Cleaning Advice Needed

[Van Diemen]

Hey everyone,

I am planning on giving Teddy's cage it's first ever full clean out tonight.

I'm going to pop Teddy in his ball and leave him with my mum so he can't see what's going on and get stressed out.

I want to take everything out of his cage and give it a wipe down with some pet friendly disinfectant I got from the pet store.
Replace all the wood shavings with fresh ones.
Sort through his food store and reduce it by removing anything nasty.
And replace some of his bedding.

I know about keeping most of the bedding as it will be a comfort to him because it will smell familiar - but I was also wondering -

After i've wiped down the shelves and everything - could I get a hand full of the soiled wood shavings and rub it around on the surfaces? Just to replace the natural smell a bit for him.

I just really want to make it as stress free as possible for him.

I had a little play time with him last night and my heart melted all over again - he was an absolute angel last night and cheered me up so much.
So now i'm really worried about upsetting him and possibly setting him backwards in his taming.

Any advice at all would be hugely appreciated as i've never had to do this before lol.