Bird Cages: Cleaning and Maintenance

If you consider yourself to be a loving and responsible bird owner, then you must thoroughly clean and maintain your bird’s cage on a regular basis. It’s essential for the health and safety of your bird. It can be done quickly and easily as long as you keep up on it. Follow my instructions and you’ll be done in no time!

First make sure that you have all of the proper equipment. You will need a bird cage cleaner, wire brushes, some bird cage paper and a bird play pen. Next remove your bird from his or her cage. Place the bird in a safe area that isn’t near open windows or doors. Also remove any perches, bird toys or food dishes from inside of the cage. The cage should be completely empty. Next check to see if the cage has a bottom that will detach. If so, remove it and dump the waste into a trash bag. If the bottom isn’t detachable, then turn the cage upside down and let the waste fall into the garbage. Shake the cage to make sure that you’ve gotten everything out. Now place the bird cage in a large sink. Run extremely hot water over the cage. Then use a non-toxic bird cage cleaner and scrub the cage with a wire brush. Scrub thoroughly until all of the excess is removed. Rinse the bird cage. You can do this in your shower or in a very deep sink. Dry the cage thoroughly with a dry towel and reassemble the cage. Now scrub any perches, toy or food dishes carefully and thoroughly with the bird cage cleaner as well. Rinse them and dry. Now line the cage with clean bird cage paper and replace all of the toys, food dishes and perches.