Regular cleaning of your guinea pig cage helps eliminate the odors and stains caused by droppings or feces, urine, and uneaten food.
Guinea pigs thrive in clean cages and failure to deep clean your pet’s enclosure regularly could result in various health issues in your guinea pigs.
Most commercial guinea pig cage cleaners contain chemicals and toxins that could harm your delicate pet. They could irritate your guinea pig’s eyes and skin and may even result in breathing issues.
The good news is: you can use homemade guinea pig cage cleaners to safely clean your pet’s enclosure. The ingredients (vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice, etc.) required for making these all-natural homemade guinea pig cage cleaners are also likely available in your pantry, so you need not buy anything.
In this guide, we have 5 easy-yet-effective homemade guinea pig cage cleaner recipes for you.
How to Make Homemade Guinea Pig Cage Cleaner?
Recipe 1: Castile Soap and Baking Soda Cleaner
Baking soda and castile soap are one of the best natural cleaning agents for your little furry pal’s cage. You can use this combination to clean all cage surfaces as well its toys and accessories.
Castile soap is made from olive oil and other vegetable ingredients. Baking soda is a natural cleaning agent that has been used since time immemorial to safely clean and deodorize all kinds of objects and surfaces without any harmful side effects to humans and pets.
Ingredients
- 2 cups baking soda
- ½ cup castile soap
- 1-2 drops of lavender essential oil. (Note that almost all essential oils are harmful to guinea pigs. However, lavender oil is one of the safe essential oils for these small animals. Still, you should use it sparingly in this recipe. Make sure your pet does not sniff it directly or come in contact with the oil.)
Method
- Mix the ingredients in a bottle.
- You can make a spray by adding a bit of water to the above ingredients.
- After preliminary cleaning to remove soiled bedding, spray the mixture inside your pet’s cage and leave it on for a few minutes. (Remove your pets from the enclosure before spraying)
- Scrub after 5-10 minutes. Wipe dry.
- This will eliminate odors as well as bacteria,