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I have a cardboard box and some cardboard inner bits to some packaging, my little one Randy loves chewing it, where ever I put it he will find it, he even drags it across the lounge floor the pieces in question which is one large piece folded in half which makes it about 100 cm by at least 40 cm and I've got it stood on its end

This stuff is due to go to the recycling but it provides that much fun for him I'm wondering to leave it for another week or to lol, he popcorns like crazy

Does anyone else's piggies go mad for cardboard?
both pigs eat it but randy more so, and they love eating news paper to rolleyes
 
I would let them have a little more time playing with it :)

My girls will chew ANYTHING. They actually prefer cardboard to normal toys :))
 
My boy loves cardboard boxes, each wheek I bring him a different one from Aldi that I use to carry my shopping in instead of plastic bags, he loves the new toy each wheek LOLU
 
I have wasted hundreds of pounds on toys for my pigs, which they turn their nose up at.

You give them the cardboard from a toilet or kitchen roll, or some newspaper they think of their christmas's and birthdays have come at once, they go mad, run around, popcorn, crazy pigs, they love to hide in cardboard boxes, under newspaper, they toss the toilet rolls tubes in the air, its so funny.
 
I have wasted hundreds of pounds on toys for my pigs, which they turn their nose up at.

You give them the cardboard from a toilet or kitchen roll, or some newspaper they think of their christmas's and birthdays have come at once, they go mad, run around, popcorn, crazy pigs, they love to hide in cardboard boxes, under newspaper, they toss the toilet rolls tubes in the air, its so funny.
 
Is it ok for them to eat newspaper? I line the cage with it and then sawdust (which I don't see many other piggy pig owners doing...they use fleeces) so when bring them indoors I put some down with a fleece and they start ripping it up. I am new to piggy pig owning and want to make their life they best it can be...any advice on cage lining etc gratefully received :{
 
mine love cardboard, especially boxes like wine boxes, perfect size for sitting in, whilst chewing their way through the box, takes two of them approx 1 day to completely destroy the box, they love it! One of them sometimes even chooses to sleep in the box, despite having a perfectly good pigloo!
 
Sandy Pandy said:
Is it ok for them to eat newspaper? I line the cage with it and then sawdust (which I don't see many other piggy pig owners doing...they use fleeces) so when bring them indoors I put some down with a fleece and they start ripping it up. I am new to piggy pig owning and want to make their life they best it can be...any advice on cage lining etc gratefully received :{
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I use a thick layer of newspaper, then sawdust then russell rabbit soft straw, always have done and never had any illnesses through it, i tried fleece a few weeks back and they poo for england and spread hay everywhere so i reverted back.
 
Hi, I tried shavings when we got our piggies in early December but tried Aubiose and love it!

Aubiose is really absorbent and absorbs the 'smells' too, and the girls seem to like it. It's made for horses and is hemp-based, I see lots of people on here use it. We put it over a thick layer of newspaper. It costs us £9 for a large bale from a local pet supplies.

We give them plently of fresh hay every day, Timothy or Meadow, but that's mainly for eating although there's some for bedding leftover!
I read they're not meant to have straw at all.
 
I have heard of this Auboise but never found any in my pet shops, i had a sample of hutch hemp from friendship estates which i am currently trying, is it the same thing? Russell Rabbit straw is finely chopped and is so soft, there is no risk of injury from it, i have been using it all the years i have had guinea pigs and never had any respiratory infections from the straw or sawdust, and never had any eye pokes etc, i wouldn't use it if i thought my pigs were at risk. :)
 
Yes I know what you mean about cardboard! They love nothing better, in any shape or size...! We get these fab long boxes at work that the plotter paper comes in - about 20 x 20 x 100cm, they make great tunnels but they don't last long as they will insist on peeing and pooing inside them and spreading it all around!
 
I bed my piggies on shredded cardboard now, completely dust free ,soft and absorbant,a great help to anyone with asthma or dust allergies.

Just type shredded cardboard into your search engine and you will find lots of suppliers,especially horse bedding people.

The piggies love to rustle through it and they do nibble a little,it is great.
 
Where do you buy this from? I just typed in to google etc but it comes up as bales of 10plus lol, I'd only want 1 bag at a time
 
Sandy Pandy said:
Is it ok for them to eat newspaper? I line the cage with it and then sawdust (which I don't see many other piggy pig owners doing...they use fleeces) so when bring them indoors I put some down with a fleece and they start ripping it up. I am new to piggy pig owning and want to make their life they best it can be...any advice on cage lining etc gratefully received :{
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Do you use saw dust or wood shavings? I line the hutch with newspaper (which my pigs nibble) then wood shavings and a layer of meadow hay over that and have never had a problem in the four years I have owned piggies. If my piggies had problems, of course I would look in to alternative bedding. At the end of the day I think it is down to personnel preference :)
 
Toffeewoffee said:
I have heard of this Auboise but never found any in my pet shops, i had a sample of hutch hemp from friendship estates which i am currently trying, is it the same thing? Russell Rabbit straw is finely chopped and is so soft, there is no risk of injury from it, i have been using it all the years i have had guinea pigs and never had any respiratory infections from the straw or sawdust, and never had any eye pokes etc, i wouldn't use it if i thought my pigs were at risk. :)
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Hi Toffeewoffee, have just got to take this opportunity to say how much I love your name by the way! It's very cute and catchy and wish I'd thought of it! Plus I have a thing about toffee - along with lots of other sweets....x)

I have no idea why people say about not using straw! Sorry, I'm new to pigs but it says it in my books. I often wonder how my piggies don't poke their eyes out on these long strands of hay we give them!
I honestly don't know if Aubiose is the same as hutch hemp...mmm...will try to look it up online but it would be a guess. I don't think they normally sell it in petshops as it's primarily for horses, but I really love it! I just can't believe that they hardly smell on Aubiose compared to wood shavings - I use woodshavings for my chickens' coop so really it would be easier if I used the same.

Talking of Friendship Estates - I read on here somewhere about them giving free samples of Ready Grass - they sent me one and my piggies LOVE it! Worth asking for a sample of! Plus they sent me a £1 off voucher along with the sample!
 
milliepops said:
Hi Toffeewoffee, have just got to take this opportunity to say how much I love your name by the way! It's very cute and catchy and wish I'd thought of it! Plus I have a thing about toffee - along with lots of other sweets....x)

I have no idea why people say about not using straw! Sorry, I'm new to pigs but it says it in my books. I often wonder how my piggies don't poke their eyes out on these long strands of hay we give them!
I honestly don't know if Aubiose is the same as hutch hemp...mmm...will try to look it up online but it would be a guess. I don't think they normally sell it in petshops as it's primarily for horses, but I really love it! I just can't believe that they hardly smell on Aubiose compared to wood shavings - I use woodshavings for my chickens' coop so really it would be easier if I used the same.

Talking of Friendship Estates - I read on here somewhere about them giving free samples of Ready Grass - they sent me one and my piggies LOVE it! Worth asking for a sample of! Plus they sent me a £1 off voucher along with the sample!
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Aw thanks i wanted to use my own name as its so much simpler but it was already gone lol. For a long long while i had wanted a ginger piggie and always knew when i got it i would name it toffee - toffeewoffee for long lol (all of my GP's have lengthend names) So i decided to use it. Next ginger piggy is going to be called fudgy - fudgywudgy he he.

We have been buying the readigrass for years, but i did cheekily ask for a sample as i knew they sent a voucher he he.

We've never had any problems with staw, it doesn't smell and the cage always looks clean as the poos tend to get buried lol.


Thanks x
 
Toffeewoffee said:
I have heard of this Auboise but never found any in my pet shops, i had a sample of hutch hemp from friendship estates which i am currently trying, is it the same thing? Russell Rabbit straw is finely chopped and is so soft, there is no risk of injury from it, i have been using it all the years i have had guinea pigs and never had any respiratory infections from the straw or sawdust, and never had any eye pokes etc, i wouldn't use it if i thought my pigs were at risk. :)
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I've had a look at the picture of the hutch hemp and it looks very similar, although it's hard to tell - the pieces look bigger and 'rougher' on the hutch hemp picture but that's probably cos it's a real close-up?

Sorry!

How're you finding the trial pack they sent you? The company seem excellent so I can only imagine the hutch hemp is good stuff!
 
milliepops said:
I've had a look at the picture of the hutch hemp and it looks very similar, although it's hard to tell - the pieces look bigger and 'rougher' on the hutch hemp picture but that's probably cos it's a real close-up?

Sorry!

How're you finding the trial pack they sent you? The company seem excellent so I can only imagine the hutch hemp is good stuff!
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I did actually really like it, i only had a very small amount so i used it under the hay rack where all of the hay that gets wasted falls and they tend to do most of their toiletries, so when they wee and poo on the hay constantly it does smell so i litter pick every couple of days and it worked really well but wouldn't be as cosey as straw to use in the whole cage.

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Not exactly the right thread but on the same lines.

Is newspaper fine for Guinea Pigs to eat? We've got some newspapers at home that we're going to throw out but I've heard that the GP's love newspaper balls. Only thing I'm worried about is the ink on the ink on the paper.

Any advice from you lovely people?
 
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