Guinea pigs bedding

Hello all, Can I put Guinea pig shredded paper bedding straight into the garden or should It be composted first?

We have four guinea pigs  and my kids love them. I understand they are strictly pets, but that doesnt stop me from using them as much as I can.  I give them greens from the garden daily when they are outside and move their tractor over weed area in my lawn.  Soon I will have a guinea pig tight fence and can let them run about when the kids and I are outside.  I am making a Johnson-Su composter probably in February but have just been putting the used bedding in the garden and covering mixing it in with the dirt.  Is this sufficient? Any tips or tricks are appreciated. Mainly in the garden we grow, tomatoes, peppers, onion, lettuce, swiss chard, cabbage.

Andrew, according to this post on gardeningknowhow.com the answer is yes.

Hey Andrew, I do both with my rabbit bedding- it can go in the compost, or applied as a mulch in the garden. With me I tend not to mulch so much because it makes the snail population explode, and sometimes I need to add something "dry" to my worm/bokashi compost, but occasionally I need to cover bare earth in the garden. I'd say use it however it is most helpful to you.