I take the adult(s) out first, scoop the pinks/babies out & put them in with their mom & some "soiled" bedding for the odor, clean the dirty tub & replace the bedding then reverse the process. Sometimes leather welding gloves are used, lol! I have a nifty scar from a mama who wasn't having it when I went to clean tubs & moved her babies. She's since gone to the Big Rat Rack in the sky but I don't take chances any more after that.