Dirty hay

Doomie

Doomie

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Hello everyone,

After wandering around the forum, I decided to remove the hay rack as I was too afraid it would not be safe. I have been trying to find a way to get my guinea pigs to play in the hay, so I put it in a litter box lined with hemp litter (I will change it for fleece as soon as I can). I put the hay directly on top and change everything once a day. I wanted to know if it was safe for them knowing they do their business directly in the hay? Wouldn't they eat dirty hay?

Thanks
 
:agr:
All of my boys are the same. I waste quite a bit of hay during clean outs, but I don't mind as they really do need to have huge hay piles and ad-lib supply. Mine use the hay as much for burrowing, weeing and pooping as they do eating!
 
:agr:
They won’t eat if they don’t want to, but it won’t harm them if they do. I just throw fresh hay on top a few times a day and they spend hours within their piles of hay!
 
I'm relieved because they seem so happy with this. I waste some hay too maybe less with a peepad underneath but it's not a big deal
 
They eat their own poop - and each others - so I wouldn't worry too much. I have two pairs and if, when cleaning, I accidentally drop some poopy hay from one of the enclosures into the other the recipients come out quite excited for a good sniff and rummage through. It must be like getting a newspaper delivered with lots of interesting news in!
 
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