Sitting in Own Urine?

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ericadkirk

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Hi there,

I have two amazing boars who I love immensely. One has head issues which cause head tilts who is six months old while the other had a small sneeze when we first got him that he gave to the other. After meds, they are both completely fine, expect the older one still has a head tilt. The younger one however will constantly pee where he is standing and sit there. He will pee in his favorite hidie where they both cuddle and they will both stand in his pee for a long time. Overnight. They have a c and c grid cage that is five by five grids. I use fleece as bedding. Even when I take him out of the cage, he will pee on the floor and stand there. He exercises a lot, loves to run around and constantly popcorns, but I always find him sitting in his urine when he isn't running about/grabbing food. I'm worried he will develop bumblefoot from this. I clean their bedding as much as possible/ move around their hidie to stop them from constantly sitting in a pee soaked area but I don't know. Is this normal guinea pig behavior? I also give them 1 mg of the child's life vitamin C every morning.
 
Welcome to the forum. I hope you'll enjoy your time here! How long have you had your piggies? Have you tried vetbed as that lets the wee soak through quickly. Do they have pee pads to sit on that you can change regularly?
 
Betsy said:
Welcome to the forum. I hope you'll enjoy your time here! How long have you had your piggies? Have you tried vetbed as that lets the wee soak through quickly. Do they have pee pads to sit on that you can change regularly?
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Hi there,
I have had them for a year. I am not sure what the pee pads are. I will look up the vetbed though! Thank you!
 
You can get off cuts of vetbed on ebay fairly cheaply. I use it in the places my boars sit the most. I find a layer of newspaper underneath soaks the wee up really well, I change the paper every day and the vet bed every 2 or 3 days depending how wet it feels underneath.
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You can see a strip of vetbed in the back of the cage in this photo. The little white pig drinks and wees a lot, he got urine scold on his feet because the fleece liners didn't wick the wee away quick enough and he was lying in wet fleece.
 
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