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Hi everyone 👋 I used to be an active member on the forum a few years ago, when I had my little herd of piggies, who have all now passed on. A few years, some children and house moves later (!) I am now hoping to finally take the plunge and set up a guinea pig boarding facility, and would really...

I only leave them out of the cage long enough for it to air dry so I can put the bedding back on - i have hutches in a shed so it tends to air dry within a few minutes. I personally use the concentrate and make it up rather than use the ready made (a bottle of concentrate unmade has lasted me...

Thank you very much! I'm hoping it isn't an infestation, I pulled the cage apart and didn't see any more but assuming there is more since there was 2. Thanks for everyone's help!

Do you have F10? It's a vet grade disinfectant.. Hoover your cage out, and spray with F10. Do this every week until no more silverfish are seen. Their eggs are very tiny. F10 should kill the eggs. I know it's a different species but years ago I had an earwig invasion in the hutch which...

Hi yes, the hutch was throughly cleaned, scrubbed and safely disinfected. I'm waiting on a new hutch to be delivered as the top bit isn't quite big enough its a 5ft hutch, we do have an indoor run aswell so they get the exercise and run around the house. But thanks for the advice.

If you have items which won’t be cleaned thoroughly by the product you are using then a good deep clean and disinfection is a good idea. Mine live in wooden hutches so it’s not possible to give a wipe clean in the same way it is with plastic cages. My hutches are lined with plastic sheeting so...

Hi, My guinea pigs have both got an eye issue. Their eye is swollen with some very protruding yellow thing sticking out of the corner. At first, I thought they could have hay stuck in their eye but now I'm guessing it's an infection seeing as it has gone from one to the other. Could it be hay...

Hi If the bleeding doesn't stop within 10-15 minutes, then please see an out-of-hours vet. Otherwise, you can gently disinfect the area with some homemade saline solution once the blood has dried. If you have any concerns, or notice any signs of infection in about 10 days or so, please see a...

Hi and welcome Please check your piggy for wobbly or broken teeth as well and for whether the jaw is ok (don't press, just feel gently for soreness or swelling). Any wobbly teeth should be seen by a vet as the break is below the gum line. Incisor teeth (the four front teeth) are actually about...

Move it to an open space and blast the whole thing with a hose. Then spray down with a disinfectant solution, allow to dry and respray. If it is outdoors it will get webs on it (our rabbit hutch does) and I just brush them off daily with a regular hand held brush from a dustpan.

I’m dropping the pigs of at my friends tommorow. With the pigs I spot clean every other day and full clean every Friday. I don’t have time tonight to clean out the hutch as I’m Cooking my own dinner and Its not my normal cleaning day. should I ask my friend to call them tommorow as the vets...

Yes if you’re worried then give them a rinse afterwards but it is safe so you don’t really need to worry about rinsing - piggies can be returned to the hutch as soon as you’ve sprayed so it’s not going to hurt them I’d use the 4ml concentration to deal with a specific issue such as this

Are you talking about lino (linoleum)? If so this only needs a primer if you are using as flooring in your house. My rabbit hutch is lined with lino, and I cut it a few mms too big and simply wedged it very firmly in place. It hasn't shifted in over 5 years! Plus it is handy to be able to...

4 Transmission Between Pet Species (Zoonosis) Generally, it is best to ensure that any pets of different species do not come into direct contact; this includes rabbits. There are some illnesses that can be carried asymptomatically by other species that can jump to guinea pigs in direct...

They shouldn't need a bath if you have followed the prescribed treatment. My girls had mites and the last treatment was at the end of January this year. At the end of the treatment, I just did a deep clean of their hutch and run with F10 and washed any bedding at 60 degrees. F10 is a vet grade...

So sorry you lost your little piggies. I thinks it’s rather nice new piggies using your previous piggies things like tunnels and bedding. It’s strangely comforting! A good brush and wash of fleeces is fine, you can buy laundry disinfectant to use in your wash if you are concerned. F10 vet grade...

It looks similar to an earwig. I don’t think they would harm a piggy but I would get rid of them anyway. A good thorough clean every week with a good pet safe disinfectant should work. Keep doing it weekly until the adults and all eggs and larvae have gone. I think they like damp places so try...

Hello. I had the same dilemma. I wasn’t sure either. So I decided to put on the treatment, then while they were out of the hutch, cleaned them out really well with F10 disinfectant. Then put them back in. Remember to throw away cardboard hides and anything else that you can’t disinfect as they...

Hi everyone, I just adopted my two boys (approximately 4 months old) and just wanted some advice on their current setup and routine. setup They have the pets at home blossom guinea pig hutch Hutch First floor, I cover the floor with newspaper, in the bedroom they have fleece blankets and 2...

Hi! I have always treated on the lower dose as per prescription by my vet - 0.05 ml for every 100g of weight once daily. However, it can well be that in the meantime in more severe cases a higher dosage has proven to be safe to use in guinea pigs. My Ceri was the first itrafungol 'guinea pig'...