Guinea Pig Manure
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I was told that it was the remains of food and the dry grass for bedding that was an appeal to the rats.
No idea how true it was, but a neighbour complained about another neighbour putting the old bedding/cage sweepings on her compost heap, and that's the reason she gave.
Personally I'd have put it into a bin and let it worm work down a bit before I put it on the veg beds, easier to keep any rats there might be out of that too.
I think animal waste like that would be brilliant worm food/ compost
No idea how true it was, but a neighbour complained about another neighbour putting the old bedding/cage sweepings on her compost heap, and that's the reason she gave.
Personally I'd have put it into a bin and let it worm work down a bit before I put it on the veg beds, easier to keep any rats there might be out of that too.
I think animal waste like that would be brilliant worm food/ compost
It's unlikely you don't have rats anyway and they'll find food about the garden and nesting material regardless of your guinea pigs. We have rats and one of their favourite foods is garden snails and they nest in dried leaves, grass and any plastic they can get their paws on.
However, neighbours may blame you for rats even if it's the scraps they throw out for birds that attract them so composting stuff down may be the wise option. If you're worried about rats though you'll need a robust bin and something to exclude them as they love a nice warm bin to nest in!
However, neighbours may blame you for rats even if it's the scraps they throw out for birds that attract them so composting stuff down may be the wise option. If you're worried about rats though you'll need a robust bin and something to exclude them as they love a nice warm bin to nest in!
Rats love a compost pile almost as much as neighbours love a moan, a bit of bedding isn't going to make it any worse!I was told that it was the remains of food and the dry grass for bedding that was an appeal to the rats.
No idea how true it was, but a neighbour complained about another neighbour putting the old bedding/cage sweepings on her compost heap, and that's the reason she gave.
Personally I'd have put it into a bin and let it worm work down a bit before I put it on the veg beds, easier to keep any rats there might be out of that too.
I think animal waste like that would be brilliant worm food/ compost
Also, placing the bin on 6mm weld mesh or similar will help prevent residents burrowing up
Depends on your compost pile apparently.
I use bins and they produce the most beautiful worm worked soil for very little effort, and no rats
The pest control fellow who came to do a talk at one of the guilds said that rats like to tunnel; they like to burrow along a wall, or an edge of some kind, they like under slabs and the like.
Honestly ? I reckon there are a heck of a lot more rats about than we ever suspect, and they're opportunistic omnivores.
Pity the damned things carry so many diseases and do so much damage if they get in anywhere.
I use bins and they produce the most beautiful worm worked soil for very little effort, and no rats
The pest control fellow who came to do a talk at one of the guilds said that rats like to tunnel; they like to burrow along a wall, or an edge of some kind, they like under slabs and the like.
Honestly ? I reckon there are a heck of a lot more rats about than we ever suspect, and they're opportunistic omnivores.
Pity the damned things carry so many diseases and do so much damage if they get in anywhere.
They make good pets according to a zoologist I know ..... maybe so, but, y'know ? rats.
Two of my family have had pet rats. One used to decoy my wife by climbing into her lap while the other ran off with whatever they had targeted - box of matches, ball of wool currently in use etc. etc.
Guinness pigs abound in the family. The gardening experts among them always compost. Putting straw, hay or shavings directly into soil brings about a ”nitrogen shock” as in the first phase, breakdown bacteria consume nitrogen from the soil. Release of nitrogen to your plants comes in a second phase brought about by a different set of bacteria.
Guinness pigs abound in the family. The gardening experts among them always compost. Putting straw, hay or shavings directly into soil brings about a ”nitrogen shock” as in the first phase, breakdown bacteria consume nitrogen from the soil. Release of nitrogen to your plants comes in a second phase brought about by a different set of bacteria.
Small, stout, creatures, dark body with a white head?
