C and C cage, fleece lining/litter training advice

Abbie Brooks

Abbie Brooks

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I have two adorable guinea pigs and want to give them the most space possible. I was scrolling through the c and c cage pictures and saw some people using a product I believe is called vet bed. It looks amazing. But not too easy to clean. I was wondering if any one had any experience in litter training. My guineas currently live on shavings, I wondered if this would make it easier since they would be used to going on that type of bedding I can make an area filled with this and they might go there? I have read a few pages on this topic but if anyone has any advice or links it would be really appreciated.
 
In my experience guinea pigs toilet where they like mostly where they lie! They do however go while they are eating, so if you fill an area with your shavings and hay they will go a lot there. I use cat litter trays in two of my cages with Back to Nature and hay on top it's easy then to remove the wet patches and top it up daily then change the whole tray once or twice a week. The other cage has a large underbed storage box with an entrance cut in for the same purpose. They poop everywhere and need poop picking at least once a day, usually twice, they also wee in the hides and by the water bottles (in one end out the other!).
I mostly use use vetbed and I love it. I find it easy to brush off hay and hair in the garden before washing. Vet bed locks the wet into the absorbant layer underneath as opposed to soaking it up like fleece liners. I use puppy pads and newspaper underneath. I made some fleece liners which I also use sometimes but find they smell of urine quicker.
 
piggieminder said:
In my experience guinea pigs toilet where they like mostly where they lie! They do however go while they are eating, so if you fill an area with your shavings and hay they will go a lot there. I use cat litter trays in two of my cages with Back to Nature and hay on top it's easy then to remove the wet patches and top it up daily then change the whole tray once or twice a week. The other cage has a large underbed storage box with an entrance cut in for the same purpose. They poop everywhere and need poop picking at least once a day, usually twice, they also wee in the hides and by the water bottles (in one end out the other!).
I mostly use use vetbed and I love it. I find it easy to brush off hay and hair in the garden before washing. Vet bed locks the wet into the absorbant layer underneath as opposed to soaking it up like fleece liners. I use puppy pads and newspaper underneath. I made some fleece liners which I also use sometimes but find they smell of urine quicker.
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Well I heard it was hard to keep clean (vetbed) but it looks so soft for them. Maybe if i kept the bottle and food bowl in the hay/bedding area they will mainly go there. It is so hard to know.
 
piggieminder said:
In my experience guinea pigs toilet where they like mostly where they lie! They do however go while they are eating, so if you fill an area with your shavings and hay they will go a lot there. I use cat litter trays in two of my cages with Back to Nature and hay on top it's easy then to remove the wet patches and top it up daily then change the whole tray once or twice a week. The other cage has a large underbed storage box with an entrance cut in for the same purpose. They poop everywhere and need poop picking at least once a day, usually twice, they also wee in the hides and by the water bottles (in one end out the other!).
I mostly use use vetbed and I love it. I find it easy to brush off hay and hair in the garden before washing. Vet bed locks the wet into the absorbant layer underneath as opposed to soaking it up like fleece liners. I use puppy pads and newspaper underneath. I made some fleece liners which I also use sometimes but find they smell of urine quicker.
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How often do you wash the vetbed?
 
Once a week in the summer if they are outside during the day, twice a week in winter.
 
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