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Shavings ok, just for a week?
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boureki
Senior Guinea Pig
lovelygirl
Adult Guinea Pig
if you are desperate for them to be kept on fleece you could always hire a petsitter to come to your home to deal with your piggies, if you have more than two this may even be a more cost effective way of providing for them whilst you are away, but i would not expect them to do your washing for you. the boarding place may also do this for you if you ask nicely and don't mind coming home to a bad of dirty bedding? maybe fingers crossed
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annaliese
Well thats not strictly true, if they are unused to shavings they could have respiratory problems or allergic reactions, i think the megazorb idea is the best way to go... i personally have my guinea pigs on shavings at the moment (due to the fact i live with my nana and it is her preference) but as soon as i move house and I'm the one in charge of the washing etc, i will be building a larger C+C cage and switching to fleece and towelling... Bonnie(kingboris) is right, if you are paying them for a service it is thier duty to provide you with a care as close as possible to your existing regime. The customer is always right after all!
happycath
Junior Guinea Pig
Thanks for all your responses everyone - oops, I didn't mean to re-ignite the age old shavings arguement 
my concern is whether the change would cause an issue, respiratory problems for example.
I think perhaps the megazorb idea is the way forward as it would be convenient for the boarding place AND would set my mind at rest. The petsitting idea is also a good one - when I'm away for a weekend my sister often pops in each night to feed/fuss the pigs, but i'm going on holiday with her so that won't work
She is a zookeeper so I trust her 100% too, she knows what is best for them.
But as sister-pet-sitting isn't an option this time I think I'd rather have my piggies in a home where I know there will be activity all day to keep them company. The boarding place is very friendly, I'm sure the lady won't mind the suggestion of megazorb at all, but I wouldn't want to burden her with the amount of dirty fleeces and towels m boys get through. She has looked after my boys before when they were young and sadly Rufus had a nasty scab/sore from bad mites - she was absolutely fine with still takng him and doing his special treatement
my concern is whether the change would cause an issue, respiratory problems for example.I think perhaps the megazorb idea is the way forward as it would be convenient for the boarding place AND would set my mind at rest. The petsitting idea is also a good one - when I'm away for a weekend my sister often pops in each night to feed/fuss the pigs, but i'm going on holiday with her so that won't work
She is a zookeeper so I trust her 100% too, she knows what is best for them.But as sister-pet-sitting isn't an option this time I think I'd rather have my piggies in a home where I know there will be activity all day to keep them company. The boarding place is very friendly, I'm sure the lady won't mind the suggestion of megazorb at all, but I wouldn't want to burden her with the amount of dirty fleeces and towels m boys get through. She has looked after my boys before when they were young and sadly Rufus had a nasty scab/sore from bad mites - she was absolutely fine with still takng him and doing his special treatement
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