I have a strange question for you. I use bird ropes for my mice (I think they’re called boings) and after changing them from a tank to a bared cage one of them is to big to fit. It’s made of corse rope and metal inside. I’m hoping to use that for rats some day but I don’t know how to disinfect it. I can’t really find info on cleaning boings, unless I’m looking in the wrong places. Any ideas?

amazingpetenclosures:

I would probably soak it in a 10% bleach/water solution, just make sure to rinse it out and let it dry well. I guess I’ve never really thought about how one might go about disinfecting ropes XD At the shelter i work for, we always just toss the dog rope toys in with the laundry, which gets washed with detergent and bleach.

Submerging it in boiling water could also do the trick, depending on the materials.