Iggle piggles
New Born Pup
Hi,
One of the guinea pigs is eating the top of the vet bedding
can it do them any harm?
Thanks
Kim
One of the guinea pigs is eating the top of the vet bedding
can it do them any harm? Thanks
Kim
Guinea pig eating vet bedding
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Mine used to nibble the top of it a little, and they still attempt to nibble the fleece occasionally, but they soon get fed up of it when they realise it isn’t food!
Iggle piggles
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Thank you 
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Maybe they are on a diet?...perhaps its their version of eating cardboard a bit like us hooms eating Ryvitta pretending to enjoy it.
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But have you tried dark rye rivita? it is nice cardboard
Helen C
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How old is he/she?
My previous piggy never tried to eat the vetbed, but he was over one year old when I started using it.
When I tried using vetbed with the two young sow I got in December, one of them tried eating it. I put the vetbed under a fleece blanket for now, and I'm hoping that as they grow older, they'll lose the habit of trying to eat absolutely everything they see and I'll be able to use vetbed again (I'm not a big fan of fleece, tbh).
My previous piggy never tried to eat the vetbed, but he was over one year old when I started using it.
When I tried using vetbed with the two young sow I got in December, one of them tried eating it. I put the vetbed under a fleece blanket for now, and I'm hoping that as they grow older, they'll lose the habit of trying to eat absolutely everything they see and I'll be able to use vetbed again (I'm not a big fan of fleece, tbh).
Hi. Sorry to jump in on the thread.Hi,
One of the guinea pigs is eating the top of the vet bedding
Thanks
Kim
I've just ordered green back vetfleece bedding. Do i need to wash this before use.
Thankyou
x
Hi. Sorry to jump in on the thread.
I've just ordered green back vetfleece bedding. Do i need to wash this before use.
Thankyou
Yes it would be a good idea to wash it first. The more you wash it the better it wicks
Iggle piggles
New Born Pup
Hi, sorry all for the delay in replying.
They're 17 weeks
they seem to have eased off a bit now, still have a nibble when I'm too slow sorting their hay out 
Yes definitely wash the vet bedding, we washed as advised from here twice on 60° and it works great now. I do a full change twice a week and poo check twice a day, seems to work well for us x
They're 17 weeks
they seem to have eased off a bit now, still have a nibble when I'm too slow sorting their hay out Yes definitely wash the vet bedding, we washed as advised from here twice on 60° and it works great now. I do a full change twice a week and poo check twice a day, seems to work well for us x