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Post by tpmc on Dec 13, 2009 4:14:12 GMT
Not sure if it is normal or not. But when the big girls were in their cage I didn't notice much smell, the younger two cage seemed to get smellier faster.
Now that they are together the cage is getting pretty ripe in three days is this normal? We changed the fleece and towels on Wednesday evening and it is smelly already. We vacuum out the poo twice a day. We have been changing the towel and fleece daily in the loft because the towel was wet.
Could the smell be caused by food or could it be something else? We did notice a small area of reddish color urine tonight when we changed the fleece in the loft. We are watching to see if one of the girls has a problem, but no new spots, we put a white towel down in the loft to see if we get another spot. Twitter is on day 7 of antibiotics, could that make the urine strong smelling?
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Post by luvcats22 on Dec 13, 2009 10:27:03 GMT
i have to change my fleece every three days,and i only have two boys living together.
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Post by Kayleigh on Dec 13, 2009 12:49:38 GMT
My fleece gets changed once a week, (i have 5 sows) i too vacume my girls twice a day. To try and minimise the urine on the fleece i have put the base of a cage in their cage and this is their "hay" area. Thankfully they are in this most of the time and it catches the urine. faeces and the fleece stays smell free.
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Post by jcdscaviary on Dec 17, 2009 17:27:17 GMT
To minimize the smell you might try to get a tub of bedding/hay to place in there like Kayleigh has. I have been told that guinea pigs can be potty trained to use that area, but I am sure it is just the humans finding out where the piggies urinate the most and putting a box there. I get the cheap kitty litter boxes from wal-mart. They are around $2, last time I bought them. I place the litter in there and put the boxes in the corners where the piggies pee the most. Then you just need to change those every few days and the fleece will stay drier longer.
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