Where do you put your guinea pigs(s) poop?

my grd son today has planted me an orchard of 9 mixed fruit trees, apple, cherries ,pears and plums. and in each hole went a big bucket of spent coir and piggie poo. should feed them for the next couple of years.
 
Bill & Ted said:
We compost all our hay, newspaper and poop in a large compost bin at our allotment. Then dig it into the soil where we plant our potatoes. They do really well with the enrichment and no waste x
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That's just what I wanted to know. I had a compost bin a few years ago and it didn't compost very well... mostly banana skins and tea bags I think. I was wondering if hay, newspaper & pig poo would do better.
 
Pigwhisperer said:
That's just what I wanted to know. I had a compost bin a few years ago and it didn't compost very well... mostly banana skins and tea bags I think. I was wondering if hay, newspaper & pig poo would do better.
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Yes, ours does well at the allotment. We water it and turn it, one compartment for older, then when full, it goes into other side and fills.then we dig out the oldest and dig trenches (our allotment is like WW1 in winter) The compost bin huge and is in the sun, whereas our home compost is in the shade and like you mainly tea bags, orange, veg, potato peel etc. We can’t put lawn grass in there as we have that horrid little Cornish weed in our lawn (and borders) so it just spreads it (only ever seen it in Cornwall tiny little mossy thing).
 
Mine are on fleece, so the contents of the hay trays (newspaper and hay) goes into our green bin and is collected for composting.

The fleece sweepings (mostly poops and the odd strand of hay) get put into a bowl which I empty onto my rose bushes and other trees every few days.
Not sure if it is coincidence, but we have the best roses on the street.
I sort of convince myself that beautiful roses compenstae for an un-mown lawn and metal pens everywhere!
 
Our council ask for animal waste to go into general rubbish, not garden waste. I have too much each week for one bin so have to ask the neighbours if I can put it in their bins.
 
Most of our poop and hay goes into the compost bins (we have 5) and then dug into the veg patch. Some poop gets sprinkled onto flower borders and around the runner beans. We have just got a green bin from the council so when compost bins are full it will go in there. The bins fill really quickly in the winter as it takes ages for hay to rot down when there's no sun on them.
 
CocoAndOreo said:
This may sound disgusting, but I actually want to know where you guys put your guinea pigs food.
I will start!
I use the poop as a "fertilizer" for my plants.
Have fun!
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If I am spot cleaning, I usually scoop the poos into the litter box. When her litter box starts to look like it needs cleaning, then I just dump it all in the trash.
 
In the general waste bin, our council don't accept animal waste in the garden bin, but we shake the excess hay, poo and pee over the grass in the back before washing the fleeces etc.
 
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