Gel air freshener safe?

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Hello! My girls smell pretty bad. I’m planning on switching from oxbow to Sherwood since I’ve heard the cleaner ingredients help with poop smells and also because obviously I only want the best for my pigs. Can I use a gel air freshener if it’s barely opened and far away from the cage? I was thinking of using either vanilla or peach scent. I was thinking vanilla might be better since it won’t constantly smell like food?
A little background info. Ones 7 weeks old the other one is supposedly 9-10 weeks old but she’s pretty big. They have fleece bedding. I sweep the poos up every morning. And wash the fleece once a week. The bigger one smells more than the little one. I do want to give them a bath with some safe shampoo soon. Just not right now, they’re not fully tame yet.
 
If you are cleaning them out regularly they shouldn't smell, I clean twice a week. What have you got on the bottom of the cage? NO air freshener.
 
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Tiamolly123 said:
If you are cleaning them out regularly they shouldn't smell, I clean twice a week. What have you got on the bottom of the cage? NO air freshener.
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Mattress pads meant for if you wet the bed at night.
 
With the mattress pads I assume the wee sits between the fleece sheet & the mattress pad. I.e. It's not going all the way through.
 
That's an idea, or some people use towels if you do this you will have sweet smelling piggies & no need for air freshener.
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Is it a mattress topper (padded layer) or one to keep the mattress dry? If it's the padded layer then that should be soaking up the wees but obviously the plastic ones are designed not to absorb. Dependent on the quality you might find it's just not absorbent enough. You could add large towels underneath or puppy pads to help.
Some members on here create hay trays as well with a disposable absorbent bedding in. This won't toilet train the piggies but you will find they most often wee where the hay is (who wants to stop eating to go to the toilet?) So it could capture more of the urine and be easier for you to empty and refresh regularly. A commonly used item is a large plastic cat litter tray
 
Lady Kelly said:
Is it a mattress topper (padded layer) or one to keep the mattress dry? If it's the padded layer then that should be soaking up the wees but obviously the plastic ones are designed not to absorb. Dependent on the quality you might find it's just not absorbent enough. You could add large towels underneath or puppy pads to help.
Some members on here create hay trays as well with a disposable absorbent bedding in. This won't toilet train the piggies but you will find they most often wee where the hay is (who wants to stop eating to go to the toilet?) So it could capture more of the urine and be easier for you to empty and refresh regularly. A commonly used item is a large plastic cat litter tray
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Thank you. I just picked up some puppy pads. Hopefully it helps. They currently don’t spend that much time near the hay because their attention spans are so short at that age they’re just everywhere but I will definitely put something there once they start eating it for more than a few minutes at a time. Is the air freshener okay though? Just in general I like to have a light scent in my room. I haven’t in ages though due to hamsters and now pigs.
 
Air fresheners contain all sorts of chemicals which are nit good for us and are dangerous to animals . Dogs, cats etc so please don’t use anything like that . I am not being funny when I say this but can’t understand why they smell so bad . Are they on shavings?
So many people use this modern fleece because it looks great and cosy for us humans but so unnatural for animals to actually live on . Shavings and hay smells delightful xx
 
Zyxw said:
Hello! My girls smell pretty bad. I’m planning on switching from oxbow to Sherwood since I’ve heard the cleaner ingredients help with poop smells and also because obviously I only want the best for my pigs. Can I use a gel air freshener if it’s barely opened and far away from the cage? I was thinking of using either vanilla or peach scent. I was thinking vanilla might be better since it won’t constantly smell like food?
A little background info. Ones 7 weeks old the other one is supposedly 9-10 weeks old but she’s pretty big. They have fleece bedding. I sweep the poos up every morning. And wash the fleece once a week. The bigger one smells more than the little one. I do want to give them a bath with some safe shampoo soon. Just not right now, they’re not fully tame yet.
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I’m so sorry to say this but fleece is so unatural . Washing it once a week ? It should be done daily if you don’t want any odour . I feel that I’m coming across harsh but I don’t mean to be . Imagine you soiling your bed and not having it changed for a week . The warm weather will multiply the bacteria in their billions and this is undoubtedly the reason . What ever you chose to ged them on and you don’t want any smell . Clean out spiked areas daily or change what ever they are on daily or twice a day and you will notice the difference xx
 
It doesn't need to be washed daily, spot clean once or twice a day. Sew some pee pads, or buy them that helps with the heaviest Wee areas.
 
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