Just for the record... After some investigation as to exactly how much bleach is needed to disinfect it appears the ratio of 10:1 will do it. Which is pretty minimal (smell wise)
Awwww, RW just sucks for everyone. Bless you for doing this. Everyone has great suggestions. The only thing I would add is to handle the hissy one as much as you can. They're hissy because they're scared. Once they decide you're not the enemy, things will look up. Interaction is the key.
Please...
If you can pick up some Nutrical for Kittens at the pet store, that will go a long ways to getting him back on his feet. It's like a shot of energy for these little ones.
Thanks for saving his life!
Well yeah you guessed it, LOL, We have various sizes of litter boxes from a plastic lid of a storage box (for those we bottle feed/wean) on up to full size and everything in between. I don't think they smell from the bleach because they usually have plenty of time to air out between uses. Like...
We have 3 rescue cats and an ongoing supply of foster kittens, so litter boxes are our life. We've been using bleach to clean and then rinse rinse rinse. I don't feel that it ever gets rid of all the bleach. I'm considering using vinegar, but just not sure if it'll kill all the 'bugs'...