shmog
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Hello! Hope everyone is well!!
Unfortunately, my budgie has recently been diagnosed with Aspergillus fumigatus, vet says she could have had it for longer than we've known b/c our previous culture tests were taken to a human laboratory instead of a veterinary laboratory b/c of covid . I feel awful for not doing a better job for my little friend. But, I've been trying to step up my cleaning game now to eradicate any possible causes and am starting with the food bowls!
Usually, I would scrub both water and food bowls thoroughly daily with hot water (+replace water 2-3 times a day as well), now that we're putting multiple crushed medications on her food mixed in with a tiny bit of water, I'm worried that my previous technique wasn't enough and I should opt for a stronger clean.
We've started using baking soda and water more regularly and I want to use that mixture every day while she is receiving the medicine. I've wanted to try the idea of white vinegar, but my parents believe baking soda and vinegar do the same job. I've also heard of F10 to be good, but that seems like it would get here late and I need something to use in the meantime. I've heard dawn dish soap is great but have not been able to find any here. Is baking soda + water enough and could I be using any type of dish soap or does it have to be Dawn?
(also a bit of an offtopic question, but I've been removing the medicated food at night and scrubbing w/ hot water again to prevent potential spoilage in the morning, should I just be leaving it in instead?)
Thanks so much!
Unfortunately, my budgie has recently been diagnosed with Aspergillus fumigatus, vet says she could have had it for longer than we've known b/c our previous culture tests were taken to a human laboratory instead of a veterinary laboratory b/c of covid . I feel awful for not doing a better job for my little friend. But, I've been trying to step up my cleaning game now to eradicate any possible causes and am starting with the food bowls!
Usually, I would scrub both water and food bowls thoroughly daily with hot water (+replace water 2-3 times a day as well), now that we're putting multiple crushed medications on her food mixed in with a tiny bit of water, I'm worried that my previous technique wasn't enough and I should opt for a stronger clean.
We've started using baking soda and water more regularly and I want to use that mixture every day while she is receiving the medicine. I've wanted to try the idea of white vinegar, but my parents believe baking soda and vinegar do the same job. I've also heard of F10 to be good, but that seems like it would get here late and I need something to use in the meantime. I've heard dawn dish soap is great but have not been able to find any here. Is baking soda + water enough and could I be using any type of dish soap or does it have to be Dawn?
(also a bit of an offtopic question, but I've been removing the medicated food at night and scrubbing w/ hot water again to prevent potential spoilage in the morning, should I just be leaving it in instead?)
Thanks so much!
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