swaller
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi folks, I have a last minute essential trip next week across the country and will be gone for 6 nights. Can't take any pets with me. Normally I would get a pet sitter for our dog and my 3 precious piggies but due to lockdown can't so my husband will be responsible for their care. He will have his hands pretty full with our children, homeschool, cooking, shopping, laundry and pets so I want to ensure looking after the piggies is as easy on him as possible. I currently use fleece but the fleece routine I do will be time consuming for him and I worry about damp fleece and piggy health.
So would it be easier I replace the enclosure with a lower maintenance bedding like wood pellets and wood shavings? For a 2x6 C&C how often does it need to be fully changed out or can it just be spot cleaned during the 6 days I'm away? I suppose I need to layer the base layer of wood pellets down on something rather than directly on the correx: Puppy pads (which we use now under fleece)? Or is newspaper better? Cardboard? And will the piggies 'mind' the transition for a week? Wood shavings are so much harder than fleece.
For daily feeding I'm sure he will manage fine and my eldest child is great helping me replenishing hay, morning pellets and evening veg so can help him. Nevertheless will leave husband overly detailed instructions and bombard him with reminder messages daily (sorry husband).
Any other tips to help simplify the piggy care maintenance gratefully received - I'm several years into my OCD recovery so these things really weigh on me. Pics of my sweet Ted, Coco and Frida just for fun.
So would it be easier I replace the enclosure with a lower maintenance bedding like wood pellets and wood shavings? For a 2x6 C&C how often does it need to be fully changed out or can it just be spot cleaned during the 6 days I'm away? I suppose I need to layer the base layer of wood pellets down on something rather than directly on the correx: Puppy pads (which we use now under fleece)? Or is newspaper better? Cardboard? And will the piggies 'mind' the transition for a week? Wood shavings are so much harder than fleece.
For daily feeding I'm sure he will manage fine and my eldest child is great helping me replenishing hay, morning pellets and evening veg so can help him. Nevertheless will leave husband overly detailed instructions and bombard him with reminder messages daily (sorry husband).
Any other tips to help simplify the piggy care maintenance gratefully received - I'm several years into my OCD recovery so these things really weigh on me. Pics of my sweet Ted, Coco and Frida just for fun.