Honey and Blossom
Junior Guinea Pig
Hey, my guinea pigs are quite smelly. What should i do?
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Smelly pig
- Thread starter Honey and Blossom
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Do you mean the pigs themselves smell? They shouldn’t do.
What bedding are they on?
How often do you spot clean and how often do you do a full clean?
Do you remove wet hay daily? Often that is where any smell comes from
What bedding are they on?
How often do you spot clean and how often do you do a full clean?
Do you remove wet hay daily? Often that is where any smell comes from
Honey and Blossom
Junior Guinea Pig
Sometimes they smell. They are on hay and I spot clean ever day and sometimes twice.
My pigs don't smell.. their bedding can smell at times when it's ready for a change and their hay absolutely stinks to me... but the pigs themselves don't pong..
Mine are also bedded on hay and they themselves don’t smell. I remove wet hay definitely once but often twice daily, sometimes it can mean throwing half a cage worth of hay away.
Free Ranger
Forum Donator 2023/24
When you do a full cage clean does it stop smelling? And then increase after that?
Indoor cages with a plastic tray base can be washed clean in hot water but wooden cages kept indoors can soak up pee and be smelly.
Old pee breaks down and makes quite a strong pong of ammonia... if it makes our eyes water it's too strong for them too! For indoor pigs you can't beat Back-2-nature pelleted bedding for absorbency and reducing smells, but it's pricy compared with shavings. Shavings should be changed more often. I have B2N in the 'sleeping' hidey areas only. If you're on fleece use little pee-pads in high pee areas.
If there are other smells - if they have worrying soft poops with a 'cabbagy' sort of smell - or if they have dirty bottoms - it might be time for a vet check up?
Indoor cages with a plastic tray base can be washed clean in hot water but wooden cages kept indoors can soak up pee and be smelly.
Old pee breaks down and makes quite a strong pong of ammonia... if it makes our eyes water it's too strong for them too! For indoor pigs you can't beat Back-2-nature pelleted bedding for absorbency and reducing smells, but it's pricy compared with shavings. Shavings should be changed more often. I have B2N in the 'sleeping' hidey areas only. If you're on fleece use little pee-pads in high pee areas.
If there are other smells - if they have worrying soft poops with a 'cabbagy' sort of smell - or if they have dirty bottoms - it might be time for a vet check up?