Greenwood Chinchillas
Flushing Through Your
Watering System
Every 6 months you should completely flush through your watering system using a pet safe disinfectant – the only one that has always been recommended to me is Vanodine V18.
Vanodine V18 can be purchased for several outlets, it is an idophor (iodine based) - but is the ONLY disinfectant totally safe for cleansing watering systems safely and effecitvely.
When supplied it has to be diluted to one part per 1000 (so it colours the water the colour of pale white wine).
Remove each nipple from the cages so that the chins cannot drink from the system whilst you are cleaning it.
Drain the system using the following method:
Remove then end stop of the system t ordain away any water and press each nipple to release any water left in each down pipe.
Recharge the system by:
Fill the reservoir with the fluid and replace the end stop to the system once the fluid has flowed completely through to the end of the system. Pressing each nipple to allow the air to escape so that the fluid fills the complete system.
Leave for 20 minutes, then redrain the system.
Refill the system with fresh clean water and recharge the system, ensuring you allow each nipple to flow for a fair while to remove any remaining disinfectant.