Aussie Finch Forum

Hi what are peoples views and experiences with using dishwashers to clean their bird trays. I see when I did a search that others use a dishwasher. Im concerned the bird sh@@ getting tossed around where we wash our dishes. Should i wash them separately and run some bleach through the dishwasher after ( this maybe detrimental to the dishwasher) or not worry about it. I could hunt around for a dishwasher for the bird room but have found they dont last long as the dont get used enough. Thankyou john

I wouldn't be allowed to let alone use the house dishwasher for my birds containers for the reasons you said. So I set-up a kitchen sink and water attached to my bird room.
The way I did it was to have two complete sets of bird containers so one is use and other set is washed and dried for the next day. I only had cold water no hot water so left them soaking during the day in cold water and vircon s or morning fresh detergent then later on rinsed and dried for the next days use.

Thanks Craig up until now ive been doing similar. I recently increased the amount of trays, so i decided to try the dishwasher which was way quicker and easier, but how safe is it?

If it is very hot water and finish tablets it would kill all germs and bacteria.
Most dishwashers heat up the water anyway even if it is connected to the hot water system during the drying process.

I used the potwash cycle which is supposed to be 70deg c

At that temperature it will kill off bacteria so safe for the next family wash.