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Where should you NOT wash your small pet's cage or bowls?

The kitchen sink or anywhere food is made.

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  1. The kitchen sink ✔
  2. Outside the house
  3. A laundry sink or bathtub

Why: Cages, bowls and bedding can carry Salmonella. The CDC says to clean them outside if you can, or in a laundry sink or bathtub, and never where food is prepared.

Huh, didn't know that: The CDC also says to keep small pets and their gear out of the kitchen entirely.

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Answer: The kitchen sink. Cages, bowls and bedding can carry Salmonella. The CDC says to clean them outside if you can, or in a laundry sink or bathtub, and never where food is prepared.

  1. Small Mammals, CDC Healthy Pets www.cdc.gov/healthy-pets/about/small-mammals.html
    Never use food preparation areas to clean small mammal habitats or equipment.
    Checked 2026-10-11.
  2. Small Mammals, CDC Healthy Pets www.cdc.gov/healthy-pets/about/small-mammals.html
    If cleaning outside the home isn't possible, clean supplies in a laundry sink or bathtub.
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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