Are corner litter trays a good idea?

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Hi everyone my husband has just built our piggies a beautiful new c&c cage in our living room, I have made a set of fleece liners and I am wondering whether it would be a good idea to buy corner litter trays to try and keep it clean?
Thanks Maria.
 
They help keep hay in roughly one place but still allows the piggies to get in amongst the hay, so yes they are a good idea. You won’t be able to get them to use them to toilet in though as piggies cant really be litter trained.
 
If there’s hay in there they may go in there mostly. But be aware they will still likely poo and pee everywhere else.
 
Mine unload in the snuggle tunnels 😅 which isn't what I bought them for but I guess it's just a nice enclosed place to spend some time... and they're easy to empty out! I tried corner toilets but nobody went near them. I was inspired by a lady who had a hamster that used a toilet pot every time... she only cleaned it's cage once a month and even then it didn't really need it!
 
Mine mostly use whichever corner has a house in it (for privacy I guess 😂). If you mean using it for hay, then I would recommend a piece of Lino, or separate, designated fleece pads that can either easily be swept clean, or taken away and beaten out. I use a hay drum which keeps things fairly organised, but you might want to brace yourself, because hay will still end up migrating across your lovely new fleece 😬
 
Also, would love a picture of your setup. I love seeing piggie homes 🏠
 
😂 that’s why I stopped using wood shavings. I was fed up of having them attached to various bits of clothing. I haven’t used shavings in about 10 months and I’m still finding them 😱😱😱
 
Hi everyone my husband has just built our piggies a beautiful new c&c cage in our living room, I have made a set of fleece liners and I am wondering whether it would be a good idea to buy corner litter trays to try and keep it clean?
Thanks Maria.
 
You can’t litter train piggies, we use a corner litter tray for hay, but they will poo and pee where they want! They may use it a bit but it’s likely you will still end up with poops everywhere 😂
 
Hi I agree with rp1993 - I have a large plastic bowl and a corner litter tray - I fill both with hay and my two boys love eating from them, snoozing in them and they do pee and poop in them. I change them everyday but they enjoy them.
It’s so easy to poo pick anyway. The c&c home for your piggies sounds lovely - would be great to see some pigtures of your guinea pigs🥰
 
You posted about this and were already given an answer. I’ll ask for this thread to be deleted.
 
I’ve tried figuring out where they pee, my conclusion is that they pee everywhere. I have not tried to train them though (we have 2 boars). I have a hay tray and I have discovered they poo and pee in there too. I am pretty new to it all though x
 
Fantasimo said:
Also, would love a picture of your setup. I love seeing piggie homes 🏠
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Hi Fantasimo here are some photos of our setup and our piggies Bill and Ted.
It's in the corner of our living room and is a bit of a work in progress.
I've had loads of piggies over the years but they were always kept outside in the shed because that what you did in those days.
It's been so much more rewarding having them indoors although I have always loved piggies I didn't realise before now funny they are.
 

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They look very happy and what a fabulous home they have ! Lucky Bill and Ted ! It is such fun owning guinea pigs - I have my two indoors and I don’t think I would have got to know their personalities or little funny ways so much if they had been outside.
 
I would add a lot more hay than what I can see.

Please also change your location to your county. What you put is too detailed. Remember this is the internet, you have to keep personal information personal.
 
Not gloating, but I discovered this morning while doing the regular poop patrol, that my 2 just peed in their big hay box and nowhere else for the last couple of days- let me tell you that has never happened so I'm under no illusion that it will stay that way, but will see what they do, but in the meantime:yahoo:
 
Lovely C&C set up pontymisterpalmer. 2 of my 3 piggies - the ladies - MUCH prefer backing up into corners to pee and poop and one much prefers the open litter tray corner over other corners. So why not try litter corners, litter trays or easy-change pee pads in each corner if yours are doing the same thing. Perhaps it isn't litter training per se but clearly piggies have their individual preferences of where to do their business :) When I first got piggies 2 corners were empty so I was constantly finding pee and poop up the correx, under the fleeces and cleaning a lot more. Much easier to manage cleaning now.
 
Sounds like we just need to get to know our piggies and learn about their funny little ways.
 
Thank you swaller for your good advice. I think it's definitely a case of trial and error. I'm going to invest in a small washing up bowl for their hag box and I'm expecting a corner pee tray any time now so I will see how that goes 😊Thanks again
 
pontymisterpalmer said:
Tell you what I won 't bother to contribute!
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I’m trying to figure out what upset you but I’m afraid I’ve drawn a blank...it’s easier to politely say what’s bothering you than be...short with people.

PS please change your location, it’s really not a good idea to put your postcode.
 
For your own security, please do change your location to your general area. Its possible to work out the exact street you live on by putting your postcode and giving away such information online is never a good idea
 
pontymisterpalmer said:
Thank you swaller for your good advice. I think it's definitely a case of trial and error. I'm going to invest in a small washing up bowl for their hag box and I'm expecting a corner pee tray any time now so I will see how that goes 😊Thanks again
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I’m sure Bill and Ted will love having lots of new things to explore ! I find sometimes my boys love the hay box and then another time they aren’t bothered - but they never tire of green beans or bell peppers or coriander or grass or lettuce or.....you get the idea 🥰
 
I have removed your postcode as location. Not good net safety to do things like that, please feel free to pop a town or city in but never a postcode, we want you to stay safe as possible on the internet

And of course welcome to the forum! Lovely to have you here :)
 
sport_billy said:
I have removed your postcode as location. Not good net safety to do things like that, please feel free to pop a town or city in but never a postcode, we want you to stay safe as possible on the internet

And of course welcome to the forum! Lovely to have you here :)
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Thank you sport _Billy I'm but of a techno phobe, but I do like this forum there's so much good information.
 
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