Author Topic: Guinea pig waste (Read 1970 times)

green grass · « **on:** June 06, 2012, 07:42:47 pm »

Hi,does anyone know if you can use guinea pig poo on the veg patch,its a mixture of dropings wood shavings and hay.Or can it go on the compost heap.Cheers......

jaykay · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2012, 07:43:53 pm »

Woodshavings take ages to compost. So that's what I do with mine (mine are from chooks), put them on the compost for a year or so.

Mammyshaz · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2012, 09:47:32 pm »

When I had guinea pigs the waste went into the compost. It does take a while to rot, just make sure there's no dry food grains/pellets in it.

colliewoman · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2012, 10:49:28 am »

I bed mine (buns not GP's) on hemp bedding or elephant grass as it composts soooooo much quicker

suziequeue · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2012, 11:54:29 am »

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I bed mine (buns not GP's) on hemp bedding or elephant grass as it composts soooooo much quicker

Yes - I am planning to move to hemp once we have used up all the shavings. But since my compost cycle is two years anyway I haven't had much trouble with compsoting the shavings so far - but we don't have excessive amounts of it in the compost compared to everything else that goes onto it.

At the moment I am working my way through an enormous mouldy bale of hayage which is going to take me all year to layer with suitable "other" stuff