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- From: gretchen@ugcs.caltech.edu (Gretchen Mullendore)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets
- Subject: Re: Guinea Pigs..odor or not odor?
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 17:18:09 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- jeffp@vetmed.wsu.edu (Jeff Parke) writes:
-
- >mehrl4986@iscsvax.uni.edu wrote:
- >> Guinea Pigs Stink???
-
- >> My niece wants a guinea pig and her mom will let her have one if they don't
- >> stink. Are guinea pigs hard to keep clean and healthy? Is there any tips to
- >> keep animal smells down? Would appreciate advice from people who own guinea
- >> pigs.
-
- >> Also is there alot of cost involved in raising a guinea pig? This is
- >> not a rich family. That means no more than $15 a month on the critter will be
- >> spent.
-
- >A GP shouldn't cost more than a few dollars/month, once the initial costs of
- >a cage, watering container and feeding container are out of the way. A solid
- >bottom container, not wood, with wood shavings for bedding, makes an ideal
- >cage. I buy a huge bale of pine shavings about every three to four months.
- >This costs about $10 and supplies one GP and two gerbils. The GP cage is
- >cleaned each day or two, and only urine stained shavings are removed, with a
- >similar quantity of fresh shavings added. With this level of maintainence,
- >there is no odor problem.
-
- I don't think it's necessary to clean the cage this frequently, I just put a
- a layer of absorbent stuff (like kitty litter, but made for small animals) on
- the bottom with cedar chips on top of that. I only clean the whole thing every
- two weeks and have a very happy healthy guinea pig that doesn't smell!
-
- >Be sure to provide water supplimented with vitamin C, and good quality food.
- >Veggie treats, as well as grass and dandelions (in the summer) are always
- >appreciated.
-
- Also give them something to chew on that's tough. Corn on the Cob seems to
- be a good one, although my pig also like stripped toilet paper rolls. I find
- preferences always differ from pig to pig.
-
- Hope this helps!!
- Gretchen
- gretchen@ugcs.caltech.edu
- "Guinea Pigs are People, too!"
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