it with antibacterial soap and water.Dry the bottle off with a fresh cloth after you scrub the container and inside.Use your fingers to get the bedding out of the water bottle.Don't forget to fill the bottle with fresh water after you've cleaned it.If you see soap suds in the water, dump everything out and refill the bottle.
Step 3: Change out your bedding.
When you clean your pet's food bowl and water bottle, look around the cage for bedding that is excessively wet, smelly, or has fecal matter in it.To move it to a trash can, use a pair of tongs.Only replace the dirty part of the bedding if you are going to do a deep cleaning.Changing out all the bedding may cause mice to urinate around the entire cage.
Step 4: The mouse should be moved to a temporary container.
Before you start cleaning, take your mouse out of its cage and put it in a safe place.If you can, use a container made of glass, plastic, or metal.Fish tanks, plastic buckets, and metal crates are great for temporary containers.If you have to, you can use a container made of wood or cardboard.Make sure you keep an eye on your pet.
Step 5: The cage needs to be disassembled.
Take your mouse's food bowl, water bottle, wheel, toys, and furniture out of the cage.Remove the lid and connect the base and central chamber of the cage.If your cage has multi-part accessories, disassemble them so you can clean them individually.
Step 6: Throw your mouse out.
Put on disposable sanitary gloves if you want to use tongs.Use the tongs or your hands to move the bedding from the cage to the trash can or garbage bag.Pick up and dispose of any leftover food or fecal particles after you have removed all the bedding.The bedding can be put into the trash if your cage is light.
Step 7: Baby wipes can be used to clean your cage.
Baby wipes are rubbed along your cage's exterior and interior surfaces.Do the same with the various accessories.You should have cleaned every part of the container when you are done, including the base, living chamber, lid, and mouse toys.It's important to clean the insides of enclosed accessories.If you have a wire cage, wipe the areas between the wires.During daily cage maintenance, you should clean your mouse's food bowl and water bottle with soapy water.
Step 8: To clean bad areas, use a 1 part solution of water and acetic acid.
If you want to deal with stubborn spots that the baby wipes can't clean up, you can create an acidic solution that's either white vinegar and water or bleach and 30 parts water.Rub the cloth over the stubborn areas to remove them after pouring your solution onto a clean cloth.When using acidic solutions, you should think of them as a last resort.acidic solutions should not be used more than once a month.
Step 9: Let it dry.
When you are done cleaning the cage, put it in aventilated area so it can dry out.If you only used baby wipes, the process will take between 5 and 10 minutes.If you used an acidic solution, your cage may take between 10 minutes and an hour to dry.You can wipe down moist areas with a clean towel if you want to speed up the process.
Step 10: Fresh bedding should be put in the cage.
After cleaning the cage, cover the base of it with a layer of fresh, dry bedding.To smooth out the material, use your hands.It's important to use bedding materials made of paper, wood, corn cob, hay, and soil.Cat litter and cotton can be harmful to your pet.
Step 11: Remove the cage and replace it with a new one.
Attach your cage's base, central chamber and lid.Next, replace your pet's wheel, food bowl, water bottle, toys, and furniture items.You can return your mouse to its home cage after everything is back together.refill your mouse's food bowl and water bottle if you didn't already
Step 12: Baking soda can be used outside your mouse's cage to absorb odors.
If your mouse's cage gets particularly stinky during the week, try placing an open container or sachet filled with baking soda in the room near the cage.It will help trap odors from the cage.Since the fine powder may irritate your mouse's lungs, skin, or eyes, place the baking soda directly in the cage itself.Baking soda is toxic to mice.When mixed with chocolate or peanut butter, it is often recommended as a natural rodent pesticide.Baking soda can be used instead of activated carbon or zeolite.Use all 3 at the same time for the best results.