10 Awesome Guinea Pig LIFE HACKS you NEED to know!
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- Ten of the best of guinea pig life hacks! Tips for saving time, money and making it easier and more efficient for looking after your piggies!
Timestamps (because let's face it, sometimes you just need answers quick!):
1. 00:44 Disinfectant hack. Product link: amzn.to/3uN4Rba
2. 01:30 Keeping fleece cosy items newer for longer! Note the brushing hack works best on fleece which isn’t super super old!
3. 02:30 Litter tray hack for large cages
4. 03:21 Storage tip! Choose hideys carefully to maximise on space.
5. 03:58 Don’t have hay racks? Use this hack!
6. 04:28 Simple trick for saving your washing machine
7. 04:57 Tips for increasing the life of vegetables for your piggies. Blog with useful table: www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/bl...
8. 06:29 Another fleece hack to make liners last longer!
9. 07:33 Reduce stress when picking up and handling your guinea pigs.
10. 08:21 IGNORE THIS WELL KNOWN HACK?!
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Let me know in the comments below if you do or have tried any of these hacks and they've worked for you! Also if you enjoy this type of video I think you'll like my top ten tips for keeping your lazy guinea pigs entertained! Check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/3ZcyevXRSmE/v-deo.html
Thank you so much! ❤
What materials did you use to build your Piggies cage? And what are the dimensions? I want to build another for my piggies & I reeeeeeeeaaaaalllllyyyyy love your Piggies Home 🥰🥰🥰
Hiiii! I love your videos so much! How often do you change their water? xx
@quirkya909 just look
Up her video on how to. Build kt
Keep the funny piggy captions coming !
I love them to
Thank for these life hacks!! I'm a 10 year old getting a guinea pig soon I have done a bunch of research for almost 5 months now but theres always more for me to learn so if you have any tips please! I would love the help!
some tips i’ve learnt: you can never give them too much hay, i like to give mine pellets and grass in the morning and then vegetables at night, instead of buying loads of spray for cleaning - get a spray bottle and make a vinegar and water mix. it’s completely safe for them a and a cheaper alternative! hope this helped you with your piggies ☺️
Same! But I am 13 and have been doing research for 3 months now
Don’t use hamster wheels or hamster balls they have sensitive bones and it could possibly break one
And give them unlimited hay I don’t use harnesses or leashes
@@ziyazzlimez3272 ok
The last tip is totally right I use a bottle brush and a cheap toothbrush for the lid and it works perfectly!
Thanks for the life hacks. I love it when you put little comments from the piggies. The I pee here was hilarious.
Pedro is getting along with others so well, much love!
Thanks, Sarah. Sharing as usual. 😊
1:35 omg this is extremely cute 😍❤
I'm so glad that you have returned and share lovely guineapig footage with us 😊👍
You are so great I have learned so much about my piggies and in the process of building my own habitat from your videos and am sewing my own fleece liners and pads also beds
Thank you for these great tips! ❤️
also, another thing with tip: 1 is, you can also just use vinegar and water and mix it up, and it will do the same thing that F10 does with the water soulution. Just a tip. But yes Sarah thats an AMAZING idea ive never heard of that and thanks you!!
F10 is what my vets use to sterilise their operating theatres. It even kills Parvo.
So a bit stronger than vinegar and water.
You can buy in Australia and it looks like the UK but don’t think I’ve ever seen it mentioned in the US.
Omg!!! Thank goodness I found your channel!!!! I just adopted two guinea pigs about a month ago and I knew absolutely nothing about caring for them!!! Your channel is amazing and so helpful!!!! Thank you!!!!!
Congrats on becoming a piggie owner! So glad the channel is helping 😃🥰
@@SqueakDreams I feel like a horrible person for not knowing how to make them most comfortable! I think they still hate me...but I do know that they know I feed, water and clean their cage...I know this bc they scream at me when I come in the room lol. But I have a far too small cage that I just bought because I thought levels were cool for them--now I feel so bad for cramping them in this cage! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Keep on!
@@Scagnettisbatonga you're not a horrible person, what's important is you're doing research to improve things ☺️. Maybe take a look at DIY C&C cages, they are so easy to build and materials are cheap and readily available these days. Best of luck with your new furbabies! 🌻
Hey Sarah and Herd … ultra cute piggy comments as always, esp good to see Pedro and Lyra keeping healthy with their tummies, the keeping herbs fresh hack is genius, and really useful to be reminded of how to help pick up nervy piggies. Look forward to the next video and seeing how they all are! x
I'm going to try ALL these hacks! Thank you!!
Thank you so much
Thank you for your vids because I'm a piggy owner and I'm glad that your here 🐹
really useful video, thank you so much!
Tysm this video has changed my life forever and I’m thank full fir it my Guiena pigs look and sound way more happier
thanks i loved the fleece and litter tray hacks
Useful video! Love the tips. 💕
Great informational video, thank you God bless.
Thanks I'll use these
Thank You for your kindness & heart!!! Your hacks are awesome!!! I’ve had piggies for over 13 years & your hacks are great!!! I use paper bedding & now I’m going to make some fleece cozies as I end up throwing away… the paper boxes are awesome too!!! Love&light from California 💗💗
GREAT VIDEO !! THANK YOU SO MUCH !!
great ideas thank you!
Thanks
Thanks for all your tips Sarah, we are new to guinea pigs and have Chloe and Katie in our life now. All your advice has been amazing from cage set up, hacks, caring and what to expect. We now have some pretty happy piggies. 2 little extra hacks I have found that work for us are a sock to hold our water bottle as our piggies kept knocking it out of the wire holder and we also found a camping stool in Homebargins for £2.99 for our hammock, it's the perfect height, easy to attach the hammock and can fold flat when not in use 💕
Thanks!This helped me a lot!
These are so helpful ! Thank you Sarah and the piggies 😂
Thank you for the F10 tip! I was just about to order more pet disinfectant. You're so knowledgeable. Thank you for continuing to share.
Glad I could help 😄
Love this
This is definitely one of my favourite types of videos! Thank you so much for all these great ideas! ❤️
Thank you glad you enjoyed! 😄
This is so great! I actually ended up getting guinea pigs to help me eat healthier since they eat all the stuff I'm supposed to be eating and them needing it means it's already in the house and convenient so I'm definitely the type that likes a good life hack
Great ideas. Love the pillow case idea
Thank you! 😃
Very helpful 👍‼️♥️
Awesome video, thank you.
I am going to start doing the pillow hack. I've had such a big issue with having to clean my washer each time I wash my piggies bedding etc, thank you so much for sharing this hack as well as all the others. 😀
I love your videos ❤️
This was an incredible video!!! Thank you so much ♥️
You're very welcome 😊
I love your videos❤
Your piggies are so cute
Love your channel keep it up
You get a BIG thumbs up from me!
Love your videos
Thank you!
That's very wise!!
i will use these hacks because they are awsome thanks
the coriander and parsley hack does work very well. But I have a couple more that work really really well. For Celery, wrap it in foil. And for the lettuce, wrap it in paper towels. Both of these hacks make the item last for weeks, literally, weeks. Thanks for all the other hacks.
I love you channel Sarah ❤️🐹
Hi Sarah! You've probably seen my comments quite a lot. I just got guinea pigs the other day (you probably already know because I've told you like a hundred times!!!) and I knew nothing about them. I watched lots of your videos a few days before I got them and they really helped! I'm new to your channel and your videos are so funny, your piggies are so cute and you're just so helpful and make things easy to understand, not like other videos. I can't wait for more piggie adventures! lots of love
Love videosssss
Haha, when I was a kid my friends always thought our family was super weird for having a 'celery vase' on the table, so it's cool to see somebody else mention the idea of keeping celery fresh in water :D never known anybody else to do this!
I just loveeeee this channel! Your voice is so sweet and calming and your channel has helped me A LOTTT for caring better for my "piggies" (in my brittish accent like yours...😊😊😊) sooo helpful thabk youuu!!!
Awh thank you so much I'm so glad to hear this!! :D
I loved the hack about the picking up l just got two new gini-pigs and they're very scared I will definitely use that one it is very good 👍 😀
I bought a cheap small toilet brush that i use for water bottles, works like a charm! My favourite herb hack is to grow them myself, as many herbs can easily be grown inside if you have a window with good sunlight :)
Thanks xx am going to get bottle brush
i use aluminum mixer bowls to keep my cut lettuce in for them. it stays green and crisp longer. :)the lettuce stays nice and chilled too. they love it during these hot summer days!
Ty so much for these life hacks now that I know I have a pretty 3 month old guinia pig living with me named mocah so TY SO MUCH!!!!!
Your channel has helped me sooo much! I got two pigges yesterday and i obisly want the best ligge for them❤️
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Moving out on my own for the first time and I’m excited to give my new piggy a whole new home makeover but these veggie tips are amazing! Definitely gonna need those ☠️
I think I will try the pillowcase one as recently my sister has complained about hay in the washing machine and it allows me to wash more beds at once because they are all kept together
Great video! I have used the herbs in water with bag trick for years, before I even had pigs. It works for veggies too, like green onions, which I use in my cooking. I'm still trying to get the hang of best ways to keep my cage clean, I'm still a new pig mom, so I'm gonna try incorporating some fleece pads. Have a good night!
Thank you! Hope the tips helped!
My oldest daughter and her best friend rescued 12 piggies from 3 places in the last 3 weeks, and in 2 days, I’m taking 2 home for my roommate and me. I love your videos, Sarah, as they are honest and helpful. I was going to go with kiln-dried Aspen shavings, but after watching your videos, I am going to be making fleece pads and liners for Marshmallow and Cadbury. Because of you educating me, they’re constantly purring and chattering. As I’ll be taking Marshmallow & Cadbury back & forth between my daughter’s place and mine once in a while, can you please do a video on traveling with your piggies?
I ABSOLUTELY will be using some of these that are new to me! Thank you!
I’ll be getting the F-10, for sure. It makes sense to save money and to kill those fungal spores, as well.
Putting hay into TP rolls is an excellent and affordable idea!!
Duh- why didn’t I think of trying to direct my young piggie into a snuggle sack? I have two of them. Great idea!
I’m going to try the plastic liner of hay for toileting use. So far I’ve tried putting small pads in all of the “hot spots” but they often get soaked in one night! I hope a smaller version will work for two Guinea pigs because my cage is 6’x2’.
I’ll be using your veggie tips, for sure! I currently have floppy celery and wimpy parsley.
I do have a QUESTION about the washing machine hack. When I used a laundry bag for my fleece, the hair remained on my liners and pads. Does yours? What I’ve been doing that is working is washing the fleece items twice. Once with free and clear detergent and the second time I don’t add detergent, but I do add an extra rinse cycle. This has worked, but I’m guessing it’s not good for the washer is it?
Thankfully I was told to buy a bottle brush before I heard about the rice hack, which sounds messy!
As you can see, I learned a lot from your tips! Thank you for making this video!
Thank you I'm so glad the video was useful! Yes the hair does hang around on the fleece pads etc, but it does also gather in the pillowcases. I find the best way to get it off is to hang liners and fleece items up outside to dry, even then some still stays but this is okay for me 😊
You're so amazing thanks so much for All of the tips!❤ I love your videos and love your guinea pigs I have 3 Girls!! Oreo Cookie and Snickers!❤❤❤😊
I am looking for the video that goes with #8 to make the liners. I love your videos. Thank you so much.
Great hacks!! 💞I agree! I tried the rice hack and I spent an hour getting all the rice out of the bottle
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Your videos have been so helpful to me as a new guinea pig owner - Thank You!! Where did you get the collapsible houses, I've never seen that before?
I've never used the rice hack or even heard of it til now. I have always just used a bottle brush. I have also heard that some algea in the bottle is actually good for them as long as it's not left there for too long. When animals are a bit sick, I have put dissolvable vitamin C into the water bottles. I generally give them a second water bottle of just water if I do this in case they are put off drinking at all. I find they use both. Would really love a video on vitamin c deficiency and your take on it. Not sure if you already have one. I have used the toilet roll for hay hack, especiallyf or my longhairs who tend to get it tangled in hair, but lately I have been using hay racks outside the cage and they pull the hay in through the bars. I use planters for this, and it makes it easy to refill hay without opening the cage, keeps it clean and free from soiling, gives them something to do and to work for to get their hay which relieves boredom, and I can easily see if the hay is getting low and needs refilling. They can't get their heads stuck in it as it's outside the cage so it's safer. I've been meaning to make a video on my animal channel (this is my gamer one) about some of these... I dont get the amount of hits that you do!
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Oh thanks i will try the brushed fleece and coriander hack. I know that if you put the base if romaine lettuce in water and change it each day, it will re sprout.
Good tip for the resprouting lettuce! Glad you enjoyed! 😄
Thanks Sarah- some great tips there. I hadn’t heard of F10 but I use white vinegar which is very cheap, safe and excellent for cleaning.
Have just bought the piggies a bag of coriander today so will go and put it in a mug of water in the fridge right now! Enjoy your weekend xx😊
Hey! Sorry to bother, but how much white vinegar do you put in a (normal size) spray bottle? :)
@@sleepysnsnoozyssnuggles3102 I just buy a small bottle of white vinegar from Tesco! You can use it neat or dilute it. It’s also good added to your wash load if you’re washing piggy fleece items. Hope this helps x
@@jemma3459 Thank you so much! Will definitely do :) have a nice day xx
@@sleepysnsnoozyssnuggles3102 No problem. You too. Take care xx
I saw this hack on another you tube channel… buy a silicone brush (it’s usually sold for removing lint and pet hair from clothes) - it works wonderful for brushing hay and hair and poop off the fleece liners when spot cleaning or before washing them…. I bought a large heavy duty one.. hopefully it will last a long time..,
I think it’s also good to buy fleece in person rather than online… that way you can feel it - some fleece feels more slippery than others.. You definitely want the slicker/ more slippery fleece so poop doesn’t stick…
I’m going to try making my own fleece liners…. Paper bedding is so expensive! And we go thru it so fast…. We are only using it in one half of the cage… and using disposable pee pads on the other… these are m6 sons piggies…. So I’m going to start by making smaller fleece liners for 1/2 the cage… that way if he likes them then I can make bigger ones for the whole 2x4 cage..
Great advice! I will definitely have to try the silicone brush! And so true about the type of fleece, especially for the liners. Fortunately the less expensive fleece throws are very low pile and work great for liners 😃
I have an idea that would help me and possibly other newer Guinea pig owners.
Could you perhaps show some examples of “floor time”?
I have two piggies- boys- and they live well together so far in their 6’x2’ C&C cage. They are 11 months and 3 months old and have been together for about a month.
Maybe you could collect photos or short video clips from people showing their floor time?
I don’t know what goes into a “good” floor time. How do I cage them in easily? What is easiest to put on the floor to catch the “gifts” they leave us? Do they need hidies and tunnels or anything else?
Also, does the set up need to change each time?
How often do they need floor time? How long should each session be?
I kind of need to know the least amount that is still good for them because I live with chronic pain from a car accident and I don’t last too long each time I get busy.
Could this possibly be a video? Thank you!
Lovely videos with fun piggies moments. I just made a couple of fleece runners repurposing an old mattress protector from when the kids were small and some fleece. I have a bottle brush and reusable straw brushes(test tube brushes) for the nozzles. Best tip I’ve heard is to use a stiff brush like a floor brush to brush away all the hay and hair from the fleece before washing. I find it’s much better than just shaking. Also free dandelions and seasonally dill, basil and carrot tops all from the backyard.
Thanks so much for these tips!! These have saved me so much time, and effort. I've been looking for a good anti-septic for ages, and I will defiantly be getting the F-10 one!
Do you have any tips for teaching piggies to drink from a water bottle? I have 3 pigs, and they all were brought up with drinking from dishes, and I think having a bottle would be so much easier, I've already tried to teach them but they don't seem to understand how haha, they just lick the bottle being very confused. Thanks so much for posting these tips!
I think this was a very helpful video because I’m trying to convince my parents to get me a Guinea pig but I think that you are teaching me a lot about them and how to take care of them this video really helped. The Guinea pig breeds video was very helpful and I suggest everyone watching should check it out it was a very helpful video and another video is “The 5 best and worst things about owning a Guinea pig” I think all of your videos are very helpful and I love your 4 Guinea pigs they are very cute
I appreciate the information but I also think the comments your piggies make are so funny 😆
Thanks for your videos, they help me so much as I am a new piggie owner. Also where did you get your cage.
I love the litter tray idea I have a question how did you cut them and did you file it to prevent sharp bits? Thank you 😊
I'm 29 and got my first skinny (naked)guinea pigs last week, so glad I found this channel!
Veggies last longer in an airtight container that locks closed, but put a dry washcloth in the bottom. It absorbs moisture that leads to wilt.
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Hi. Watched a few of your piggie ideas and hacks now. Brilliant. Can you please tell me where you got your water bottles from though?
They look so much easier to clean with a bottle brush that the usual plastic bottles, which in my opinion, encourage algae growth. And do they leak or not? Cheers
these were very good tips and i’m going to try to make my own pee-pad things, also do you know how to stop their water bottles from leaking?
I have been filling the bottle as close full as possible. I replace the top and while it is still upside down from being filled, I gently squeeze the air out until water begins to come out from the top and then I quickly turn it right side up. You should see a few air bubbles floating from the opening upwards into the bottle. This means that you’ve made it much less likely to leak! It is working wonders for me and my fleece now stays dry.
I love your videos yesterday my friend got a ferret and my other friend had guinea pigs and they don't smell like ferrets so I dicided I want a guinea pig so I hope I get a piggy
1:30 Just to add onto this - using a pet deshedding tool like a FURminator will help get rid of any piggy hairs stuck to the fleece, as well as fluffing the fleece up 🙂 (you can get much cheaper brands - just using FURminator as an example)
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Do you put anything under the liner? Like puppypads?
When I got my piggies, they were given to me, including the cage and all the supplies. The water bottle that was in the cage was green with algae and was pretty gross. When I cleaned the bottle using the brush I also put in a couple of drops of bleach to kill the algae because I was afraid it would grow back. I rinsed it very carefully. I didn’t want the piggies getting any bleach in the water
I love the idea of the collapsible hideys....do you make them yourself? Also love the idea of making pee pads, etc but I don't have a machine, and I'm not great at handsewing
What did u use to make that cage u have.? With clear up front.
You need to wrap the lettuce in paper towels or you will get gooey algae. I reuse the paper towels once I air dry it. I put one in a plastic box and store the other vegetables 🥕 too. I change out the towel (if damp) and air dry it and put a new one in.
Totally going to chase our little ones into a fleece bag, rather than chasing them around.
Could you freeze the cut veggies and defrost them every day ?
Where did u buy the litter trey
Should I use hay for the beding
Early , ish 😂
We’re did you get the F10 sc
Anyone know how often you should feed your guinea pig Oxbow Vitamin C treats? Is it half of one every once in a while or half of one every morning?
For an adult pig it’s one a day or half of one a day
I love your tips but it looks like the disinfectant and cages are only available in the UK! Could you possible make an international or American version? I'm in the US and am looking to be a smart piggie owner. :)
Thanks for all that you do!
Thanks for your comment - ah I do try to talk about both, sometimes things are only available in the US too - which cages did you mean? F10 is on Amazon US but now I see it says not available which is a shame - there are probably other pet safe concentrated disinfectants available though :)
So I’m thinking of getting two female but I don’t 100% know what I need and I need help. And what did u use for your cage the one behind you, like I kinda was to make that. And can u comment on my comment of what I need and what you use.
Hi there :) I have a video on how to build my cage setup and my newest video is on everything we have to go in the cage. I will have a new video coming soon about costs including setup costs and what you need - plus lots of other informational videos on my channel which I hope will help you :)
Hi I love your videos and your accent. It's so soothing to me for done reason lol. Anyways I'm confused why would you want them going to the bathroom in their hay their eating seems so gross n unhealthy ? I'm just missing something I guess