Poll - How much time do you spend cleaning Guinea Pig Cages?

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So here is the question...how much time per week do you spend on chores related to cleaning up after your guinea pigs? This doesn't include cuddle time, nail trimming time, feeding, or other health related type time. Just the time for actually cleaning out cages and wiping up toys, fleece laundry, etc.

Please note how many guinea pigs you have and the weekly cleaning time.

Here is mine:

2 indoor guinea pigs in one c&c cage- approx 2.5 hours per week
 
I've... never actually timed how long it takes.

Cleaning out my CC cages for my two duo's I'd guestimate as 40-1hr each. With how much mess my boys made yesterday when fighting though I estimate its going to take maybe an hour and a half. They covered the walls, the floor... everything. Brats.
 
My boys have one big clean a week where I wipe down the lino and relay any if it needs it but I clean the obvious poops and pee every day which takes no more than 10 mins for both piggie homes.
So around 10 mins a day, and maybe 30 mins for the big clean. So maybe 1 1/2 hrs per week : )
It will be more from tomorrow though as I'm getting two more.
 
Around 1 and a half hours a week.
I have one 150cm cage and one temporary 80cm cage :)
 
Probably in all 4 hours a week, but thats for my 6 pigs cage liners, fleece, toys, beds & the rabbit (same as pigs) and hedgehog (same as pigs)
 
1.5 to 2 hours for 3 pigs I reckon. Have never really timed it though.
 
difficult to answer really but

inside pen during winter

spot clean daily - 30 mins
Complete clean out every 4 days - an hour to hour and half (depending on my back) fleece and bet bed with towels and newspaper, plus 3 litter trays, size of pen - a standard double bed

outside hutch during summer

spot clean daily - 10-15 mins (upstairs only)
complete clean out every 4 days - 30 mins as do bottom section one day, then the top the next, bottom section is shreadded paper on newspaper, top is fleece on towels and newspaper, size of hutch is 5x3' two level

I have 4 pigs
 
4 cages, 8 pigs takes me half an hour each day to sweep out and change the hay plus 2 big cleans a week which take 2 1/2 hours each so a total of 7 1/2 hours a week! Plus washing all the fleece and drying towels and cuddles etc.
 
Interesting to see the variety. So roughly it seems about an hour a week per pig, give or take.
 
Depends entirely on the bedding type.

Megazorb or finacard:- daily = about 2 minutes, weekly about 1.5 hours to do a 10sq ft (2 pigs) and a 12sq ft (3 pigs) cage

Fleeceor vet bed :- 30 minutes daily, and about 2 hours once per week + washing/drying time
 
When the rescue was housing its max of about 80 pigs it would take me a whole day to do a complete clean :{

I only have a few here now and am very well practise, a complete clean takes me half an hour!
 
A full weekly clean takes around 2 hours - 3 pigs in 2 large outdoor hutches. I spend a few minutes a day tidying around their hutches (poop picking etc).
 
i'm not sure in actual time. :{

i have two piggies in a 5x2 c+c cage.

i do a quick spot clean which takes a couple of minutes and change the hay area (1/4 of the cage) daily, which takes 5mins.

i do a full cage clean every other day which takes about 15mins maybe.

i do piggy washing pretty much everyday, washing their towels, fleeces, blankets etc. that takes the most time, washing and the time it takes to dry aswell.

i don't feel like i spend ages cleaning though each week, even though i do the full cage clean every other day.
 
Shed plus two hutches, two hours if I do it, an hour if dad does it. Generally speaking the shed gets one full clean out a week although I do clean under bridges and the high traffic areas mid week which takes about 20 mins. About three hours a week for 20 pigs, not bad! :D
 
It sometimes feels like most of my life! - but the girls converted 6ft bookcase can be done in 10mins for a complete change - the 2 storey one is about 15 mins and i do this daily as they live in the lounge.:(|)
 
4 guineas

I have 4 boys, but 3 hutches. I do spot clean every day(15 mins maybe), then twice weekly clean which takes me 1 hour.

The problem is that I easily get distracted by having a little play with them....
 
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