Bedding

[Faunn]

I have a slight problem with bedding...
-Whenever I get the chance to buy carefreash, I do, but Sagwa eats the bedding, what should I do? I use Pine, and I know its not very safe.

 

[RubyPiggie2]

Kiln-dried pine is safe. If you are using pine (although you shouldn't be, URI's can quickly develop) air it out. I don't know how to do it, but me and my friend put some in a laundry basket and put it on the roof! lol it looked funny, but it made the smell go away.
Aspen is really good to use. Or if you want, you could switch to towels/fleece.

 

[Slap Maxwell]

If you can afford Carefresh, I believe it is okay for the pig to ingest small amounts. He may be doing this because he dosn't have enough hay.

 

[guineagurl]

I sometimes catch my pig's eating the pine bedding, they have heaps of hay so maybe they just do it because it's there , they want a snack or their bored...
I don't think we will ever know why they do every little quirky thing , just accept it.
It might even be medicinal for them, I have no idea.

 

[TurboPiggy]

I use carefresh for litter. Turbo used to eat it when I first started using it, but he got over it I guess because I haven't seen him eat it in a long time.

 

[My Baby Mu]

Guiena pigs will eat their bedding for no apparant reason (at least we don't lick or eat what we walk on!).

 

[Faunn]

Thanks, I will be buying him more hay, and I'll try to find better bedding, and air it out.