Vikki
Adult Guinea Pig
After talking to Sue the rodentologist she advised me not to use hay at all as guineas have been affected by more fungal problems this year. I use good quality barn stored hay (the horse owners at our yard can be picky so this is best quality hay available not dusty at all and smells yummy) from the same batch which is well stored and have never had a fungal problem from using it. I like having hay they can nest in and washing fleece/vetbed is not an option, I was told chopped straw as bedding and readi/just grass would be best to use for guineas. Everyone has their own opinion and i just want to do what is best for the guineas. the advice comes from Vedra so of course i will be thinking about it seriously and most likely will change over. I was just wondering if anyone knew why chopped straw stored in plastic would be a lesser fungal risk than barn stored good quality hay kept in a dry well ventilated store?