New guinea pig

Yoav said:
Wow!
How many days to replace hay?
It's very expensive I can't afford it!
What other options are there?
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You can use a washable fleece bedding if you can get hold of it, but Guinea pigs need a big pile of hay every single day, it is their main food source. Any that gets peed or pooped on needs to be thrown away every single day. Hay will be wasted, it’s just how it is. Guinea pigs are not cheap animals to keep
 
I think I'll leave with the sawdust and half of the cage full of hay so they can choose.
 
If the sawdust is very small pieces then no that is not fine - as robin explained above, it can get into their respiratory system
 
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Yoav said:
is it ok?
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Just use hay. As others have already said sawdust is not ok. Your piggies will be inhaling dust into their little lungs all day otherwise. If you don't want to waste too much hay then consider buying a fleece liner and puppy pads to go underneath. This can we washed and reused. They will still need a constant aug of hay all day everyday some of which they will poo and wee on so it is inevitable that some is wasted
 
The sawdust is relatively large.
She didn't dust if that was the intention.
She looks like torn paper
 
I'm nowhere near an expert but in my opinion it would safer if you just used hay rather than risking your piggie having respiratory problems. It's unfortunate if you have sawdust which you now can't use but it's for the best.
 
If you can send link from Ali express it will be grat
 
Yoav said:
If you can send link from Ali express it will be grat
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I don’t know what you mean by this


You also need to think about the fact that if your piggy is pregnant, then you are going to need even more and bigger cages anyway as the cage you have is far too small for mum and babies, plus extra cages for when any baby boys are old enough and have to be separated from their mother and sisters to prevent even more pregnancies.
As I’ve said, guinea pigs are expensive animals and now risking a pregnancy is making it even more expensive for you
 
I'm really at a loss about the substrate.
 
just hay?
With nothing underneath?
 
By the way, one last question
For how long is good hay?
 
OK thank you everyone!
on Sunday i send a picture!
 
Suppose I buy a pound of hay and keep it in the warehouse.
How long is it good?
 
Yoav said:
For a while until it expired
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Hay lasts for a long time provided you keep it as cool as possible, in dark place and don’t let it get damp otherwise it’ll go mouldy and then you can’t use it
 
It should be good for a couple months or so if I’m remembering correctly but you’ll likely run out before then unless you buy in bulk (ie +50lbs) (in terms of general storage)
 
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