Hooray4Ashley
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2007
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- Joined
- Apr 23, 2007
- Messages
- 109
My husband and I just got out first guinea pigs a few weeks ago. They are two males, very cute, and very fun. They came with a C&C cage and my husband hated it, but we found a cage today at a small mom and pop pet store that was HUGE. Bigger than the C&C cage they came with, and my husband can easily add a second level to it. So my husband spent the 100 dollars to get it. Now we can move them out of our spare bedroom into the general "living" area of the house because the cage has a top, and we have cats.
Now, he doesn't want to have to worry about any odor. The people we got them from sent Pine shavings with them. That didn't last long since I am allergic to pine and if the smell bothered me that much, I can only imagine how it bothered them being right down in it. So, we bought a HUGE bag of the washed Aspen bedding, that has the dust and odor removed. Problem...It doesn't remove any odor from urine. I have been scooping the wet daily, and you can still smell it, and to be quite honest the bedding itself stinks. A natrual stink I guess.
So, we want to use up the rest of the bag, but want to know what we can mix it with. We were looking at the Carefresh stuff, but it just seems so expensive because of how often I have been cleaning their cage out and how big this new cage is, it seems that we would just tear through it.
Does anyone know if any DIY bedding? Like some how shredding paper, or doing something to it to make it like that carefresh stuff? I was debating getting puppy pads to put underneath the shavings, but I don't know if that would really help. It could also be that they are in a room with the door shut, so it may be stuffy. I just know my husband won't stand for them being in the living room if they stink. We have three dogs and three cats already and smell wise you can't tell, so I have to be just as clean with them. If not does anyone have any recommendations on where to buy good quality bedding for low prices? Thanks so much in advance!
Now, he doesn't want to have to worry about any odor. The people we got them from sent Pine shavings with them. That didn't last long since I am allergic to pine and if the smell bothered me that much, I can only imagine how it bothered them being right down in it. So, we bought a HUGE bag of the washed Aspen bedding, that has the dust and odor removed. Problem...It doesn't remove any odor from urine. I have been scooping the wet daily, and you can still smell it, and to be quite honest the bedding itself stinks. A natrual stink I guess.
So, we want to use up the rest of the bag, but want to know what we can mix it with. We were looking at the Carefresh stuff, but it just seems so expensive because of how often I have been cleaning their cage out and how big this new cage is, it seems that we would just tear through it.
Does anyone know if any DIY bedding? Like some how shredding paper, or doing something to it to make it like that carefresh stuff? I was debating getting puppy pads to put underneath the shavings, but I don't know if that would really help. It could also be that they are in a room with the door shut, so it may be stuffy. I just know my husband won't stand for them being in the living room if they stink. We have three dogs and three cats already and smell wise you can't tell, so I have to be just as clean with them. If not does anyone have any recommendations on where to buy good quality bedding for low prices? Thanks so much in advance!
