Guinea pigs smelling!

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Hi folks,

I have 2 lovely female pigs, one is 5years, the other is 6 months. I have a C and C cage with fleece bedding and the smell is driving me crazy.

It's a poop smell... poops seem fine and healthy, both girls are regularly vet checked and healthy. The cage is regularly cleaned, but they still smell!

For example, took the whole cage apart on Sunday, washed all the grids and inserts, fresh fleece bedding and gave both the girls a bath... by Monday evening when I got home, they were smelly again.

This has been going on over a year I'd say. I used to have a smaller cage with shavings as bedding and I don't remember them smelling this bad.

Could it be their diet? Something else? As I said, they're both healthy, last had them at the vets for a check up 3 weeks ago.

Any advice is really welcome, I keep them in the living room and I'm sick of it smelling all the time 😭

I don’t know if you could train Guinea pigs to do anything , they respond well to sound that is true but usually the opening of the fridge or if you’re trying to eat a bag of crisps. “Wheek wheek I'm starved , I haven’t eaten for over a minute and I’m going to waste away”.
They are not the smartest.
DD used to watch some videos of someone keeping piggies free range in a flat, they all pootled about on the carpets, came over for food and neatly carried it back to their beds. Didn’t show them hoovering up every 10 minutes though 😉

Our bigger boar brother always peed at the edge of the haybox before he dived into the new hay. His little brother ran through the pee😫
Every time

Have you bathed your Guinea pigs? Ours get a wash every couple of months.

Sorry just seen you have already done that!

Mine have an absolute truck load of fresh hay - in their houses and dumped in the middle of their huge c and c cage - and they still chew the pads! 🙈🤣 I think they just enjoy chewing them.

It’s like my cats now ( I don’t have guinea pigs now) they go outside and eat grass,the male eyeballs me
“ yes, mother I’m eating grass to worry you. I’m a carnivorous animal eating plantey things so you’ll think ..oh no , he’s sickening for something…”

Guinea pigs eating grass - oh that’s lovely they’re enjoying that
Cat eating grass- oh I bet he’s got a hairball he’ll chuck that up right where I’ll step on it