Things to Consider When Keeping Mice as Pets
Where to Get a Pet Mouse
What to Look for When Choosing a Pet Mouse
Finding a Veterinarian for Your Pet Mouse
Choosing a Cage for Your Pet Mouse
Setting Up a Cage For Your Pet Mouse
Setting Up Bedding in Your Pet Mouse Cage
Cleaning Your Pet Mouse Cage
Diet for a Pet Mouse
Feeding Your Pet Mouse
Water for Your Pet Mouse
Common Mouse Diseases for Pet Mice
Reasons to Avoid Breeding Your Pet Mouse
Handling & Holding Your Pet Mouse
Supervising Your Children with Your Pet Mouse
Keeping Your Mouse Safe Around Other Pets
Training Your Pet Mouse
Transporting a Pet Mouse
Summary: Learn tips on about cleaning your mice cage including how often you clean the wheel, food bowl, and bedding in this free animal care video clip.
Sarah is a resident exotic animal health technician and has been working as a technician for seven years, but she began working with animals over 12 years ago at the Wildlife Care...read more
" Hi! My name is Sarah, I’m at Petland in Pembroke Pines, Florida tonight and on behalf of expertvillage.com, I’m going to speak with you a little bit about caring for mice. As far as cleaning your mouse cage goes, you want to clean it thoroughly and change the bedding once a week. The food bowl should be cleaned every day with hot soapy water and wiped out thoroughly. The wheel can be cleaned once a week and when you clean the rest of the cage. The bedding should be completely changed out every time you clean the cage. The bedding, generally should be changed out once to twice a week. It is important when you clean the cage that you also clean the wire part as well as the bottom part of the cage. As far as cleaning the cage goes, you should use hot soapy water or you can use a diluted bleach solution. You should use it very diluted, such as one part bleach a 30 parts water. Whatever you use, weather it be the hot soapy water or the bleach solution, you should rinse it very very thoroughly and let it air dry completely before putting your mouse back in the cage. "
eHow Article: Cleaning Your Pet Mouse Cage
Copyright © 1999-2009 eHow, Inc. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. en-US
Comments
animaladorer said
on 8/2/2008 Do Not use bleach! (As AnimalArkGirl said)
I use fruit and veggetable spray when I clean my mouse's cage.
It is simple , all you have to do is spray , wipe a couple times with a wet paper towel and dry and it is better than soap. (I use fruit and veggetable wash to clean his bottle to.)
animalarkgirl said
on 8/2/2008 don't use bleach at all, please, it can be caustic and cause sores on your mouse, even if you do use a weak solution, a mouse is WAY more sensitive than you are, and even though you don't have a reaction to the bleach solution, doesn't mean the mouse won't. replace the bleach in the solution with white vinegar, which is all natural and won't hurt your mouse. Alaso be sure you wash to mouses water bottle out well, with a baby bottle brush, scrub well to remove any "film" on the bottle from your mouse drinking, he get's his saliva in the tube and the bacteria in his saliva can travel up and colonize in the tube and bottle, so clean the tube out with a pipe cleaner. I use EXTREMELY hot water with a drop of dish soap, and then I rinse it out very very well with cold water until I can't smell any soap any more,a nd then I rinse it once more. If your bottle comes with a "floater" like a duck or ball, take it out if you can and give it special cleanign attention, because they can harbor bacteria.