Bedding For Guinea Pigs - Overview

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has anyone ordered snowflake soft chip online in the UK and got it at a reasonable price, cant find a stockist
near me and wanted to try it but most places charge the cost again for delivery thx
 
Jojessgaz said:
has anyone ordered snowflake soft chip online in the UK and got it at a reasonable price, cant find a stockist
near me and wanted to try it but most places charge the cost again for delivery thx
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I'm afraid it's the delivery that bumps the price up . I know @BossHogg uses Snowflake - but I think he collects it . I use Aubiose and the online prices of this are quite high 'cos of delivery. My local pet supplies will order it in for me on request and charge a very small mark up for this. I could also get it from my local equine suppliers .
 
I do indeed use snowflake - if you have a small independent pet shop near you, (like I do) approach them and see if they will order it for you, most pet shop suppliers will buy it in bulk and sell to small pet shops on demand, I get mine from my local pet shop for £8.50 a bale. ;)
 
BossHogg said:
I do indeed use snowflake - if you have a small independent pet shop near you, (like I do) approach them and see if they will order it for you, most pet shop suppliers will buy it in bulk and sell to small pet shops on demand, I get mine from my local pet shop for £8.50 a bale. ;)
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Thanks BossHogg...is a bale 20 to 25kg size. I will try a farm close by who seems to stock alot of horse stuff
 
A bale weighs approximately 20 kg. ;) Do you have an equestrian suppliers near by? snowflake is marketed as horse/small animal bedding, so you should be able to get it from there, otherwise your farm shop suppliers should be able to get it for you. ;)
 
ive just started using softchip,it is in 25 kg bales,it costs me £6 a bale.I'm very pleasantly surprised how good this is.imhave just used a bale ,it has done two 7 feet cages and 5 feet cage three times,i do like Aubiose ,but this product is just as absorbant and very soft on piggies feet.does not fly around,and cages still looked clean after 7 days.x
 
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eileen said:
ive just started using softchip,it is in 25 kg bales,it costs me £6 a bale.I'm very pleasantly surprised how good this is.imhave just used a bale ,it has done two 7 feet cages and 5 feet cage three times,i do like Aubiose ,but this product is just as absorbant and very soft on piggies feet.does not fly around,and cages still looked clean after 7 days.x
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Hi Eileen where did u get it from at that price? Was it local. Yes it seems defo one to try I think... just got to get hold of it
 
its local to me,i get it from a horse feed place,I'm fortunate that i drive,my local independant pet shop will get it for me.i looked on snowflake website and put in postcode,and asked if they stockedit,i found a place 10 miles away ,but they sell bales of hay,megasorb,aubiose,excell nuggets at very good prices so i get all my supplies at once.ive now 21 piggies so lower costs for supplies help !i use fleece liners in c and c cages when ive time to maintain it,but I'm syringe feeding a dental piggie,so softchip is more stress free at this time.x
 
eileen said:
ive just started using softchip,it is in 25 kg bales,it costs me £6 a bale.I'm very pleasantly surprised how good this is.imhave just used a bale ,it has done two 7 feet cages and 5 feet cage three times,i do like Aubiose ,but this product is just as absorbant and very soft on piggies feet.does not fly around,and cages still looked clean after 7 days.x
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I copied my information directly from Plevin's websiste. ;)

Type:
Soft Woodchips

Suitable for:
Horses, Poultry and Small Animal

Features:
Dust extracted, UK Sourced and Manufactured

Pack sizes:
20kg (approximate) bale, stacked 48 per pallet
 
I am having major issues getting snowflake. Nearest equine centre used to stock it but said they were having problems with the supplier so they don't now. Independent shops can only get shavings. A garden centre said supplier issues too and most websites seem to say out of stock. Am looking into Aubiose instead. Seems you get so much more for your money than wood shavings. How long do you think a 20kg bag would last in a 120 cage cleaned out twice a week?
 
Perkypanda said:
I am having major issues getting snowflake. Nearest equine centre used to stock it but said they were having problems with the supplier so they don't now. Independent shops can only get shavings. A garden centre said supplier issues too and most websites seem to say out of stock. Am looking into Aubiose instead. Seems you get so much more for your money than wood shavings. How long do you think a 20kg bag would last in a 120 cage cleaned out twice a week?
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How many pigs?
 
Search for Comfybed plus, that's just as good as snowflake, that's what I use when I can't get snowflake. ;)
 
@BossHogg ....got it! What value, just took back the tiny bale to p@h that was £5 and this is better for their health too. Thanks so much for your advise just very lucky I have a stockist 10 mins up the road. Just wish I could find something as good for their hay. Keep trying all sorts ...they like hiding in meadow hay as it's quite long and stringy...Timothy hay I find short cut so they just sit on top of that and the burgess timothy with dandelions that alot seem to like they leave. . What do your find best?thx again
 
I get a breeder pack of hay from my local farm shop. ;)
 
You can also use ink free shredded paper. This is a great way to save money. You can boil the paper first to remove the ink, and then crumble up the wet paper so that it resembles Carefresh bedding. Then once the paper dries it will be perfect for bedding.
 
TracyM said:
hello, does anyone have a link to a good site for fleece?
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Hi I get all my fleeces from the range & I get the mattress protectors from Tesco, they are brilliant. Don't tumble dry the protecters or they shrink. Get the ones with 100% cotton as the top layer
 
MamaPiggy said:
I would like fleece bedding, but there are some problems. I have to go to school, which takes a lot of my time. And my mom is allergic to guinea pigs, we did not know this until after she gave me 2 baby boy guinea pigs. So after I play, cuddle, or take them out for floor time, I have to to take a shower. And I don't have time to take 2 or 3 showers a day. So if there any way I can do a poop sweep once a day? Or every other day? And what should I put under the fleece, towels or newspaper? I have a 2 by 4 ft c&c cage with 2 boys. And can I use a pillow case instead of a hoarse bag, because they are expencive.
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Ask the others but I would have thought once a day would be fine with just 2 piggys
 
I'm going to try changing to fleece :) When it comes to drying in the machine, do you dry it in the horse bag that it's been washed in or is it safely hay and fur free when it comes out of the bag after washing?
 
I normally have to take it out to shake it again, then straight into the dryer, low heat. Put the horse bag in with the fleece. I don't know if you've looked at the mattress protector if you using it mine says not to tumble dry.
 
I don't put mine in the dryer, I either hang it on the line if its nice weather or hang it on an airer. I didn't want to risk it shrinking in the tumble dryer. I see no reason why you couldn.t dry it in the dryer in the horse bag if you were worried about hair getting anywhere.
 
In terms of bedding, I have known that Guinea Pigs need soft, absorbent bedding for their cages. One inexpensive but a comfortable bedding for them is Fleece.
 
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