Things You'll Need
- Medication
- Temporary animal enclosure
- For Indoor Pens:
- Vacuum cleaner
- Spray bottle
- Rubbing alcohol, bleach, or soap mixture
- Paper towels
- Plastic bags
- Borax (optional)
- Sea salt (optional)
- For Outdoor Pens:
- Shovel
- Bucket
- Hot water
- Soap
- Bleach
- Mop
- Sponges
Instructions
Eliminating Parasites in Pens
Medicate the animal. Type of medication, application, and dosage depend on the animal and type of parasite. Your veterinarian will provide specific medication and detailed dosage instructions.
Move the animal to a temporary pen, away from the pen you are about to clean.
Remove all bedding, animal waste, food, water, pen furnishings and toys from the pen.
Discard all disposable bedding, waste and food in sealed plastic bags. Empty water containers.
Wash reusable bedding, dishes, water containers, furnishings and toys in hot water and soap, and allow to air dry.
For indoor pens, fill a spray bottle with Isopropryl alcohol, or 10 percent bleach dissolved in 90 percent hot water, or hot water and soap solution (see Tips for solution recipes).
Thoroughly spray the solution onto the bottom, sides, doors and roof of pen. Include all latches and bars.
If you are using alcohol or bleach, allow solution to dry completely, preferably in direct sunlight. If you are using soap, wipe solution off with paper towels, then rinse with plain hot water and allow to dry completely, preferably in direct sunlight.
Vacuum the area around the pen, as well as any area outside the pen where the animal plays or sleeps. To kill fleas, ticks, and mites, sprinkle area with one part borax to one part sea salt and allow to sit for fifteen minutes before vacuuming.
For outdoor pens, use shovel to completely remove all organic matter from the floor of the pen.
Fill bucket with hot, soapy water and use a sponge to scrub all organic debris from walls, doors and ceiling.
Refill bucket with 10 percent bleach dissolved in 90 percent water. Use mop and sponges to thoroughly scrub the pen floor, walls, doors and any ceiling area accessible to the animal. Allow to dry thoroughly.