Cleaning the pet play areas and cages is highly important for maintaining the good health not only of your pet but also of your family members. Unhealthy pets or unclean environment can affect your pet’s health as well as the general health of human beings living with them, especially children!

Rabbits are generally very clean animals but their urine can spread a bad odor in a few hours. There are no recommended schedule for cleaning rabbit cages, however, a little bit of cleaning time allotted on a daily basis can make the task easier, less tiring and less time consuming. You would also see your pet very happy and healthy.

However, you should take time out to clean your rabbit’s cage thoroughly once every week. The cleaning routine also depends on the litter training of the rabbit as well as the cage size. In case you have more than one rabbit as your pet, you may have to clean the cage more often.

On a daily basis, remove fresh foods, veggies and greens from the cage if the rabbit has not eaten it. It would be better if you can do this twice a day, both in the mornings and nights. Remove any wet or soiled hay lying around the cage or the floor. Wash the bowl in which you serve food on a daily basis, preferably after every meal. Refill fresh water as often as you can. Wipe off any water spills or litters around the cage.

In case your rabbit uses a litter box, clean it on a daily basis. This would also help you to monitor the health of the rabbit. Sudden change in the urine or feces color could indicate some health abnormality. Use vinegar to clean these boxes as the calcium deposits that are in the litter box from the urine would get dissolved. You can also use bedding made with an absorbent material to clean the cage easily.

When you are doing major cleaning chore on a weekly basis, you need to remove accessories and bedding from the cage. Wipe the whole cage with water and vinegar to remove calcium deposits from the cage floor left because of the urine. Make sure that you rinse well as rabbits do not like the smell of white vinegar which is normally used for cleaning.

You may also consider rinsing the cage with hot water. Sterilize the feeding bowls, water container and litter box by dipping them in a hot water. Clean the other furnishings of the cage in case they have become soiled.

It is also a good idea to disinfect the cage regularly using a diluted bleach solution. You may also dip the appropriate accessories in bleach water and sanitize it. Ensure that you rinse them very well, especially in the case of wooden cages as the chemicals would stick on to the wood while disinfecting.

Soiled items, especially with feces should be cleaned in the laundry or bathroom sink. Avoid using kitchen sink for these purposes. Once the cleaning procedure is over, sanitize the sink and the surrounding areas thoroughly.