iggy has many things of his needing to be cleaned including his pouch,blankies and the fleece at the bottom of the cage so i was wondering what to use/what not to use when washing and drying his things i know your not supposed to use the lint sheet while drying and can i just throw his things in with my stuff while washing and drying? thanks!

is it ok to use the normal detergent that u use with your clothes

Sure my wife doesn't change anything. She uses whatever is on sale, but she likes arm and hammer best.

The trick is hanging the clothes on the line, outside.

ok thanks so much

I wash and dry all my babies thing with my clothes for over 4 yrs and everything seems fine

I just throw all of my pouches, bridges, etc. in the laundry and launder them as I do everything else. I am actually a proponent of using the dryer for suggie stuff, because I know that the heat in the dryer disinfects everything, just in case...

My husband, on the other hand, would hang everything outside for as long as possible! I do like to hang our clean laundry outside in the summer, but not the glider stuff.

I find washing in warm or hot water, and throwing some oxi-clean in the washer really does the trick with the smell.

And especially drying pouches in the dryer.

But I don't do anything different for her laundry, than I do my own. Same detergent, fabric softener, etc. She used to HATE when I washed her stuff because her scent was gone and I would have to peel her out of her pouch to put her in the clean one.

These days she loves it, and crawls right into the clean one to do the swap.

I, too, wash their fleece items in the washer using regular detergent. Most of the time I dry them in the dryer, but they do last longer if you hang them out to dry. I have a clothes drying wrack in one of my bathrooms with shower curtain rings hanging on it just for the glider items.

Plus the drying wrack makes a GREAT glider toy!

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Originally posted by Rita

...Plus the drying wrack makes a GREAT glider toy!

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Oooh! I love that idea! I am gonna have to steal that one, Rita!

Just a small note, if your concerned about any detergents with scents/perfumes, there are plenty non-allergenic and non-scented detergents out there such as Tide 'Free & Clear' which has no perfumes in it. Just a suggestion.

Haha, this posted reminded me that it's time to do laundry! Thanks, guys. =)