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BB animal care - sand badge

posted 3 years ago

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEA curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Animal Care.

In this Badge Bit you will set up a home guinea pig system.

Minimum requirements:
- Food, water, nesting area, cage, bedding and multiple guinea pigs

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
- New cage without guinea pigs in it yet showing all the required components
- Guinea pigs before they go in
- 2 weeks later showing they're alive

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C Lundquist

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posted 3 years ago

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We've had these Guinea pigs for almost 2 years. Here's their cage cleaning. After trying several bedding options, we settled on plastic bins because they're fully waterproof to protect the floor, easy to clean, and don't harbor flies; and newspaper because it's free for us, uses soy ink, and compostable. We clean their home once a week.

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The PEA side still needs some software upgrades to get the buttons. For now we're using staff notes like this.

For this one you need a pic after two weeks showing they're still thriving. Once you add that I think you're good to go.

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