| Express your love for birds uniquely through glass | | | | any bleach residue so you do not poison your |
| bird feeders. The artful designs done on glass | | | | birds with it! |
| feeders are sure to make your bird cage, porch, | | | | Two Glass Bird Feeders Are Better Than One |
| or garden a little more interesting and lively. The | | | | Having two feeders for each spot you want to |
| intricate designs, placed around the feeders so | | | | put feeders on can surely cut your cleaning |
| that you can view the patterns from any | | | | chores into just a few seconds. Use one bird |
| standpoint, will surely give a sense of authenticity | | | | feeder for a couple of days then replace it with |
| to your enthusiasm for birds. | | | | the other one. To clean the first one you used, |
| Glass is steadily becoming the material of choice | | | | soak it in bleach and water solution. Alternately |
| for bird feeders. Glass can offer greater flexibility | | | | using two bird feeders and switching them |
| in terms of design patterns. Glass artwork can | | | | regularly shortens your cleaning and handling time |
| give your feeders exotic finishes limited only by | | | | without the rush that could make you break your |
| an artists or your imagination. More importantly, | | | | glass feeders. |
| glass feeder designs are reputed to be more | | | | Use A Cleaning Mop Or Brush |
| resistant to scratches, rusting, or flaking off. | | | | A feeder cleaning mop or brush can be a very |
| Adding glass bird feeders as accent pieces to | | | | effective tool for cleaning bird feeders. Basically a |
| your garden is one sure way to elevate your | | | | cleaning mop or brush is made up of a lump of |
| enjoyment for birds, be it wild. However, as glass | | | | foam or bristles fastened on one end of a ten or |
| feeders can definitely increase the level of activity | | | | twelve-inch wire or rod. Glass bird feeders, |
| for birds in your area, they may be a little bit | | | | particularly those made by blowing glass, have |
| delicate to clean. So read on for a few pointers | | | | intricate designs and forms; hence you need a |
| on how to have easier time sprucing up your | | | | cleaning mop or brush to definitely reach and clean |
| glass feeder. | | | | the lowermost and innermost parts of a glass |
| Bleach And Water | | | | feeder. |
| Cleaning up a glass bird feeder should be fast and | | | | Sure, a bleach solution can effectively clean your |
| easy when you use bleach and water. Bleach can | | | | bird feeder; but when you are unable to scrape |
| effectively eliminate molds and other unwanted | | | | off stubborn slime building up on the bottom of |
| microscopic organisms. With the rise of various | | | | the feeder, molds and other undesirable organisms |
| avian diseases that can be contagious to humans, | | | | will eventually attach themselves and grow inside |
| keeping glass feeders clean down to sub-atomic | | | | the feeder. A cleaning mop or brush can often |
| levels can be the best preventive measure for | | | | last a year, at the very least. |
| bird enthusiasts to avoid catching bird related | | | | Nothing Beats Hot Water |
| diseases like the bird flu. | | | | Some bird enthusiasts disagree with using bleach |
| By adding bleach, a standard disinfectant, to | | | | and water solution in cleaning glass bird feeds. |
| water, you can be sure that your glass feeders | | | | They argue that, unlike most humans, birds have |
| are not only visibly clean, but pathogenically safe | | | | a more sensitive sense of smell. Any amount of |
| as well. | | | | bleach left on the feeder, no matter how small, |
| However, bleach is not so good on the smell. In | | | | can drastically affect the birds. |
| fact, household bleach can cause allergies to some | | | | So instead of bleach, enthusiasts who avoid using |
| people. To prevent allergic reactions or stop the | | | | bleach swear by the effectiveness of plain hot |
| disturbing odor, the measure of the bleach | | | | water and good old brushing. They reason that |
| mixture must be in the ratio of ten parts of | | | | hot water can do the job of killing unwanted |
| water to only one part of bleach. This solution is | | | | organisms while brushing can scrape off molds |
| enough for an effective yet smell-free cleaning. | | | | and other stains. |
| For people who are really allergic to bleach smell, | | | | So there you have it, make a statement for all |
| letting the feeders air dry or, better yet, applying | | | | the bird lovers out there by using glass bird |
| a coating of sugar extract on the feeders can | | | | feeders. Unlike common feeders, glass feeders |
| surely suppress the violent smell of bleach. | | | | have unique design patterns. Above all, remember |
| And, of course, you want to be sure to rinse off | | | | to keep your bird feeders clean. |