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disinfectant question
Grimbal
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can anyone recommend a good disinfectant for cleaning litter trays please ? Am I right in remembering that it has to be non-clouding when you add it to water?
TIA
ETA: any from these ?
TIA
ETA: any from these ?
"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it" Einstein 1951
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Anything that turns white/cloudy when it hits water is a phenol and toxic to cats.
Beware also of the usual pine fresh scents etc as these aren't pleasant for cats and pine/eucalyptus etc is toxic to cats.
Some non-bio washing powder made up to a 10% solution cleans well and doesn't contain ammonia, which smells like cat wee to cats. See www.fabcats.org.uk for a recipe to clean urine stains from carpets, worsk well for litter trays too.NOT a NEWBIE!
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I use anti-bacterial washing up liquid ....Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
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Dettol is a def no - please don't use that (it's one that goes cloudy).
Never used any of the others so don't know ....Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
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brilliant ! thank you
"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it" Einstein 19510 -
On the rare occasion the litter tray is in use I have always used tesco value pine disinfectant, it doesn't go cloudy and I use just a small slosh of it in with the hot soapy water.:heart2: Love isn't finding someone you can live with. It's finding someone you can't live without :heart2:0
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Mistrel seems to be quite popular with pet owners, you dilute it quite a lot so a bottle lasts ages
http://mistralie.co.uk/products/odourfresh-pet-disinfectant-standard0 -
For the litter tray I just use Value/ Smartprice thin bleach or hot soapy water (eco washing up liquid). Then obviously loads of rinsing before draining.Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0
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Another user of mistralie here .
I order in bulk so it makes it cheaper.
Only thing to be aware of is be at home for the delivery as they wont leave it in a safe place ,parcelforce took mine to the post office which is a way off and i do not drive....try lugging 4 bottles home on the bus.....on second thoughts dont they were way to heavy...0 -
I use bleach... but now reading this maybe I shouldn't be ?
Asda lemon bleach is the one I would usually use. I steep it in that then rinse with boiling water then dry with kitchen roll.0 -
I use bleach in water but rinse the tray out with loads of water after.
If I don't have any bleach then I just use washing up liquid or Flash and that seems to work too.0
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