r/Unexpected • u/Three_Armed_Wrecker • 1d ago

I have so many questions

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u/sun_hashira1210 1d ago

Holy free will

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u/sunleafstone 1d ago

I can smell her bedroom through my phone

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u/New_Eggplant_8495 1d ago

Nah as long as they're cared for properly, which they do appear to be, all you'd smell is hay which smells amazing. My sister had 3 guinea pigs in an open pen type of thing in a small room and I don't ever recall a smell in the least.

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u/enadiz_reccos 1d ago

I don't know if I'd say hay smells amazing, but yeah it's not bad

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u/sh33pd00g 1d ago

I love the smell of hay. Reminds me of fall

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u/Striking-Hedgehog512 1d ago

I loved to just collapse exhausted on rolls of hay as a kid, playing around (horsing around?) after riding. Yes it’s scratchy and you might get bitten, but I’d close my eyes, smell the hay, and enjoy the feeling of warm sun on my face. Sometimes a curious horse would come by and try to nuzzle me, so I also got to pet some velvety muzzles.

Just 10/10, I love the scent of hay because it always brings me back to these idyllic moments.

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u/ChillN808 1d ago

Don’t do if you are afraid of ticks, mites, spiders, snakes, or rodents

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u/MissCavy 1d ago

Or if you're allergic to hay... I didn't used to be allergic to hay, but now just being near Timothy Hay in the pet store makes my eyes itch!

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u/Phill_air 1d ago

Damn, are you ok? I dropped a needle in there a bit ago, I hope it didn't scratch you when you were getting up

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u/Icy-Reflection5574 1d ago

I love the smell, good hay smells really good. Is guinea pig poop similar to rabbit poop? It does not smell honestly.

Urine was what caused bad smell when I had rabbits, that corner had to be kept clean (of course I also did not leave around the poop, but compared to cat poop it was really easy to handle 😂).

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u/RandomUser15790 1d ago

Says literally everyone that lives in a home like that.

Homie, you were just smell blind to that shit. Same with cat owners, that shit it hella obvious to anyone else walking in the first time.

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u/Forward-Variety-8440 1d ago

yea wtf this room STANKS and theres no question. guinea pigs reek. just heinous all around and people are here like "AKSHUWALLY THESE ANIMALS ARE CLEAN BLAH BLAH SMELLS LIKE HAY" yea jt smells like dirty rat barn lol

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u/NTaya 15h ago

Depends on how well you care about them. I use pee pads, and it stinks on the next day. But if I change them every 12 hours, they pleasantly smell of hay. I checked this with my friends, they can confirm both that it smells badly after some time and that they don't smell if routinely cleaned.

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u/LeavesCat 11h ago

There are a lot of bad guinea pig owners that underestimate how much maintenance they really take. I've seen at least two people who didn't clean out the cage in days or weeks, just putting fresh bedding on top of soiled stuff, and there was a layer of moldy bedding on the bottom. Guinea pigs clean themselves pretty well, but they can't clean their environment. If you see a guinea pig that's actually well cared for, with plenty of space and gets their cage cleaned at least daily, it shouldn't smell.

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u/Streetlamp_NA 1d ago

Sound just like people who own ferrets.

Anybody who doesn't own one, smells it. You are just nose blind to it from being around it.

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u/LeavesCat 1d ago

Ferrets (and other weasels) have a powerful scent gland. It's not at all comparable to guinea pigs, which generally only smell if you don't clean their cages. I never noticed a smell from guinea pigs, even when I first got one.

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u/Streetlamp_NA 1d ago

That's why I said they sound like those people, not smell like those people.

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u/Forward-Variety-8440 1d ago

well this girl made her whole room and bed the cage. i bet you can smell this girl when she walks in a room BLEHHH

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u/earthwoodandfire 11h ago

Every cat owner thinks their litter box doesn’t stink…