Guinea pigs poop. A lot.

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A place to complain about how much guinea pigs poop, cage cleaning day, etc. I'll start.

I go a little over a day without cleaning the cage of my 2 sows. Here's the poop pile I got from a quick sweep...
 

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I found that by using large hay trays they captured a lot of the poops.
Yes there was still daily sweeping up to be done, but it did reduce the amount that ended up on the fleece.
 
I get poop around the cage but the hay at one side catches most of them plus they prefer to pee In the hay area too, I don’t mind sweeping out they get excited and bop about cuz they having a tidy up, and when fresh hay arrives they dive right in, love my babies
 
Swissgreys said:
I found that by using large hay trays they captured a lot of the poops.
Yes there was still daily sweeping up to be done, but it did reduce the amount that ended up on the fleece.
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I've found that too. I use the Kaytee litter box, personally (sans wire bar, obviously). Of course, it got gross and it's soaking up water right now, hence the massive poop pile that was scattered everywhere. Thank you!
 
Tnoz said:
I get poop around the cage but the hay at one side catches most of them plus they prefer to pee In the hay area too, I don’t mind sweeping out they get excited and bop about cuz they having a tidy up, and when fresh hay arrives they dive right in, love my babies
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Lucky. My pigs hide and get as far away from me as possible during cleaning. I don't blame them, between the vacuum and me shoo-ing them when they get to close to the plastic bag. I'm glad (and jealous) that you get to enjoy cage cleaning. My cage is up high at an awkward angle because of our dogs, so it hurts and cramps my back. Ugh. But totally worth it! Same here about their reaction to the hay, and definitely the same here about loving our precious piggies!
 
You thanks that's a lot of poop. :D You should try owning skinny pigs. They produce soooo much poop. Far more than my other piggies.

To be honest Dora is a bit disgusting, she mainly poops in her fleecy bed and then sleeps in it.
 
Guinea Pigs 'n Things said:
And the random guinea pig poops in the hallway... they don't even go in the hallway! How the heck?
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I’ve told this story before on the forum,
But a couple of years back, in the winter I was walking around the town. Put my hands in my pocket and felt a small object, like a little pebble. For some reason, instead of looking at it. I left it there, and would only remember about it each time I wore my coat. It became a little comfort thing, having it in my pocket I would hold it in my fingers, it was lovely and smooth feeling. Months passed, coat worn many times. One day I decided..while standing in a que… to actually look at this little pebble for it had become my pocket friend.
You can probably guess what happened when I pulled it out. Yes that’s right, standing amongst many people out I pulled a (now fossilised and perfectly smooth) Guinea Pig Poo.

They certainly do get in random places.
 
Hannah_xx said:
I’ve told this story before on the forum,
But a couple of years back, in the winter I was walking around the town. Put my hands in my pocket and felt a small object, like a little pebble. For some reason, instead of looking at it. I left it there, and would only remember about it each time I wore my coat. It became a little comfort thing, having it in my pocket I would hold it in my fingers, it was lovely and smooth feeling. Months passed, coat worn many times. One day I decided..while standing in a que… to actually look at this little pebble for it had become my pocket friend.
You can probably guess what happened when I pulled it out. Yes that’s right, standing amongst many people out I pulled a (now fossilised and perfectly smooth) Guinea Pig Poo.

They certainly do get in random places.
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Haha! That is really funny. Comfort poop!
 
Betsy said:
I've found a piggy poop in my bra before! How the heckity heck did it get there?!?!?
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And in my pillowcase...

This thread is just becoming weird places poop has ended up, lol
 
The amount of poop the skinnies produce is unreal. I'll go to take the cuddle cups downstairs to microwave the snugglesafes, and I'll lift up the fleece bit they sit on (it sits on top of the snugglesafes) and I swear I can just pour the poop out of the base. How does it even end up down there?! So much poop.
 
So, talking of guinea pig poop, I was just putting the Snugglesafes in the microwave again. First one, fine. Second one, pick it up, leaving the poop in the cuddle cup, slide the Snugglesafe into the microwave, same side up. Wait. Why isn't it sitting right?

Poop. Poop on the bottom of the Snugglesafe.
 
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