Hello, my name is Lori and I've been perusing the forums, but decided to join since I had questions.
I have 1 sow (purchased April 2014) in a Midwest cage, possibly going to a C&C in the future. Don't worry, my pig is not alone, I also take care of my sister's 2 sows (younger was purchased about 1 year ago and the older about 1.5 years ago) while she is at college and connect our Midwest cages so they have room for my dork to go on her daily spaz-runs.
Questions:
1- I got a queen-sized top sheet that is nice and think and 100% cotton. Would it be possible to use this instead of fleece for the bottom of the cage? I was hoping to sew it to one of the U-Haul furniture protector things or whatever they were. Also, since its such a large sheet, what are some creative ideas of things to use it for in my cage?
2- Do guinea pigs need baths? I know when my sister was looking up guinea pig things she found that you could bathe them once a month, but I thought I saw something here that implied otherwise.
3- I'm thinking that next time I need pellets I will get the KMS Timothy pellets. With these, is it ok to free-feed the pigs since its just timothy or would that still make them prone to obesity? Also, about how long does it generally take for the pellets to arrive? I imagine I would order them far enough in advance, but I would hate to be out of pellets briefly.
And of course I'll have pictures later, I'm writing this from my laptop and the pigs are mostly on my phone.
I have 1 sow (purchased April 2014) in a Midwest cage, possibly going to a C&C in the future. Don't worry, my pig is not alone, I also take care of my sister's 2 sows (younger was purchased about 1 year ago and the older about 1.5 years ago) while she is at college and connect our Midwest cages so they have room for my dork to go on her daily spaz-runs.
Questions:
1- I got a queen-sized top sheet that is nice and think and 100% cotton. Would it be possible to use this instead of fleece for the bottom of the cage? I was hoping to sew it to one of the U-Haul furniture protector things or whatever they were. Also, since its such a large sheet, what are some creative ideas of things to use it for in my cage?
2- Do guinea pigs need baths? I know when my sister was looking up guinea pig things she found that you could bathe them once a month, but I thought I saw something here that implied otherwise.
3- I'm thinking that next time I need pellets I will get the KMS Timothy pellets. With these, is it ok to free-feed the pigs since its just timothy or would that still make them prone to obesity? Also, about how long does it generally take for the pellets to arrive? I imagine I would order them far enough in advance, but I would hate to be out of pellets briefly.
And of course I'll have pictures later, I'm writing this from my laptop and the pigs are mostly on my phone.