Crate cleaning
 

What do you clean your furbaby crate/kennel out with. I was about to clean it out then I thought maybey I should ask what everyone use first.

vinegar and water in a spray bottle ...
this is a very safe disenfectant... it does not smell all that pleasant but it is non toxic ....

Thanks this is my first time cleaning her crate and I was about to use bleach and fabuloso

you are welcome.

Depends on what kennel and reason for cleaning.

If the bottom tray slides out and there is poop on it then usually dish soap in the bathtub. If it is just pee or a one piece crate then usually hand sanitizer or a mid bleach.

I use Dettol anti-bacterial surface cleaner (which apparently kills 99.9% of bacteria and viruses :D).

I personally would be very worried about using anything with any form of bleach in it :) Sally + Harry x

Omgosh! Just reading the word "Dettol" has my knees shaking.

In junior school, the short-cut I took home from school was through a row of demolished estate houses. One day I tripped & fell, and got glass & rubble imbedded in my knees, I hobbled home and my dad sat me down & picked out the glass/pebbles, etc. and cleaned my wounded knees with Dettol. I was traumatized for life & would bawl at the first smell of it after that!!! :eek:

I clean ZoE's crate with hot soapy water with a splash of bleach in it, & rinse well.

:D Hee hee! I remember that smell well....but I truly don't mean THAT Dettol....:D

I use the clear one in the spray, it actually doesn't smell of anything much....as if I'd take away the smell of Pantene from Harry....:eek: :D Sally + Harry x

Vinegar is magical, lol especially when you have 3 guineapigs, but joel won't even stay in the same room when I spray it, haha

yes it is , i use it a lot for cleaning and my dogs all clear out. that is one way to get some time to myself :D:D

i wash their bedding every week, I wipe their crates with a mix of water and vinegar, and once a month i do a deep cleaning, wash everything with a mix of bleach and water and rinse well, since i breed I want to make sure that if anything comes in from outside is caught early.

I use Virkon, which is antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, etc....kills on contact. Bleach must sit on the area at least 15 minutes in order to be effective.

I am glad this question came up..... please remember that some chemicals and bleaches could be dangerous to use..... and also harsh on little paws.......

I use virkon once a month but on the floors and the laundry, do you use it in the crates too? I use it in my wheping boxes but not on the crates... if you use bleach, you have to make sure you RINSE the crates very well, I have wire crates so I wipe the wires and wash the plastic bottom in the tub with soap and bleach water and RINSE it very well, I have hardwood floors so I don't use bleach on my floors only in the kitchen and I make sure I steam it clean after that.. and rinse, rinse well..
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Vinegar user hear also, I wash everything from blankets, potty pad to toys with mixture of vinegar and water (even rinse out the cat box with it weekly).

No wonder I go through about a gallon every two weeks.

and once it dries, it will get rid of all odors. I use it for accidents on my carpet too :)

Yes, I use it exclusively ......after my parvo event (?? 8 ?) years ago, I wash everything down with this stuff and it can be used even on their bowls...that is the only thing I do not do, is wash eating/drinking bowls with it. I mix up different amounts...I have it in spray bottles for daily cleaning out trays....and for spraying on my throw rugs in my foyer for my new owners to walk on when they enter the house to look at their baby. I have it in a large sprayer for the yard /patio area. Once a week, I take all crates out into the yard and spray down the entire wire crate surface and allow them to air dry....once a month, the walls and floors and counter tops are all sprayed and allowed to dry. It is perfectly safe around the dogs, and you do not rinse it off, you allow it to dry on the surfaces....makes it a whole lot easier to spray those wire crates and allow them to dry, than wiping them down, trying to make sure to hit all surface areas! You just dont let babies walk in WET, PUDDLED areas. We also wash trays with a Wishy-Washy power spray system, paper towel dried, followed by a misting with the Virkon. It sounds like a whole lot of time and work, but it isnt....goes real fast. I did get doing the laundry in Virkon from YOU, Carmen! Check out the Wishy-Wash system Carmen, and forget the bleach! Kills odors NOT by masking with perfume smell but by complete disinfecting.

I mix Virkon up, put it in diffewrent applicators for all over the house, dog crates and kennels, and yard and patio area. Perfectly safe for dogs....I spray all my wire crates down weekly and let them air dry...clean crate pans of course daily, line them up outside in the "wash area', spray them spotless with Wishy-Wash high pressure cleaning system, wipe them dry with a paper towel, mist with the Virkon, allow them to air dry....safe for our babies....you just dont want them walking around in puddles of it! Then once a month, the entire "dog room" is washed down, floor and walls and counter tops and fridge along with the crates, with Virkon, and allowed to air dry. I started using it in the wash when I do bedding...got that from you Carmen...dont know why THAT never occured to me! This sounds like a lot of work and a lot of time, but it goes so much faster than wiping down all surfaces with a rag and bleach solution, letting it sit for the required amount of time to do any good, then rinsing all the surfaces....and the area is nutral smel;ling, not all masked with perfume smelling deodorizers, because the stuff I use kills all bacteria and fungi and virals on contack, so there is nothing to create smell. I usually like to pass a mop over my floors with Fabuloso, just because I LOVE the way that purple stuff smells!....but that is strictly for me! Carmen, as well as any breeders out there, check out the Wishy-Wash system for kennels...it is REALLY all it is cracked up to be! I AM SORRY...I CHECKED TO SEE IF THE POST ABOVE HAD BEEN POSTED AND IT HAD NOT, SO I RE-WROTE THIS ONE....KINDA A DOUBLE POST!.

When you use it on your carpet do you have to steam it up? I dont have a steamer but really want to try it on my carpet

Wonderful, I have to check that system out.. that how I discovered Virkon was because my son works at the Vet clinic and I the vet told me to use it in my laundry, so I started using it in the laundry and then it moved to the floors ... I love that stuff..LOL
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