Animal clean out day.

Rosey-Bear · 10-06-2014, 10:56 AM

Time for a complete overhaul of all the animals.

Oscar so far has tried to eat me twice as I am cleaning out his tank. I hate cleaning him out as the tank is really deep and quite high up so I have to hang over the tank and end up soaking wet.

Splodge the corn snake is being done tomorrow as he was fed on Sunday so need to let that digest before I disturb him.

The torts were done last night but won't take them long to mess everything up again.

And this is all done on my week off.

pagan queen · 10-06-2014, 12:22 PM

There is always someone to clean out here. It's the guinea pigs and the aviary today. Chicken shed tomorrow, The big Parrots next day, budgie and conure next, lizard gets a spot clean every day as do the torts and then we start again.

becciwales · 10-06-2014, 02:07 PM

Oh I hated cleaning out my guinea pigs. The smell. Uch. I'm never having rodents again. Though my hubby wants rats, he can, but I'm not touching them, feeding them or even looking in their direction. :-/
I'm sticking to torts and dogs.

pagan queen · 10-06-2014, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by becciwales

Oh I hated cleaning out my guinea pigs. The smell. Uch. I'm never having rodents again. Though my hubby wants rats, he can, but I'm not touching them, feeding them or even looking in their direction. :-/
I'm sticking to torts and dogs.

Oh, I don't mind, they don't take long. The aviary is harder. I have to scrape all the wood down with a paint scraper, then scrub it clean, then all the perches/toys have to be cleaned and that's before the floor is cleared. A much longer job.
Rats, well I think you will love them once you get used to them, they are as intelligent as a dog and so cute.

becciwales · 10-06-2014, 04:14 PM

Fingers crossed on that. Ha ha xx

emma_mcraf · 10-06-2014, 04:22 PM

I don't mind too much here as the kids do the rabbit and guinea pigs hutches each weekend and they always help me with the chicken coop.
I always do the torts every morning before I even have my breakfast.

My friend had rats and swore they really stink but I could never smell them. I do tend to have blocked sinuses a lot, but even so, I could never smell them.

pagan queen · 10-06-2014, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by emma_mcraf

I don't mind too much here as the kids do the rabbit and guinea pigs hutches each weekend and they always help me with the chicken coop.
I always do the torts every morning before I even have my breakfast.

My friend had rats and swore they really stink but I could never smell them. I do tend to have blocked sinuses a lot, but even so, I could never smell them.

If you don't clean them out regularly they do smell and females are worse than males.

emma_mcraf · 10-06-2014, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by pagan queen

If you don't clean them out regularly they do smell and females are worse than males.

Shows how bad my sinuses are then because I'm pretty sure she didn't do a weekly clean.

pagan queen · 10-06-2014, 04:42 PM

With females I would do at least 2 cleans a week. If the cage is big enough for the number of rats there shouldn't be too much problem. We had 3 males in a 5 ft tall by 4ft (at the base,) cage and there was very little smell. The cage was meant for about 5 ferrets.

Suze65 · 10-06-2014, 06:55 PM

I've only got the torts now, no more piggies or hamsters, much as I loved them.
But I do enjoy cleaning out tort tables and making them look nice and smart, even tho it doesn't last long

10-06-2014, 10:56 AM	#1
Rosey-Bear Member Incubating Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South East UK. Posts: 231	Animal clean out day. Time for a complete overhaul of all the animals. Oscar so far has tried to eat me twice as I am cleaning out his tank. I hate cleaning him out as the tank is really deep and quite high up so I have to hang over the tank and end up soaking wet. Splodge the corn snake is being done tomorrow as he was fed on Sunday so need to let that digest before I disturb him. The torts were done last night but won't take them long to mess everything up again. And this is all done on my week off. __________________ Abby. Mummy to a group of Spur thighs. Malcolm and his hoes.

10-06-2014, 12:22 PM	#2
pagan queen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 6,073	There is always someone to clean out here. It's the guinea pigs and the aviary today. Chicken shed tomorrow, The big Parrots next day, budgie and conure next, lizard gets a spot clean every day as do the torts and then we start again. __________________ 1.0.1 TG Ibera 1.0.0 Chinese Frise dog 0.1.0 African Grey Parrot 0.1.0 Hahns Macaw 0.1.0 Pearly Conure 0.2.0 Guinea Pigs 0.2.0 Chickens 1.0.0 Bearded Dragon 7.4.0 Budgies 1.1.0 Cockatiels 1.3 Kids 1 Husband

10-06-2014, 02:07 PM	#3
becciwales Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: South Wales Posts: 3,438	Oh I hated cleaning out my guinea pigs. The smell. Uch. I'm never having rodents again. Though my hubby wants rats, he can, but I'm not touching them, feeding them or even looking in their direction. :-/ I'm sticking to torts and dogs. __________________ Becci 1:2:0 Testudo Hermanni Boettgeri - Darwin, Galileo, and Einstein. Archimedes (THB) RIP June, 2018

10-06-2014, 04:14 PM	#5
becciwales Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: South Wales Posts: 3,438	Fingers crossed on that. Ha ha xx __________________ Becci 1:2:0 Testudo Hermanni Boettgeri - Darwin, Galileo, and Einstein. Archimedes (THB) RIP June, 2018

10-06-2014, 04:22 PM	#6
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	I don't mind too much here as the kids do the rabbit and guinea pigs hutches each weekend and they always help me with the chicken coop. I always do the torts every morning before I even have my breakfast. My friend had rats and swore they really stink but I could never smell them. I do tend to have blocked sinuses a lot, but even so, I could never smell them. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

10-06-2014, 04:42 PM	#9
pagan queen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 6,073	With females I would do at least 2 cleans a week. If the cage is big enough for the number of rats there shouldn't be too much problem. We had 3 males in a 5 ft tall by 4ft (at the base,) cage and there was very little smell. The cage was meant for about 5 ferrets. __________________ 1.0.1 TG Ibera 1.0.0 Chinese Frise dog 0.1.0 African Grey Parrot 0.1.0 Hahns Macaw 0.1.0 Pearly Conure 0.2.0 Guinea Pigs 0.2.0 Chickens 1.0.0 Bearded Dragon 7.4.0 Budgies 1.1.0 Cockatiels 1.3 Kids 1 Husband

10-06-2014, 06:55 PM	#10
Suze65 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,769	I've only got the torts now, no more piggies or hamsters, much as I loved them. But I do enjoy cleaning out tort tables and making them look nice and smart, even tho it doesn't last long __________________ Suze. 3 THB, Sammy, Jemima, & Phoebe 7 Marginated, Tabitha, Ptolome, Tatiana, Noah,Lottey, Lulu & Poppy 1 TGG (Emma) RIP Feb 2012

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