Coroplast & urine

[lucyloohoo]

Hello! I've just joined the forum! It's awesome here!!!

I just had a question about building my rabbit & guinea pig a home. Will the urine leak through or soak into the coroplast that so many other people used for their homes???

Thanks!!!

 

[Lyndsay]

I don't think so, it's plastic so it shouldn't soak through, you need to have something other than just the coroplast on the floor, like Care Fresh.

 

[lucyloohoo]

OK...thanks.

I have some bathmats down as well, my rabbit can't have any kind of shavings.

 

[Lyndsay]

Why's that?

 

[Slap Maxwell]

Bathmats are fine. Coroplast will not leak with pee, although it will leave little white marks that are easy to wipe off. I have had a problem with a grunge on mine.

 

[Lyndsay]

Grunge, is that what it's called? I currently have a slight problem with that too, I mix Baking Soda, and water together to make a paste, and then I put it on the stained spot, and then wait a few minutes, and scrape off the urine stains. Works like a charm, sometimes makes your arm a little sore.

 

[Slap Maxwell]

What do you use to scrape it off with?

 

[lucyloohoo]

Great suggestions. Thanks.

I've also read that vineagar is good for removing the "grunge". My rabbit can't have shavings because he develops breathing problems and I have asthma so it's not good for me either.

 

[Percy's Mom]

What do you use to scrape it off with?

I found a set of plastic putty knives in the paint department at WalMart for less than $1. It comes with 3 sizes, firm enough to scrape up gunk, but not so sharp that you'll gouge your cage floor.

 

[Ly&Pigs]

Just put a little straight vinegar on the grunge, let it sit a minute then wipe up with a paper towel.

 

[Lyndsay]

I'll have to try the vinager, but that smells really bad to me, and I think in time wear down the coroplast cause of it's acidity.

I use spoons, I picked 2 of them out of the ones we had for eating, and they never make it back there. I've tried using putty things, but they never work for me.

 

[Slap Maxwell]

Nope, the vinegar won't harm the coroplast.

Have you made your cage yet? How is it going with that?

 

[Lyndsay]

I wish I could of had it done by now, but because school in ending, and I have to study for exams, and tomorrow I have to be a sponsor for my best friends little sisters confermation, I havn't done anything, I have found one place so far that has the squares....13 for $20 plus tax. Sunday, I'm going into town, and looking for supplies that cost less.