Odorless cage

[bboyxtreme0]

I'm going to try the cavy bath technique to get my 2 cavies to be friends. My only problem is cleaning the cage to make it odorless. I am going to use vinegar and water to kill the coroplast and put all the dishes in the dishwasher. I only have 1 problem
I got them a wooden house, how do I make that completely odorless and free of coroplasts?

 

[Fujiko]

Honey, coroplast is corrugated cardboard, not an microorganism or parasite. It is the building material that the cage is built out of.

Also, buddy baths should only be used as a last resort if they are fighting violently. Humping and the sort is natural and normal and NOT a sexual thing. They might stop doing it as much once dominance has been established. I wouldn't worry about it unless they are violent and/or causing bloodshed.

 

[bboyxtreme0]

Ok thanks. But how do i clean the wooden house to make it odorless. Just want to make sure they are on neutral ground.

 

[aqh88]

Just take the wooden houses out for now. Introduce them in a playpen on the floor outside of the cage. If you've had 1 guinea pig for awhile even a clean cage is still their cage. You need to introduce them away from the cage and preferably in a larger area.

 

[rabbitsncavyluv]

You can bake it. Wood carries mites sometimes. Or use different hidey houses.
You'd probably need more than one for 2 pigs.

 

[aqh88]

New wood houses from the store won't carry mites and if the other pig has never been sick there's really no reason to clean the wood. Mites cannot survive on objects for very long without a living host to go back to. You aren't going to get mites from houses, bedding, or hay unless it has recently had a mite infested guinea pig living on it. If there is a reason the wood isn't clean enough I'd probably throw them out and start over.

 

[KatieJean]

you could wipe it down with vinegar

 

[Ly&Pigs]

Mites do need a living host to survive. I wouldn't think they could survive long in wood. If you want to disinfect the wood, bake if for 20 minutes in the oven on a low temperature. I can't remember the exact temp.