what do you use to clean out hutch?

[blacky7 1]

What cleaning stuff can i use to clean out the ferret hutch i have just been using water and washing liquid but hutch still smells a bit.

Thanks

[nothernlite 18,080]

dont use anything just lift there sh--e and damp shavings out of the corner every day before i fed them and lift the shaving form the hutch once a week and that does them do you keep them in a hut ?keep mine outside there ferrets they do smell lol

[blacky7 1]

Yes i keep them in a shed.

 

[nothernlite 18,080]

better putting outside dont notice the smell so much clean there doings every day ive never scrubbed there hutch only if i get fleas i will scrub it atb

[joe14 98]

Zoflora disinfectant. Put it in a spray bottle.

[blacky7 1]

Thanks:-)

[The one 8,474]

In the summer i pick a warm day and bleach the hutches let them dry completely and put the ferrets back

[dave1600d 35]

jetwash mine out once a fortnight but scrape the crap out twice daily,,,,,,,,,,,,,,then spray disinfectant the shit corners,,{which is every corner} they can crap for england my 3 girls..................................mine are in a 6.5 ft x 8 ft shed with 3 levels......

[stealthy1 3,964]

Never cleaned a hutch with anything other than clean shavings, if you clean the whole cage out twice a week it should stay fresh, I paint the inside of my cages once a year with two coats of exterior one coat white gloss, and thats it

[tye 23]

I've heard that fitting bathroom Lino to the floor of the hutch works well as the shite will just brush off instead of sticking to wood. Plus you can easily wash it down. Maybe worth a try. Cheers tye.

[Bunny Boiler 177]

Shit trays are a must. Makes life so much easier to clean out. If you wax them too, then there is no issue with staining or smell. Easiest way to do it is use an old saucepan, pot or other metal container, heat a few candles then paint the wood with an old brush. Then in the tray, lay a thin layer of shavings. Alternatively, if they only crap in one corner, buy TWO cat litter trays, screw one to the floor of the hutch where they shit. Place the other one inside the screwed down one (stops them pushing it around) and all you have to do is remove the top tray, bang it on the side of your wheelie bin, place it back in the first tray. I personally would never use bleach. A lot of strength for some very small creatures. Something like lemon scented washing up liquid (quite dilute) and a hosepipe should be fine.

 

Hope this helps. Atb,

Bunny

[stealthy1 3,964]

I've heard that fitting bathroom Lino to the floor of the hutch works well as the shite will just brush off instead of sticking to wood. Plus you can easily wash it down. Maybe worth a try. Cheers tye.

 

Cushion floor on the scat side of my cages, £5 off cut, gives the shavings time to soak up the urine

[iworkwhippets 12,531]

Wait until hutch is wall to wall with shite, and heaving wi maggots, chuck away. replace with new hutch

[bribri988 141]

Detal or bleach quite often and then a jetspray also use anti bac, and fly spray incase any flys or eggs are about and then leave the ferrets in a other hutch for the day, litter tray is a must have! so much easyer and cleaner you can also get litter that wont smell somehow keeps the smell in! ticks fleas are easly avoided just look after and treat you ferrets as you would treat you dog! little spot on from the vet costs about £8 per ferret only lasts a month but well worth it! and also i use a plastic hutch to feed my ferrets rabbit easyer for me leave them in there for a day with it then its a hell of a lot easyer to take out and clean no flys ticks fleas or MAGGOTS as someone said. ATB lads :thumbs:

[nothernlite 18,080]

wonder what the did years ago there are some spoiled ferrets out there pmsl