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anyone gots any guinea pig care tips?
>> Anonymous
Food: Good pellet food, none of that stuff with seeds or "kibble" bits in it. They need vitamin C, and there are several ways to get it to them. Vitamin C-enriched pellets lose their potency after a month or two; water with additives needs to be changed every day. I give mine a chewable vitamin C tablet every day, she thinks it's a treat. They also need greens and some fruit.

Bedding: Carefresh (like in your picture) is good stuff.

Cage size: The bigger the better. Cages sold in stores as guinea pic cages are almost always too small. They need several square feet to run around in. If you have more than one (which is a good idea, they are social) you will need an even bigger cage. Look up Cube & Coroplast cages, they are easy to make and cheaper than commercial cages.
>> Anonymous
And cut their nails before they get too long.
>> Anonymous
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My experience with Carefresh is that it tends to be dusty, packed down mess within a day or so (though it has less dust then any of the dried pine or aspen wood shavings I've experimented with), and is absolutely nasty when wet. The best I've found so far is is the eco-bedding, a shredded, crinkled paper type bedding used in labs that is dust free and easier to clean up. It also doesn't pack down, meaning droppings don't stay on top, and it is significantly cheaper then carefresh.

A good fortified diet and daily greens (preferably dark greens like Kale) should provide them the amount Vitamin C they need. I originally gave mine supplements, but found they did fine without them.

I agree on the cage size, but don't be fooled by how easy they claim the C&C cages are to clean. I had one for three years, went through various configurations, and always found the process to be a laborious chore and that the plastic tended to hold stains and odors. Now that my two are older, I've switched them to a nearly 3' by 3' manufactured rabbit cage (raised floor removed, of course) and found the cleaning to take half the time and be twice as easy.