rattata
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all! I wanted to say thank you to everyone’s kind supportive messages on my last post where I got “cold feet”.
I’ve been ill and still had (still do have) struggles with my mental health so put adopting on hold.
But now I’m pleased to report that next week I will be welcoming 2 bonded adult boars into my home.
I have everything in place, even though I keep rearranging things until I deem it to be “perfect”
My questions in preparation for next week are: 1) I’m going to use fleece as the main bedding, however the (pet) blankets I ordered are a lot thinner than I thought. They wick pretty well after having washed them with vinegar on 60 degrees, and I’m putting puppy pads underneath. I’m worried with them being too thin that when the boars are here that with them inevitably marking their new territory the fleece won’t hold up to the job.
Should I use shavings/carefresh at the start instead?
Question 2: the hay I have looks and smells great and has added foraging plants in it. But I’ve noticed it’s very long stemmed and quite stalky, and so I’m worried that if I put it into a pile for them to dig around they’ll get hay-poke? Should I invest in much softer meadow/orchard hay for the pile and use the other hay in their hay rack?
I’ve been ill and still had (still do have) struggles with my mental health so put adopting on hold.
But now I’m pleased to report that next week I will be welcoming 2 bonded adult boars into my home.
I have everything in place, even though I keep rearranging things until I deem it to be “perfect”
My questions in preparation for next week are: 1) I’m going to use fleece as the main bedding, however the (pet) blankets I ordered are a lot thinner than I thought. They wick pretty well after having washed them with vinegar on 60 degrees, and I’m putting puppy pads underneath. I’m worried with them being too thin that when the boars are here that with them inevitably marking their new territory the fleece won’t hold up to the job.
Should I use shavings/carefresh at the start instead?
Question 2: the hay I have looks and smells great and has added foraging plants in it. But I’ve noticed it’s very long stemmed and quite stalky, and so I’m worried that if I put it into a pile for them to dig around they’ll get hay-poke? Should I invest in much softer meadow/orchard hay for the pile and use the other hay in their hay rack?