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Alternative to bedding2007-11-24 21:57:30

I ran out of bedding for my guinea pigs tonight, and I don't have a car to go to the store.

Is there anything I can use instead for two days?

Answers:

Lots and lots of newspaper, there can never be to much, and if you have old (bug clean) towels those work great.

I don't use bedding at all for my pigs, I use a number of layers of newspaper under two layers of towels. This is actually far cheaper then bedding, it smells better, and it's better on their feet and well as it doesn't cause anything un healthy.

Towels only need to be shaken out every few days (depending on the size of cage, and how many pigs) and then once you shake all the hay and guinea pig beans off you can put them in the wash just like any things else. Only use bleach however and no fabric softener.

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Shredded paper.

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Use a mixture of paper shreds,old newspaper,and wood

chips. Hope that helps!

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Use a layer of towels and then a fleece blanket over the towels. You will need to replace the towels tomorrow and shake out the fleece. The fleece will wick the urine through and the towels will absorb it. That means that your piggie won't be walking in their own pee. They will love the feel of fleece!

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You should let the guinea pig sleep in your bed. And you should go sleep on the couch till you can get some more bedding from the pet store.

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You can use newspaper, you will probably have to clean it out every day or so. Just shred the paper up (if you have a shredder it would be even better) and place it in. You will have to make sure that the newspaper isn't coloured, as colour isn't good for them and they may get a bit dirty from running through the ink on the newspaper. It would probably be safer if you use plain, white paper and that way your piggys will not be dirty. Alternatively you could just use hay throughout the whole cage. Another thought is towels or fleece, you will just need to shake the towels or fleece out every day or so and they will need a wash after a few days. So here are your choices: