RE: how to best sterilize a kitty condo?

[MacKenzie, Kerry N.]

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Yes, some sun would sure help (it's snowing today...).

But I'll do it this weeeknd regardless. I can't wait to see their little faces.

Meanwhile I'm gearing up for the battle I'm going to have to tear it away from my 3 neg cats...who don't have a kitty condo either, and have been taking it in turns to do  24/7 sentry duty in it over the weekend. Since I brought the condo home, the little house part has NEVER been vacant. As soon as one gets out, another hops in. (A bit like parking in Chicago.) I tried to get Tiger out of it last night to give him his medication but (of course) he won. (Luckily the meds is chlamypridine, so missing one night won't harm him.) kerry

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of catatonya
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 6:10 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: how to best sterilize a kitty condo?

I did this once.  Sprayed it with a waterhose, sprayed with bleach, then sprayed wth waterhose and then let it sit for a few days.  But that was in the July sunshine.............

 

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Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Any chance you can scrub it ouside with a bleach solution & then leave it
out for a few days..... Bleach seems to clean everything!

Chris
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kerry MacKenzie
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 2:50 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: how to best sterilize a kitty condo?

Hi all
Can someone please tell me what the best way to sterilize a pre-used
carpet-covered kitty condo would be? (It's the type that Petsmart/Petco
sells, and it's tall---5'8" and totally carpet-covered.)
I acquired it this morning, free, through freecycle.org (thanks so much
Melissa for spreading the word about freecycle months ago!) and I'm thrilled
because I've wanted a nice, high condo for my bu! nch since they moved in.
It's easy to bleach plastic items (and easy to rinse them so that there's no
lingering bleach smell), and you can throw small fabric items in the washing
machine, but I'm not quite sure how to proceed with the kitty condo...I'd
like to avoid bleach if possible because I think it'll be hard to get rid of
the bleach smell. And cats are so sensitive to smell.
I looked up the archives and wondered about using the spray bottle method
(would that be 30:1 water/bleach ratio?). How would I rinse the bleach off
afterwards tho? This kitty condo is way too big to dunk in the bath.
A thought: does anyone know if freezing temperatures would do the job? We
have plenty of THAT here in Chicago right now, and I wondered if a night on
the porch when it's below freezing would sterilize the kitty condo?
Thanks you wonderful guys for any ideas.
Kerry

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