Quote Originally Posted by Mike41793 View Post
It probably won't really matter but you can wait a few days if it makes you feel better.

Also, that isn't "sterilizing". That would be sanitizing. Sterilizing is the removal of ALL bacteria, sanitizing is reducing the number of bacteria.
Would you recommend a particular method/product for cage cleaning? I was planning on doing her first monthly cleaning in about a week and making a post asking advice, but this incident didn't give me the time.