Litter Training Your Guinea Pig 

How I train mine is by putting their poop into the litter box. Every time they poop, I pick up it up and put it in the litter box. After doing it for some time, they’ll eventually find out that the spot with all their poop is where they should poop. Works great and only took mine about 3days to get the hang of it

when her guinea pigs were squeaking mine heard and went ballistic

My Guinea pigs sleep in their litter tray 😂

my guinea pig is so fat that when i put hay in the bucket he doesn't even leave the bucket

“Under 4 years old” mine: not even a year old

Lmao that is so funny that he would pretend to poop when he saw you coming. My pig Senor Pig (we have 2 pigs but Pickle sleeps with me because he prefers the more bright noisey night routine of my 8 year old daughter and Senor Pig prefers a quiet dark cuddle with mommy Sunshine the Pitbull and some RU-vid) knows that all he has to do if he wants a midnight carrot is sqwak at me as loud as a dang fire truck and I'll jump up and get him a carrot out of the mini fridge I got for his night time carrot so I didn't have to go down stairs at 1 in the morning lol. They are so so smart. This is his house I just live in it. I don't have a pet Guinea Pig a Guinea Pig has a pet Me! Lmao

This is by far one of the most helpful channels I've been able to find!! I had a guinea pig when i was much younger but I wasn't quite old enough at all to understand and learn what kind of care they actually needed so I made lots of mistakes like housing the poor guy in a store bought cage by himself and having a very unhealthy diet but I really really enjoyed having a guinea pig so now that I'm older and have been able to convince my parents to allow me to have a pair of guinea pigs with them knowing all that goes into them I have been trying to do all the research I can to make sure that I will be educated on how to fully accommodate them in the best way and your channel is a very informative! All of your videos are so great and helpful!

Sis you are a queen. Worked so good. Never have been more grateful for a video before.

This litter training thing will not work for me bc my guinea pigs will lay down in the hay and sleep in it and my guinea pigs dig down until they are at the newspaper layer and they will eat all the paper and make a big mess!!😂

I was very concerned about my pigs respiratory tracts, so I installed a washer and dryer dedicated to my guinea pigs. I lined everything with clean non-fragranced bath towels. I changed the towels DAILY and laid new towels. I shook the poop into the trash and washed the towels in hot water with fragrance free laundry detergent and fragrance free dryer sheets. This kept my piggies healthy, I also had them raised off the floor at five feet in a 12 foot by 12 foot pig palace that my dad built. It was completely enclosed for safety. This kept them safe from drafts.

You've trained that GP to go into the litter tray to get a treat. It's not trying to fool you; you have trained the behaviour!

I tried your Trick and tried my two Ginny pigs and they were perfect in about 1 month!!! So thanks for this video!

My guinea pig eats newspaper.... XD

My girls are completely liter trained, they understood immedetly! They don't make a mess of their cage but my boar is another story. He doesn't understand the concept of a liter box, and he's so stinky 😭 his cage is so messy all the time

If my guineas are watching music videos with me during floor time, I already know when they want to go... they casually walk up to me, and let loose right next to me lolol they don’t like me lmao 😭

Tractor Supply has big bags of Pelletized Horse bedding for pretty cheap. I think they’re $6 something per bag. I used to use it before I totally switched to fleece. 😊

when my little pig heard the squeaks they went CRAZY

Love your cage too Rocky 💙 is definitely spoiled he has a nice size home also he loves it he loves to run and popcorn all around in his cozy home we can tell at least he is one happy 😊 piggie he knows he is VERY MUCH LOVED 🥰

Loved your honesty about your very bright little Guinea pig, the one that became your smartest student as to tricking his owner. Great story. Good job with instructions. We had several over years, but children grew up, and pets pass with age. Miss them, none the less.

Just when I thought I knew it all I saw this video! I will be adding new stuff to my cage now! You showed me how a darker area is better for the potty areas. I just bought the potty training box from the pet store today and I saw your video for hints and you gave me more ideas than I anticipated. We have our cage off of the ground as well and I'm going to keep it there now that I know it's best for them. Thanks for sharing.❤. I love the wood chips, newspaper idea too. Your guineas are adorable 😍😍 I'm a new subscriber.

Her : this is where my guinea pigs poop the most Me: that isn't even half of what my pigs do

Far, far back in the day when I had a guinea pig (co-habiting with a rabbit), we lined the entire cage with wood shavings which is such a mess to clean, and the shavings get everywhere. I had no idea that fleece and potty mats were an option - and that they're washable, too! This revelation actually makes me consider adopting some again, haha.

The squealing of the piggies when the newspaper was crinkling 😂

I just watched this video now and realized that it was uploaded on my dogs birthday!

I've watched your video multiple times! I am setting up a Guinea Pig cage! Your video is SO HELPFUL!!!!

Thank you so much! I've been researching a ton to make sure I know everything there is to know about giving my future piggies a happy life, and your channel is sooo helpful! Definitely gained a sub 😄 You're a life saver 😃❤

1:12, "What you got there lady?" XD

I used to have a pair. We adopted them as adults from the neighbours who were moving in December. They were eight and seven when they died. Considering what they went through before we got them (fed those peanut shaped hamster pellets that were too big for them to eat, kept in a store bought cage, little water, no fruits or veggies or hay, no floor or lap time, one of them was dropped out the window and broke her leg, which never healed properly and she couldn’t use it for the rest of her life.) I’m impressed and grateful that we got about five years out of them. After we got them, they weren’t spoiled (we wee just well trained)

All these Guinea pig videos make feel guilty over the size of my cage 😔 To be fair tho I let him out daily for 30 to 60m. If i didn't have to watch him it would be more

Everytime my guinea pig wants to poop or pee she just shakes her butt. So I just take her and put her in the litter box when she does it

Thank you I am getting ready to get a pig and really Needed the good advice in this video. I will have to go By there today and pick some up

Just got two little piggies and im definitely trying this out

1:08 guinea pig:ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ME!!!!

Awesome tips, can't wait to get my guinea pig trained

my two girlies are so sweet, during cuddle time they will move off of me and then pee next to me rather than on me, it makes it easier because as soon as they move off of me I put them in their litter tray

I use pine pellets that are made for horse stalls. It is sold at feed stores. It is pine only, no chemicals or dust. I cover it with a light film of alfalfa, also bought from the feed store in big cheap bags. Then I put their orchard hay in one end of the litter box. They sit in it and eat, and poop. I also use it in my ferret's litter boxes. I keep my ferret far away from my guinea pigs, of course.

So I am not sure my guinea pigs are trainable but i will definitely try looking for wood pellets. Thank you for this information, and your babies are all adorable.

2/4 of my pigs are litter trained. It’s the two that live together too. So I call the other pair the “stink pigs”. 😂 I use Exquisicat paper crumble litter. The unscented of course.

Wow that is a lovely cage for Guinea pigs ! 😋❤️

We get our wood pellets at PetSmart in the bird isle.

My two male Guinea pigs, pee and poop all over their cage. They don't go in a specific area of the cage. How would I litter train them?

Thank you SO much for these videos! Our pigs started out in standard rabbit cages...until I started to watch RU-vid videos about them. Yours were some of the first I watched and I learned so much! They now live in a C&C cage, they get tons of play time, and they are litter trained pretty well! They actually seem like they are happier now and they for sure let me know if I am late on the veggie routine haha! Right now I have a female who was here first and then we added another one that turned out to be a male. So, for now they live with a divider. (the little boy HATES it lol) Again, I appreciate the effort you make to record and share the videos, they really help!

this is very helpful! i'm not sure if we're getting guinea pigs or not yet but, this is a great idea you have. :) thanks for sharing

Thanks for this I been training mines on puppy pads and he goes on it he has a litter box and that's where I put the pads and I have the litter box sit on a pad like a area rug it's been helping but thanks for the tip on putting his hay in his box that makes sense because he can sometimes keep his home area free of poo poo 💩😁 and now I know why he poo poo around his home area is because I put hay over there so no more I just put all his hay in his poo poo area as I was watching and listening to you so AGAIN Thanks he has been very easy to train 🙏 thank God so now I hope this helps out more 🥰 p.s. also Everytime he poo poo from the box I pick it up and put it back in the box that definitely seems to work as well also I make sure to change his pad he seems to like it clean if it gets too messy he starts to go elsewhere he's been showing me what he likes 😄

This is awesome! Definitely gonna try this with my pig, it's both a money and a time saver.

I love guinea pigz, WITH A PASSION

I appreciate learning how to train my Guinea pigs Thanks for all info

If you have older guinea pigs couldn't you make a little doorway for them? Or if you cut from the top side enough then fold the cut piece down and put a cover on it for traction you can make them a ramp to climb in it

I live in Knoxville this is the first RU-vidr that I know of that live around

Aspen is apparently the only guinea pig-safe wood shaving. Other wood varieties are associated with a number off issues including respiratory and other chronic illnesses. I'd encourage undyed and unbleached paper litters, hay, and fleece.

I usually use paper bedding for toilet may need get Another one for near their food. I clean mine every other day.

I love when they poop in the litter box.

thank you so much. I have been wanting a guinea pig for three months since my other guinea pig died. And we never knew any of this, so thank you

i have a brown guinea pig just like yours it is crazy they look the same OMG!!!

i tried barricading them in and mine just hoped right over it...

I have babies that we just got. I put a litter box in their cage and they already use it. I didn't really have to do any extra work. There is an occasional spot of poo here and there but nowhere near what their used to be.

You can always cut the plastic to make an opening, like I did 😂

I live in that area horse pellet bedding by ugieane is the exact same

I gotta comment again to say you did a GRRREAT JOB on the video! I love that you showed the days and how you handle it. I do the same thing I spot clean the litter box and spots in the cage. I have a mite problem so Im not using fleece anymore until I get it under control. So I use puppy pee pads very expensive and now they just started putting that diaper solution that turns to jelly to trap urine so I will be calling them soon for a fyi call. I put shavings on top Aspen but I found that is still bothers a couple of them at times so I just use it in the corners of the cage since they are not trained they used to be but now they are not feeling well from mites and I noticed they just go where ever they have to go now. It's weird cuz once the ivermectin is in their system working they are trained again. I thought the mites were gone but nope had to start another round. Thank you for the video

I trained my piggy after I had him a few mos. he was already going in the corner so that is where i put the box. I bought the large triangular one, i drilled two holes in it, put string thru and tied it to cage. If i didnt do that, the box could get turned over. I put wood bedding inside it (aspen is best for us) and it’s good. I wish they made the sides a little higher bc sometimes he is squatting n not realizing his rear end is sticking over the edge n pees on floor. Lol. *Im here looking for a different box for that reason, and of course to steal any good ideas. 😁 I also hang the water bottle over the box so it doesnt get floor wet. I put hay over the little box and some will fall in it, or i hang it over a food dish, bc just like you, if hay piles up, hr will poop on it. I dont even use fleece, (only a 12” piece to chill on with curtain. The waterproof nylon floor is it. I sweep it and wipe it down. The issues came in when I thought I got a bright idea. Last winter i made a large little box n put his wooden house on top. ( i have to put a heavy slate rock on top or he moves it) It was a big mistake bc I essentially trained him to pee n poop in his house bc he associates the bedding as litter. 😫 I did this bc his cage is so big i didnt want it in my room and its kind of cold where he was. I thought putting lots of bedding in his house would keep him toasty warm. Big mistake. He even started peeing in his little fleece houses too. It has taken a long time to get him where he was before, and it’s almost Winter again and he’s still not right. I used to brag at how he was trained and did like a 95%. ☹️ I think this is impressive for 4 guinea pigs tho. I see u have those small problem areas. Maybe if u hung the water bottles over your box or food dish to drip in, (those darn leaky bottles) they may not pee there. Or maybe move the main box to that side. It may be worth the try. Thanks for video. 🙂

I would have done this but I have a lazy 4 1/2 year old piggy. I'll keep this in mind for future pigs!

I never knew I could train my guinea pig to do this. I m so happy I found this ❤️

Ha Ha ! I didn't know they are so smart! (I have been planning to get two myself!)

You're guinea pigs are so lucky to have you! ♥️♥️♥️

Mine is two thank goodness and I do have a litter box bc I lost my kitten 5 months ago

Just what I needed

My guinea pig is old and I don’t want to litter train her as it might stress her out.

I know what I'm gonna spend all of my birthday money on because I don't want anything else from my parents I got to go to the mall and spend £200 last year on usless stuff but I think this year I want to get a second guenia pig and expand the cage buy lots of toys and hideouts puppy pads for the bottom of the extension treats even probably make some homade ones in the future but seeing my guenia pig live in a cage that dosent meet the bare minimum floorspace without any toys is just depressing

I thought this was impossible, guess not, thanks !

Subbed! This was very helpful. my piggies are very mess piggies and they can turn a fresh clean cage into a smelly poopy cage lol

Thank you I will use this for my guineas😁

I have found out that 7 week old guinea pigs eat all of the hay in the litter tray I use but this video was very good for older guinea pigs like my 6 year old guinea pig pumpkin 😜😜

Now that is funny! OH I know animals are smarty pants'. Yes they are. He is a genius lol. He wanted a treat and I can't blame a guy for tryin.

thank you my mom and dad are talking about getting a guinea pig after two report cards!!!!

your guinea pigs are adorable 😍

This was my teacher.

The wood pellets can be found at Tractor Supply. Sold in large bags and is in the feed area. It's actually bedding for horse stalls

American guinea pigs are my favorite.

hi I know this was years ago but what I do is go to Tractor Supply and they have big bags of pine bedding for horses and other animals so I just get the bedding for $5 and it lasts me a about a month

this video was super helpful and now i know how to potty train my guinea pig #best video ever!

Thanks I will put a litter tray in with my boys 😃

OH HEY COOL I JUST NOTICED I WAS YOUR 2000th SUBSCRIBER CONGRATS!

if you had elderly guinea pigs you could maybe get a paper filer and use that have a dip in the front so they could easily climb right in

The litter she uses is what my family uses in our horses' stalls look at farm store like tractor supply, or southern states it comes in big bags

You should get a piggy litter tray from the pet store, it's made for them

I was wonder what else you can put with newspapers so the paper doesn’t get to wet at the bottom of the tray cause I have four guinea pigs and the go a lot

Very informative, thank you. Also the majority of your hardware / outdoor stores, like Ace, Lowe’s, etc. will only get the bags of wood pellets in during the fall / winter months. So check around later in the year and stock up. :)

They are cutie pies!

Thanks for the great information

Thank you so much this helps a lot 😊😁

if you can use equine pellets they have them at places Iike tractor supply or other feed stores

i have litter trained guinea pigs but i didn't use this trick but helpful

I love your videos

You can get the pellets at Tractor Supply

To keep tne hay inclosed inside a box. How about a inclosed winter nesting/sleeping litter boxes or inclosed kitty litter now. inclosed guiney itter boxes(2).This is ho my Chichilla sleeps( Hibernates) in hay.. in the winter

My pigs from the first week chose to poop in the same spot every time, so the cage is 90% poop free. I’m going to buy a small poop box and place it on that spot. Hope it works.

in Missouri alot of stores like orchalins and sometimes lowes have the wood pellets and their pretty good i use them for my rabbit

Just put a scoop of old soiled litter in the tray, and position the tray where they usually go to the bathroom anyway With that many piggies I'd use a bigger litter tray, like a storage box. They're cheaper too!

Thank you for the video! Can you please share the information for the cage that you used for litter tray? Thank you❤

Really nice setup