Collective, Cynthia writes: >the one problem I am experiencing is with the small "gully" between where >the bars meet the floor - and the outer rim of the plastic bottom... and asks: >What I'd like to do is unhook the cage from the bottom - give the bottom a >good scrubbing in the bathtub and then reattach the cage. If I do this will >it flatten out? I give my midwest cage a good scrubbing at least twice a month sometimes more if the critters have been especially messy. I've disposed of the clips that lock the cage to the base entirely. I know of no ferret that would be able to lift that monster to get out. I lift the whole cage off the base. It shouldn't collapse if all the fasteners on the cage itself are in place and the shelves are left inside. I take the base to the bathroom and scrub the whole thing with dilute bleach water, rinse, with dishsoap, and rinse. Then I let it dry. While it dries, I clean the shelves in the cage, flip the cage on its side and clean the goop that's accumulated on the bottom bars and change bedding. Then I just pop the cage back on top of the base and roll it back to the corner of the living room. The critters love it when I clean the cage, because everything is so noisy, different and interesting. Also they know I can't cage them if they mis-behave. Cheers! Matthew. =========================================================== The Arts in Technology--Creative Consulting and Contracting J. Matthew Saunders (540)951-3090 [log in to unmask] http://dogstar.bevd.blacksburg.va.us/ "We have to work in the theatre of our own time, with the tools of our own time" --Robert Edmond Jones =========================================================== [Posted in FML issue 2342]