1) Can guinea pigs/rabbits have chinchilla sand? My dwarf hamsters love it, they roll in it all the time, and I've noticed my guinea pigs are really greasy, but obviously I don't want to keep bathing them.
2) If they can't have chinchilla sand, how often can I bathe them? And will it make the grease worse if I keep bathing them? What is the best way to de-grease them basically!
3) I read in one of my books (Guineapiglopedia possibly) that too much space is BAD for piggies and they will get scared. Surely this isn't true?! But if it is, how much is too much?
4) on the pet food bag it advises to give 30-50g of food per guinea pig, but I've read on here they should have unlimited pellets. I've also noticed that they always leave at least half of their pellets. When I got them they were on muesli but I slowly moved them onto pellets because I HATE animal muesli I don't feel like it benefits them because they just selectively feed. So should I a) carry on weighting their food? b) give them unlimited food, or c) start giving them muesli again.
They each weigh just under 2lbs so I don't think they are under- or overweight
Thank you! x
2) If they can't have chinchilla sand, how often can I bathe them? And will it make the grease worse if I keep bathing them? What is the best way to de-grease them basically!
3) I read in one of my books (Guineapiglopedia possibly) that too much space is BAD for piggies and they will get scared. Surely this isn't true?! But if it is, how much is too much?
4) on the pet food bag it advises to give 30-50g of food per guinea pig, but I've read on here they should have unlimited pellets. I've also noticed that they always leave at least half of their pellets. When I got them they were on muesli but I slowly moved them onto pellets because I HATE animal muesli I don't feel like it benefits them because they just selectively feed. So should I a) carry on weighting their food? b) give them unlimited food, or c) start giving them muesli again.
They each weigh just under 2lbs so I don't think they are under- or overweight
Thank you! x