hi, does anyone use wood pellets intended for horses for their piggies, specifically the Platinum Plus brand? I've been using it as it comes and removing daily the areas that have turned to sawdust, but read the bag the other day which says that you could "activate" it and then just remove the areas that get soggy... does anyone use this method?
Platinum Plus wood pellets- horse bedding
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KathT
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When using it with horses you add water to it (not tons) with a spinkler hose to activate it from pellets to a sawdust. It expands a bit but then will expand further as the horse pees on it. Then you just take out the expanded wet bits.
Pound Shilling & Pig
Adult Guinea Pig
I don't think it is appropriate for piggies either way. Turning it into sawdust will make it either slightly damp which isn't good for them or it will be too dusty which is also no good. In pellet form it will move about as they walk on it putting stresses and strains on their bodies and limit their natural movement, just like it would for us if we had to walk around on an unstable surface, so if used should be limited to a small toileting area only
Would you avoid wood pellets in general then? (it's in a corner toilet and their kitchen area- aka the base of the "guinea pig cage" they came with which is far too small for living quarters, but which is ace as a place for them to chill in piles of hay... base is approx 2x1.5 C&C cage panels, and a 2x4 area is attached to the long side of the old cage)
Pound Shilling & Pig
Adult Guinea Pig
If it is just in a limited area with hay on top and they have plenty of other space to exercise in, that should be ok.