Indoor guinea pig smell

fluffymuffy

The RSPCA guidance for looking after guinea pigs is that they should be cleaned out and disinfected EVERY DAY. So I feel a little guilty about only doing mine every other day. I think if I left it any longer they would risk suffering from skin sores, eye infections and tummy upsets. And mine live outside so I can't even smell them.

calicocat

fluffymuffy wrote: »

The RSPCA guidance for looking after guinea pigs is that they should be cleaned out and disinfected EVERY DAY. So I feel a little guilty about only doing mine every other day. I think if I left it any longer they would risk suffering from skin sores, eye infections and tummy upsets. And mine live outside so I can't even smell them.

When I had then I did it everyother day too, so you aren't alone. If I had them again though I would do the 'pee end' every day.

meritaten

my outdoor (or rather, in the shed) guinea pigs were cleaned out weekly - I would have said that is definitely not enough for indoor ones. at least three times a week and preferably every other day if you want to keep them smelling 'sweet'.

randm

I used to use shredded newspaper with mine, that way the wet areas could be picked out each day, and then I would clean them out once a week thoroughly.much cheaper if you shred your own, and lightweight, and free papers of neighbours, and they love to hide in it and push it around

Jonboy_1984

We have fleece stitched onto towels, which then lies on another layer of towel (Primark bath towels @ £3.79). We change this twice a week and brush it off outside, before putting in a wash bag (designed for horse riding kit) and washing at 40 or 60 degrees. This has worked well for us and no smell.

Making three sets of fleece/towel takes about 6 hours (novice on the sewing machine) and we are on our third set in five years. Make sure you add a couple of inches to the length as it will shrink in the wash.

Feed Hay is placed in a litter tray which is changed and cleaned daily.

Occasionally we still give the remaining pig a full bed of hay simply because he enjoys it:D