how do you keep your bird bath clean but still make it usable for all animals?
May 27, 2010 by
Filed under Bird Baths
our bird bath at home gets really dirty and leaves get into it and then in the summer, the mosquitoes lay their eggs and yada yada yada but how do you keep it clean without putting NASTY chemicles in it. i sure wouldnt want to kill the animals/birds please help!?
I would ask your local garden centre, they should have a spray you can use that is not toxic to the birds.
Bird baths should be cleaned daily or close to it. I keep a scrub brush near mine. Mosquito eggs take a week to hatch. If you can’t clean your bird bath out once a week, you really shouldn’t bother.
-Brian
i clean mine out by spraying it hard with a hose every few weeks and then in summer i put 1 cap of bleach in there and that keeps the mosquito’s out i also have heard of little water movers? that keep mosquito’s out because apparently they don’t like moving water to lay eggs. my birds and cats and everything else drinks out of mine and do just fine.
We usually scrub them,we have two,once a month with some bleach water rinse well and refill.If you are worried with mosquitoes you can buy floaters that repel them.The bird baths get filled with fresh water every few days so its not a problem,but washed once a month.DO NOT leave bleach in them it will kill the birds.