just a few pup questions!

[benonthenet]

ok i just have a few questions

1. when can i start giving the cage a good clean? so far cleaning wise i have just been brushing down the ledges and i have replaced the saw dust on the bottom i have also left their bed well alone and juzt leaving fresh tissue outside the bed and picking up the old stuff they have kicked out. but when can i get down and dirty and use the cleaning sprey again?

2, when can i start giving treats to the pups? is it when they have started to eat solid food?

3. what is the best for the pups to have? i currently only have p@h degu nuggets is this ok? i know it cant be to much longer before they eat solids as they have already started to chew on hay

thats it for now thanks guys!

[benonthenet]

4. i know its hard at a young age but at what age can you sex pups?

5. at what age do males become sexly active or another way of putting it when to i need to seperate the male pups (if any) so i dont get any more pups!

thanks again!

[smux]

1. What you're doing is fine...the cage doesn't need wiping down EVERY time you clean it

2. I've started giving mine sunflower seeds (without their shells) now they're on solids. I wouldn't give them anything hard (like dried corn) or large (like nuts) until they're a bit bigger, but the treats I bought at P@H that you can give in abundance (there's these yellow stars for instance) they've been having for a week or so

3. P@H nuggets is fine, gerty guinea pig is also a good food according to degutopia. I'd stick with the nuggets, mine get that with a little bit of gerty mixed in

4. It can be attempted at any age, but it's not important to do so until they're 6 weeks old and it's time to split them up. Some people can tell just by a glance, some can't...I've had a go, but they're too wriggly for me and I don't want to force them on their back at such a young age :-)

5. See 4

[benonthenet]

thanks smux