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what is the best disinfectant

Mia

Mia

Warren Scout
I need a very good one as one of my bunnies has possible E-Cuniculi. Have just bought some vetark or arkclens or whatever its called. Is this one appropriate? Its made specifically for birds which is a bit confusing.
Virkon was on sale to but at £20 a bottle there is no way i can afford it.
 
Mia said:
I need a very good one as one of my bunnies has possible E-Cuniculi. Have just bought some vetark or arkclens or whatever its called. Is this one appropriate? Its made specifically for birds which is a bit confusing.
Virkon was on sale to but at £20 a bottle there is no way i can afford it.
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I've never had a bun with EC but I understand the appropriate disinfectant method is to use a bleach solution as this is the only thing that will kill the spores. Bleach is less than £1 in my local supermarket :D
I think you need to then do a hot water rinse afterwards apparently? Hopefully someone else can verify this for you. Good luck, hope bun gets better soon. :)
 
A 10% bleach solution will kill EC spores. Boiling water is also meant to do so. I prefer to use both and use the 10% bleach solution first then rinse with boiling water.
It's important to ensure that a thorough bleach clean is done on days 21 and 28 of Fenbendazole treatment.
 
I use F10SC - someone here recommended it. I got it on ebay and it's not too expensive at all - very concentrated. Think I paid around £8 for mine, months and months back and haven't even used a third of it yet. It says it kills spores as well as viruses and bacteria.
 
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