When I went out of town I don't believe the gal watching my girls changed out the bedding. To make it easier, I ditched the fleece and just told her to replace the puppy pads every day.
I came home to matted stool everywhere and completely covered pads that were wrinkled and shoved out of the way. It's not perfect and I'm still working on a perfect bedding plan, which will lead to other questions later. Anywho...their feet had caked on stool all in their claws and they stank to high heavens. As did my apartment.
I bought some cage cleaner as water wasn't doing the trick, but even spraying it I started to cough. I wiped it off with a damp cloth after scrubbing the hell out of it with steel wool, and kept rinsing my rag, but I still smell it and I'm worried about it affecting the girls.
Secondly...I hate hay. My once awesome, only thing that could handle the cat fur vacuum clogs all the time. Even if I don't see hay it seems to get all over the room and I spend more time digging hay out of the hosing than vacuuming. Is there help for this? Any vacuum cleaner suggestions?
And on to pics. Because they were covered in stool I caved and bought small animal shampoo. I've only ever used water one only of messy paws before so I was a bit nervous. Scarlet trembled but dealt with it. Navi screech like I was killing her the entire time (she also does this every time you remove her from the cage, but calms as soon as you pull her close to your body). I was able to really check out their paws and make sure there was no skin breakdown too. They are now super fluffy piggies that smell good. LOL
Now tubby pics!
Scarlet getting her shampoo and blow out.
Navi waiting on the water to get to the right temperature.
Everyone enjoying snuggles and mini bells for being such troopers.
I came home to matted stool everywhere and completely covered pads that were wrinkled and shoved out of the way. It's not perfect and I'm still working on a perfect bedding plan, which will lead to other questions later. Anywho...their feet had caked on stool all in their claws and they stank to high heavens. As did my apartment.
I bought some cage cleaner as water wasn't doing the trick, but even spraying it I started to cough. I wiped it off with a damp cloth after scrubbing the hell out of it with steel wool, and kept rinsing my rag, but I still smell it and I'm worried about it affecting the girls.
Secondly...I hate hay. My once awesome, only thing that could handle the cat fur vacuum clogs all the time. Even if I don't see hay it seems to get all over the room and I spend more time digging hay out of the hosing than vacuuming. Is there help for this? Any vacuum cleaner suggestions?
And on to pics. Because they were covered in stool I caved and bought small animal shampoo. I've only ever used water one only of messy paws before so I was a bit nervous. Scarlet trembled but dealt with it. Navi screech like I was killing her the entire time (she also does this every time you remove her from the cage, but calms as soon as you pull her close to your body). I was able to really check out their paws and make sure there was no skin breakdown too. They are now super fluffy piggies that smell good. LOL
Now tubby pics!
Scarlet getting her shampoo and blow out.
Navi waiting on the water to get to the right temperature.
Everyone enjoying snuggles and mini bells for being such troopers.