Cleaning hummingbird feeder's? (1 Viewer)

Abbygirl

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• May 13, 2007

• #1

How do you go about cleaning hummingbird feeder's? I'm about to put mine back up and I know i'm not to use soap. I found this one website, http://www.hummingbirds.net/feeders.html#cleaning But what they said seemed like too much to me for one thing and the hummingbird feeder isn't that big. http://www.amazon.com/Aspects-Hummingbird-Hummzinger-Feeder-feeding/dp/B0006A38J4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-2861806-1519169?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1179095711&sr=8-2

So i'm curious to know how much to really clean the feeder with the bleach solution with and how would you clean your hummingbird feeder with? Thank you.

 

Last edited: May 13, 2007

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melaniecb

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• May 14, 2007

• #2

I don't know if this is "proper" or not, but I use a little dish soap every few times I wash out my feeders, especially if black mold starts to grow. I use a little toothbrush and elbow grease most of the time. If you're going to use bleach I would dilute it A LOT and rinse very well. I always rinse with fresh water more times than I think is needed, just to make sure I get any residue out.

 

Curtis Croulet

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• May 14, 2007

• #3

I usually just rinse them out, but I try to have a regular rotation of the feeders through the hanging spots and into the dishwasher. So, every change session, at least one of them goes to the dishwasher. I'm using the Dr. JB's Clean Feeders, which are dishwasher safe and easy to clean. Previously I used HummZingers, which are even easier to clean.

 

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emupilot

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• May 14, 2007

• #4

If you are still using a bottle type feeder, I highly recommend getting a saucer type instead because they are 1000 times easier to clean. You don't have to worry about the nectar dripping out either.

 

Derry

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• May 14, 2007

• #5

be careful on some of the saucer type feeders,, some have hung up their bill and could not get free and they have been killed,,

for cleaning I use a shot of regular bleach in all my feeders when they start showing a little black fungus,, after scrubing and cleaning the feed holes with pipe stems cleaners, I then rinse them completly until there is no smell of the bleach,, have been doing it that way for years,,

check this site out,, one of the better Hummy ones,,

http://www.hummingbirds.net/

enjoy,,

 

Curtis Croulet

Well-known member

• May 14, 2007

• #6

Derry said:

be careful on some of the saucer type feeders,, some have hung up their bill and could not get free and they have been killed,,

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There was a problem with the Best 1 feeder (which, however, uses an inverted bottle), but it has been fixed in recent production by adding an additional rail, so they can't fall through.