Guinea Pig Chores
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Cage cleaning, laundry, feeding, bath time, medicine, there are a lot of chores what to do when it comes to guinea pig care. I'm going to get some guinea pig chores done oh, come along with me. Many of the links above are affiliate links. These help support my rescue efforts. As an Amazon Influencer, I earn from qualifying purchases. They ad no extra cost to you.
Maybe I'm weird, but I find cleaning and decorating my piggies' cage really relaxing.
RIP Nails, Timmy, Mike, Billy. You are loved by all.
I love watching guinea pig chores ❤️🥰❤️
Cleaning guinea pig cages can be a handful but it is always worth it in the end to see your guinea pig happy!!
The fast forward "Helium" voice is hilarious - Yes "do your chores" & take care of yourself - and a "Awww" for the spider - I take them out too - unless it is a "Widow" they go out another way!!
When I got guinea pigs I thought they would be super easy, but they weren't! Then I found your channel and I am now a guinea pig expert! Thank you for making these videos! They helped me so much!❤❤
I find it therapeutic watching you clean the cages out.
Totally right. Guinea pigs are more work than my dogs and my cats. No kidding!
"I'm thinking about getting my kid a guinea pig since it'll be easier than a puppy"
Me: you may want to go with the puppy tbh 😂
Emily Francis 😂😂 exactly!
Pro trick: watch series on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching lots of of movies lately.
@Guillermo Trace Yea, been watching on flixzone} for since november myself :D
@Guillermo Trace yea, I've been using flixzone} for since december myself =)
It's never ending!! Between feeding, grocery shopping, spot cleaning, health checks, laundry, making toys/boredom busters for them its always something. And don't forget cuddle time, but it's worth it
Scott, I appreciate your parting comments about self-care. It's the right time for me to be listening. I'll give make the effort to work exercise into my daily routine. Thanks
My 2 guineas still run for their life and hide with each other in the corner when I come to spot clean their cage daily...much less when I come to take them out for floor time while I do the full cage every week. They are 2 stinky boys! ❤️
Thank you Scotty , another lovely video ... I enjoy looking after our babies aka adopted boy piggies, adopted indoor cats, and rescue chooks and turkeys.. need to go walkies etc ... have no excuse especially as live in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland! 👍❤
Yes. it’s really great to inform people of this Scotty!
Many people think they are easy, which they aren’t.
Thank you
It’s always so satisfying to see a clean cage (even though it only lasts for 10 seconds lol)
Preach! My boy Cocoa coffee (son named him) is a wicked fast pooper.
My pig potty trained itself!! I was so happy! Only one spot do I have to clean daily!
SERIOUSLY THO
I've been using wood pellets underneath my kiln dried shavings. Just one pellet layered and then an inch of shavings. It works so so so good! No smell at all and it saves money too, but more than that it works really good. I've tried fleece, shavings alone, pellets under fleece and the pellet / shaving combo is my all time fav! The guineas favorite too! They never looked so comfortable! It was so cute to see the all cuddled up like I never seen before! The pellets keep it so amazingly dry.
Laundry is never ending here.
So very true I have 5 rescue guinea pigs and they are all on fleece bedding. As one of my guinea pigs cookie has allergies. Sadly my baby boy Snoopy he got sick over 2 weeks ago, he got a urine infection and the vets in the uk here perscribed him a few meds one was metacam which made him even sicker! Then he sadly stoped eating after me giving him the metacam! I do not advise giving a guinea pig this medication please ask for something else at the vets if you end up in this situation. Luckily I knew from watching your videos, Scottys and Saskias. That I had to start critical care syringe feeding him. Which I did, I also had my emergency care kit ready to go thanks to you all. I know that this saved his life, he is only 8 months old. I also spent most nights sacred to death that I would loose my baby. Most people don't realise how much there is to looking after guinea pigs, even I underestimated it. Though I'm so grateful to you all for passing all your knowledge onto everyone all over the world. As you all have helped save my baby Snoopys life i cannot thank you all enough 🐾🐾🐹💙💜💖
You have turned cleaning into entertainment!
I used to have two male guinea pigs, their name were Guinness and Bailey. They would fight all the time.
They are so not low maintenance, but are worth the effort. I use fleece but is a daily clean up. And the laundry never stops
Great video
How are the 5 beauties doing ?
@@lizardhierophant8293 they are doing really well. Thanks for asking. Happy piggies
In about a month's time I'll have guinea pigs again for the first time in ten years. I've been watching your and Saskia's videos just to pass the time until I can have my own guinea pigs again. It's great to see how much you care about them.
Chattering teeth at each other popcorning then a series of naps
Timmy is the cuteesssst🧡🧡🧡🧡😘
I take my fleece outside and just shake it everywhere hahaha. Neighbors probably hate me. But the birds appreciate the hay for their nests! 😚
Same lol
Holy....so THAT'S where all the hay I shake out goes!!! I didn't even think of the birds!
Same!! I shake the fleeces out at my mom’s, because that’s where I wash them. Her back yard is surrounded by a small wood, and I shake out the hay and poops there. After 3 years, there’s quite an accumulation!
Lindsey King hahaha I do the same 🤷🏻♀️ I’m giving back to nature lol
Guinea pig poop is actually really good fertilizer for your yard
Last few minutes were especially helpful. What a needed reminder to keep healthy and not forget the basics on that.
They really are work, but I find they are one of those animals that actually appreciates when their cage is clean, so that's nice. They get all excited and run and jump around. I have 13 piggies. 8 girls that live in a 10x10 c&c cage, 2 skinnie pigs that live in a 4x4 c&c cage, and 3 boys that all live alone, but next to each other in Midwest cages and we alternate between fleece and bathmats. On an average day it takes about 45 mins to spot clean, and if I'm changing out everything it takes about 2-2.5 hrs lol
piggy smalls i love him
Love them all
One of my piggies flips his food bowl over every time, and tampered with his hay rack, so I stopped putting the food in the containers and now just spread it out in a large pile in the cage. It’s like the piggy was telling me that he didn’t want to eat out of a container...which makes sense, since they are naturally grazing animals.
I have a constant stack of fleeces outside drying. 🌵
With my Fibromyalgia, I found that the constant scooping of the bedding was painful for me. So, although fleece is probably more work and takes more steps, I find it to be easier on me and less physically taxing. I am able to stay on top of keeping the cages clean and having a hand vacuum to clean those poopies REALLY comes in “handy!” Lol
Omg you just fixed my life ! I never thought about the hand vacuum!!! And I have one ! I’m definitely using it for the little poops 💩!!!
Love your shoes
Nails and Piggy Smalls are just like bffs who insult each other in jest 😂 I love them. And ohh that yawn and stretch! ❤️
Omg...when Nails laid down for his petting and then Piggy Smalls stretched and yawned...I almost cried... :')
Hehehe :)
Great video! Love how you run up to nature, I Love You Nature. Also great cos you fit in exercise, snuggles with piggies and bragging about dustpans. Thanks for the tremendous love and giggles 💖🐹💋
Pro tip: gloves and mask and an allergy pill if Timothy hay gets ya itchy. And I like skinny pigs trick of the cat scoop/small brush to sweep up the hay. No matter how much o clean I'm always finding random hay bits 😂😂😂 great video as always
Nails is a Star!!!! Good to see Piggy Smalls and Nails still getting along.
The speedy moments mixed in crack me up. Love your videos. You've really taught me how to be a better piggies mom.
Had no idea. Thought "easy pet for my 10 year old" "YAY" said 10 year old. 2 weeks later with 2 growing 2 month old piggies in a pet store bought cage... several hours online, youtube, tik tok (tik tok made me do it to begin with lol) and now I'm ordering a 2x6 C&C cage, fleece liners, pads, mapping out setup, play area, toys, foods, vacuum sealing their daily meals (and meal planning lol). Cleaning out the little cage every single day..... Basically become obsessed with my "son's" new pets. LOL . Pet stores need to be a bit more up front. I'm loving these little girls though :)
Your videos are the only one's I enjoy fast forward.
It’s so satisfying watching that little joy hop piggies do when you put them back in a clean cage with plenty of fresh hay!
Amazing advice thank you 😊
Seeing nails so happy and healthy now does my heart good 👏👏👏
I watched a few minutes of this video, then got my lazy butt up to clean my piggies cage! Now they are nice and happy, and I can relax!
I love when you fast forward while you're talking, you sound so damn funny😃
They are starter pets I have two they are so easy to take care of
BB your personal cheerleader, smiles all round! Great video and your spot on, there's no such thing as a starter pet any animal in our care has needs that must be met or it's neglect
It is actually fun to clean GUINEA pig cage. My guinea pig always interrupting me when I’m trying to cleaning his cage. Lol but it can be hard working at time though.
They always distract me with their cuteness and their antics
You’re so amazing. I love after I clean the cages they start popcorning.
They take most of the day for me on chour day to really hangout and do everything to make them happy.
I dont rush
I have had piggies on shavings and now I'm using fleece. I absolutely prefer the fleece. The mess from shavings was horrible, and with my asthma I really didn't like it. Not to mention the hassle of dragging it home from the store and it was expensive in the long run. I sew the fleece mats myself and yes, it's a bit annoying to have to wash them. From the first day I switched to fleece, I noticed a big change in my piggies. They were popcorning so much more and was even making zoomies around the cage, they never did that before. I am never going back to shavings, that's for sure. Love from Denmark
I have Recused some Rats & upgrade to the critter nation but love you and what your doing for the piggies 🐀🐭😊🐀...love the vids Adorable💕💕💕I only have 2 rescues & will not get anymore but its cool to see other people who love there pets
💕💕🤗👍Love it from a to z👌👌👌👌
Thank you so much for all your vids I’ve got an entire book of your guinea pig advice we used to have piggies but they sadly died I’m getting some more in October so I’m very excited I’m doing so much research thanyou
Such great info, and the extra bonus of cage cleaning, which is very satisfying to watch.
New sub here! I enjoy your videos, you have a lot of knowledge and a greed personality.
looked like baby bearded dragon
Great video! I call them piggy-chores, also. Soon as I get home from work in the morning, I do a piggy roll-call, and then poop removal, fresh pellets/water/hay, and replace funky fleece pads. And then it’s snuggles all around. Poop removal happens 2-3x day +. I’m a little OCD about that :)
PS - great rescue footage with that spider...riveting!
I love your hair , you need to put it up like that more often. Love the fur babies
hey scotty! at 9:09 you found a spider. You are soo generous to little critters. me ummmmmmm......
🤗🤗
Nails just wants to give everyone an update on his hair regrowth 😆
Wait that's nails? He's getting so big I thought he was Timmy for a second.
I'm sorry. I just love Billy. ❤️
Me too Dena
I always watch your videos. What u said today about exercise made so much sense to me. I am in a down point of my life and it was very helpful. I just wanted u to know that.
Love the video Scotty!!
Nice knees Scottie ♥
Bwahahaha
@@ScottysAnimals you still have nice knee's Scottie! ♥
A 25 cent fish is a starter pet!
Did you know that those 25 cent fish can live well over a decade with proper care? My owner, Shark, says everyone should start with the pet they really want because they will be more motivated to take care of it. Some of our finned friends suffer badly from neglectfulness and ignorance. Cost isn't important. The promise someone makes when they bring a new pet home is.
I have feeder goldfish that are 4 years old
I have 2 piggies & I started out using pine shavings (kiln dried ) but went to fleece I just find it a little easier & cleaner & I do 2-3 spot cleanings daily
Scotty youre awesome! I listened to your interview with Sam from the popcorning piggy podcast
I just use a fleece blanket for swapping out from my guinea dads. Need to get more.
Thanks again for piggie care and human care, too! We don't have fleece down, just a lined habitat like what is under your fleece blanket. Should we put some down? We are in our first month with foster piggies we hope will become permanent family members, and we want to do right by them.
Get the lizards meal worms and put them in a deep dish. I like to put out cut up fruit, especially oranges. It will attract the flys. These lizards will eat the flys left and right. You will have new friends for life.
Thank you for your feedback!!
I always appreciate your knowledge!!❤💯
I adore my guinea a pig and he is a lot of work, but I would not change that for the world!! ❤💪❤💪
Thank you for sharing ❤️. I become a New Guinea pig parent and love your videos. You helped me with my piggys cage clean up 😅. Instead of every nite once a week is better🎉
Everyone has a rhythm based on the type of bedding that they have and how much time. Some people spot clean their Pine shavings but I don't. When it comes to fleece it's a lot easier to have little pads you can swap out to make the main pad last longer
5:48 Don't be like Mike. Don't be a bowl spiller.
Always
I do chores everyday for piggies
Fleece and moving blankets = bedding of the floofy many colors. I made one set (ok two don't judge! Lol) I need to make up more.
Yes I agree not low maintenance animals takes me 3 hrs to clean the 6 cages for my 8 piggies. And also spend time with them all I just rescued a 10 month old boy never handled by humans was bred to be snake food I am spending hours a day to win his trust plus the 10 and 12 week old girls need taming so hiper
To all of my human friends who have read my writings, this is why Shark always reminds me to point out that animals raised to be snake food are very different from animals raised to be pets. I know how all the other guinea pigs in the feeder bin I came from were acting. I was a tiny baby sitting in the corner. When Shark scooped me up it was the first time I had ever been cuddled. Shark and I both wish you much success withvyour challenging male.
Great video Scottie ! Have a good 4th of July ☺️
Love you scotty hale💋💋💋💋🍀🍀🍀namaste..
What pellits do you feed your guinea pigs Skott?and also, great video! And one more thing. Mabye you don't remember but, at los Angeles guinea pig rescue there was this little girl who had a guinea pig named sam and he looked just like gari. That girls friend was me and i found your channel and i think its great! So keep,up the good work! 😀
I not long cleaned my babies cage out whilst they have some time out and munching celery 🥰 it can be hard work to lift up cage for me I have fibromyalgia but I don't mind if it keeps them clean safe and happy 🥰
"Alvin!!!!"
Kid ask his mum for one today. I couldn't stop myself, I was straight over explaining why two is better. How much time they need and what needs be done. Needless to say mum and boy decided that they weren't ready for piggies yet lol
Ps. We are waiting for your resin craft videos of the Guinea pig earrings!!!
I didn't make the earrings, one of my rock collecting friends did
@scotty's Animals i know you are a guinea pig guy, but i wanted to ask if you would do a video were you briefly talk about BB? his species, how he came into your life, how you trained him?...etc. if you haven't already. thanks.
Hi Happy 4 of July. And I liked see your two ways to do a piggy set up and clean . What one do you prefer ?
I'm ya they tell you nothing at pet stores...I just attempted my first boar cleaning🤭
How did it go, Angel?
@@ScottysAnimals I think it went okay sure was stinky. Moose was chill frankie not so much.
9:10 REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE KILL IT KILL IT
A huge problem I'm having is water bottles either the water doesn't come out, or it leaks out. I've tried so many different ones. Right now I have Choco ones, and the water often doesn't come out.
I live in SouthWest Kansas and I rescued Emma and Snowball from a guy who was going to let them go off in the wild a couple months ago. I couldn't let that happen because Emma was pregnant. She had her litter of 2 girls and 3 boys but I have been having allergies since I got them and started to develop asthma symptoms and went to the doctor. The doctor confirmed my allergy was because of the guinea pigs. They told me to bring them to the local animal shelter because its only a matter of time and that my allergy gets worse and ended up giving me an Epi-Pen. I don't want to bring them to the shelter here in town because they are a kill shelter and they don't deserve that. I'm willing to go almost anywhere to find them a home but my allergies keep getting worse and honestly I am afraid that I might have a bad allergy attack and I'll have to be forced to bring them to my local animal shelter. Please if someone can help me. email me at monica.queen@g.sccc.edu I have two 8 Sqf large cages made out of the metal shelving and plenty if toys for them as well. Thanks to all who take there time to reach out to me with any ideas of what I can do and where I can take them!
Scotty does your cockatiels interact with your guinea pigs? I would love to see a video about guinea pig and other animals interactions telling what animals can and cant do this
It's important to make sure that any animals that come in contact with your guinea pigs are supervised. And that their personalities are 100% vetted.
What is the small fleece you put under the wooden hidey?
Great job Scotty! How far do you live from the pig rescue and it looks like your pretty secluded out there in the desert, Is there any one near by? Ty!
Scotty, how are you able to hold the pigs enough and give them attention that they need, beings there are so many? Great video by the way. 😁
Glad to see I'm not the only one that has this trouble 😋
Just wondering though, Scotty, how do you get all the hay off the fleece? Mine always seems to have "cling-ons" that won't come off...not to mention all the fur 🤔
Now that I live out in the desert I can go outside and Shake It Off
@@ScottysAnimals I do that, but it gets caught in the fibres so when I wash it they remain stuck in it. The hairs seem to cling too. I'm just hoping it's not a health hazard if it all sticks on the fleece
What is the orange pepper called that you feed the gini pigs in some videos
My one piggy is so messy. He takes a mouthful of pellets, then goes to the water and makes a big mess. I just don't know what to do. And I tried moving the pellets far over, but that doesn't work.
Forget about that you said you have one Piggy. He's not alone is he?
@@ScottysAnimals I started out with six, but have lost three so far over the years. Have three now, but they don't get along. But they are all next to each other with cloroplast houses. I use fleece with Carefresh kitchens.
I'd really wanted to see how you filled the snack shack. I have our first one coming from Amazon (thank you for the link off scottysanimals.com) & was wondering how much hay to put in/if you might leave some room for it to be used as a tunnel. Thank you for the visual. 🙂
Please give Billy more camera time.