Do guinea pigs attract earwigs??

Question

Hi,

Well lately alot of earwigs have been getting into the guinea pigs cage and about 40 at a time the guinea pigs dont seem to care but i am worries if the earwigs are biting them or annoying them so i clean them out alot What should i do.


PS. it cant be the hay or anything like that beacause we have always used the same hay and they never came before.

Answer 1

No, the pigs don't attract earwigs, but their cage might. They like to hide in dark places, so under the bedding would be ideal for them.

Clean the cage well using a solution of white vinegar & water. Put in fresh bedding & food. Then move the cage to a different location temporarily, preferably off the ground. This will keep them out of the cage.

Then exterminate your baseboards. Wait a day or two & put the cage back. You shouldn't have any more problems.

Answer 2

Earwigs eat a mix of bugs and vegetation, so the guinea pigs themselves wouldn't attract them. Even though they may not have come in your hay, it's that (as a food source and place to hide from light) that's probably attracting them. It's also possible there were some eggs in the last batch of hay, or that the population is just expanding in the area where you live. Up until about 3 years ago, I never had them around my house, but now it's hard to keep my rose bushes looking good - they crawl inside the unopened buds and eat the flowers from the inside.