The Secret Sauce to a Clean Guinea Pig Cage

The Cloak-and-dagger Sauce to a Clean Guinea Sus scrofa Cage!

Can republic of guinea pigs be potty trained? Well, not typically or hands, but we can work with their natural instincts to provide an optimal setting to make it much easier for you to manage.

Guinea pigs are prey animals and when eating and pottying, near prefer to do then in safety. One of their biggest threats in the wild are predatory birds overhead. A cage with a lot of wide open space without a prissy balance of hideys and cover can be intimidating and uncomfortable for them.

Humans generally prefer to potty and swallow in prophylactic every bit do near animals. Guinea pigs generally eat and potty in the same place, too. Our Cavy Cafe Kitchen is designed for exactly that. Some space to consume, beverage, munch on hay, hang out and potty. The idea is to use dispensable bedding in the buffet, such as Carefresh, pine shavings, etc., and fleece in the rest of the cage. We similar to call this our Hybrid solution. This bedding combination contains the poos, urine and hay as much as possible in the kitchen expanse, helps keep the fleece cleaner longer and reduces the demand for daily poo pick-up.

The Cavy Buffet tin be easily lifted out and the loose bedding just dumped out into a garbage bag right in forepart of yous. Then, y'all but spray and wipe it as usual with a bottle of one-half white vinegar/half water and add together new bedding. That is the litter area. You put the water bottle, food bowl and hay rack or hay bag in this expanse likewise.

The Secret Sauce

The cardinal to success is providing the proper enticement. What is that? Y'all need to have a roof over their caput. They need something of a cave-like feeling. If you lot have a two-level cage, then mission accomplished! You lot put the Cavy Cafe under the upper level. Done. If, however, you lot have a single-level cage, you really should provide cover over the intended litter area--the Cavy Cafe. The everyman fuss and coolest-looking solution for that is our new Cavy Canopy™!

Our special grip hinges allows the tiptop to easily lift open and swing abroad for easy access. It swings gently back downward for a lovely awning look. The shape is reinforced to concord its position well. This height is non designed to be weight-begetting. It is feather lite and piece of cake to lift. Information technology gives your republic of guinea pigs the coverage they need for a sense of security and peace--an essential component for cage enrichment for guinea pigs.

We also offering an optional Kitchen Backsplash that comes with emphasis portals that can be used for water canteen spouts if desired. The Backsplash provides protection from hay and bedding falling backside the cage wall. Nosotros've also bundled all three items together as the Cavy Kitchen Suite--The Cafe Cafe, the Cavy Canopy, the Kitchen Backsplash. We love our work! :) We hope you like it.

Cavy Canopy

We have been steering people informally in this direction for years. As we update our recommendations on our diverse sites, we will be calculation this aspect to the definition of a proper republic of guinea pig cage. Studies too as experienced cavy caretakers agree--they need more than than just a hidey in an otherwise wide-open up muzzle. The area that gets covered by the Cavy Canopy solution is a comfortable and recommended amount of coverage.

The stress-levels and stress hormones go down and this keeps them healthier, longer. It'southward what they desire and we should provide it for them.

Nosotros've added the Cavy Canopy™ equally an available option on all Single-Level cage sizes. At that place are a lot of creative ways you can practice this yourself including only draping some fabric over that end of the cage. We encourage you lot to provide a flake of cover (if you haven't already) for your guinea pigs.

Picnic Canopy

If you prefer a fleece top for a awning solution, you might endeavour our new Picnic Awning on our sis store, Guinea Squealer Market. Information technology'south a reversible fleece top that covers a 1x2 grid surface area (Cavy Cafe) and attaches with lanyards. You can position it for the look and angle you desire.

When information technology comes to fleece, cozies and hideys in cages, we consider a Fleece Forest to be an essential item for every cage--or something similar, of course. Fleece Forests provide some awesome benefits! They don't have up whatsoever running space on the floor. The cavies can run through them when they want to. No aggressive republic of guinea pig can trap some other in this hidey--there is always a way out (not bad for males). The strips aren't lying on the ground, so this stays make clean for a quite a while. They are like shooting fish in a barrel to replace. You tin put whatever potty pad or plush bed nether it for even more condolement. The Corner Curtains function much the aforementioned style. A couple of Fleece Forests can provide good security enrichment besides.

A nifty combination is a Kitchen area at one terminate of the muzzle and a Fleece Forest on the other. These are popular configurations not only because the republic of guinea pigs love it, it'due south easy to maintain, too.

Cage Enrichment for your Guinea Pigs

The feedback from our customers over the years, ranges from about lxx%-95% success rate of them using the kitchen area as compared to the fleece. You increase your chance of success with the overhead coverage. But whether or not you use this combination, you should always be providing some overhead security for your guinea pigs. As well, go on in heed that if it'due south new to them, information technology tin can take them a few weeks to a few months to get with the program and use it properly. Enjoy your republic of guinea pigs' delectation! :)

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