Hi,
I have a 2x4 c and c cage. I used to use a layer of fleece and quilt batting but people told me that that was causing the smell. So I switched to matress pads, but I didn't want to throw the quilt batting away, so I put it under the fleece for comfort. So I have the fleece on top, the batting underneath, and the matress pad on the bottom.
I just cleaned the cage out yesterday, but it already smells today. I have had my guinea pigs for about a month and they are 9 months old. I haven't given them a bath yet, nor do I plan to until the summer, but when I pick them up they do have a uriny smell to them. (This is probably because they have dug and slept under the fleece multiple time, until I stopped them with bricks and those clippy things for food bags.)
Obviously it can't be them that cause the whole room to stink, so can anyone give me advice on what to do!?
I'd open the windows a tad, but its freezing outside!
Please help!
P.S. I have taken them to the vet since the adoption and they were perfectly healthy. I do not think it is a health issue.
I have a 2x4 c and c cage. I used to use a layer of fleece and quilt batting but people told me that that was causing the smell. So I switched to matress pads, but I didn't want to throw the quilt batting away, so I put it under the fleece for comfort. So I have the fleece on top, the batting underneath, and the matress pad on the bottom.
I just cleaned the cage out yesterday, but it already smells today. I have had my guinea pigs for about a month and they are 9 months old. I haven't given them a bath yet, nor do I plan to until the summer, but when I pick them up they do have a uriny smell to them. (This is probably because they have dug and slept under the fleece multiple time, until I stopped them with bricks and those clippy things for food bags.)
Obviously it can't be them that cause the whole room to stink, so can anyone give me advice on what to do!?
I'd open the windows a tad, but its freezing outside!
Please help!
P.S. I have taken them to the vet since the adoption and they were perfectly healthy. I do not think it is a health issue.