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    Cleaning Tubs

    Hey I was wondering how often everyone cleans their tubs/enclosures. I use aspen bedding, and spot clean every day. Waste is never left in the enclosure for more then a day ever. As soon as I come home everyday I remove any kind of nastiness, so I keep them pretty clean. When she pees I usually remove the saturate aspen as well. But when should I change the aspen? Its prolly been in there since october. No smells or anything like that either. Whats usually a good rule of thumb for cleaning, and replacing aspen??

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    Re: Cleaning Tubs

    I'm not exactly sure on the bedding you're using cause I use papertowels, but I'd have to say at least a complete change of the bedding at least once a month.
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    Re: Cleaning Tubs

    I would replace the bedding and scrub the tub once a month. You never know what could be growing in there
    ~Steffe

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    really? I remeber someone telling me you can keep the aspen in there up to 6 months! Actually it says that on the bag!! I mean if you think about it, how dirty can it really be? If you spot clean as nessacarey, and don't let things linger too long I can see it lasting that long. I mean like I said I have had it in there since oct, and there are NO smells. Actually its going on 6 months on march. As soon as march comes I'll change it. Anyone else use aspen? I know paper towels are good too, but mine seem to like to dig themselves into the aspen im gonna stick with this.

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    Re: Cleaning Tubs

    Quote Originally Posted by dsmalex97 View Post
    really? I remeber someone telling me you can keep the aspen in there up to 6 months! Actually it says that on the bag!! I mean if you think about it, how dirty can it really be? If you spot clean as nessacarey, and don't let things linger too long I can see it lasting that long. I mean like I said I have had it in there since oct, and there are NO smells. Actually its going on 6 months on march. As soon as march comes I'll change it. Anyone else use aspen? I know paper towels are good too, but mine seem to like to dig themselves into the aspen im gonna stick with this.
    I use aspen and I spot clean when necessary. Usually when they shed I have to clean the whole thing because they just let loose everywhere.

    It is good practice to keep on a cleaning schedule to maintain a healthy environment. You could always miss something when spot cleaning and even with spot cleaning, you can never get all of it.
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    Re: Cleaning Tubs

    I've heard lots of things regarding certain substrates like that and everyone has their own ways of doing things.

    I use papertowels because:

    1) It's safe for the animal
    2) It doesn't become a home to parasites/bacteria
    3) It's easier to clean
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