Guinea pig bedding.?

Question

i have a guinea pig and i think that she is allergic to her current bedding. it's the papery kind that comes in like blue and pink and brown. she itches a lot. and i know she has allergies. and it's not mites or lice or anything like that. but anyway...what other bedding could i use. other than the pine stuff. cause you're not supposed to use those.

Answer 1

im not sure what its called but they look like really soft woodchips? Any local pet store should have them and if you have an further questions than any employee should be able to answer.

Answer 2

The best bedding to use is Care-Fresh.   It is a little bit pricey.

Try newspaper shreddings if the she isn't going good with the Fresh bedding

Answer 3

Allergies are rare. How do you know it isn't mites or lice?

You can try fleece: http://www.guinealynx.info/bedding.html

Answer 4

you should try sorbent its kinda pricey though

Answer 5

ok i have a guinea pigs and the guy that sold it to me said its okay to get the ine stuff.... if thats still not okay i would call PetSmart or something and ask them what u should do!  Good Luck!

Answer 6

i would use carefresh or rabbit pellets. know that rabbit pellets may make her obese though

Answer 7

It is possible for them to be allergic or just not like certain beddings. It sounds like you're already using Carefresh, or something similar though, and I've never heard of allergies to that since it is basically just paper.

Try checking out http://www.guinealynx.info/bedding.html and http://www.guineapigcages.com/bedding.ht... for ideas and info on different bedding types.

Are you sure it's not mites? There are many ways to get mites, even if you have no other pets and use "mite free" bedding. Check out http://www.guinealynx.info/mites.html for info on mites.

Have you introduced anything new to her environment? Maybe a new type of hay? There are many possibilities for what is making her itchy. When in doubt bring her to a guinea pig savvy vet.