Babywatch - Day 6

In the morning, I introduced celery in a small amount (about 12 quarter inch square pieces).  They did eventually eat it, but I could tell celery is not currently a favorite.  I continued with green peppers and wheatgrass in the morning and lettuce and wheatgrass in the evening.  I also added about a tablespoon's worth of small pieces of cantaloupe at night as a treat.  They definitely liked it!

In the afternoon, I reworked their cage to get ready for the addition of a partial second level.  I still haven't quite figured out how I want to set it up, but I needed to make some adjustments to the acrylic sheets that I had on the sides of the cage as babyproofing and I needed to add some second-level grids.  I also changed their bedding, although it still looked like it was in pretty good shape and I didn't notice any odor.  However, I was ready to swap out the fleece for the vetbedding I had gotten from Lakeside Products.

So I cut the bedding to the size of the cage (about 27.25" x 56.25") and I also cut two pieces out of a U-Haul furniture pad to go underneath.  I've actually read some good things about using wood pellets underneath the vetbedding too, so I will probably try that in the future just to test it out.  Anyway, I put the new bedding in the cage, and reconfigured the accessories a little too.  I had to wash all the fleece stuff, so I swapped out the fleece tunnel for a willow tunnel and moved things around a little.  The guinea pigs loved that and they were excited to chew on the willow tunnel, so that worked out pretty well.  In fact, they are now making their first photo appearance.