Does anyone know if you can use used Guinea Pig litter in potting soil? It is a mixture of waste, pine shavings, paper shreddings -- they are vegitarians. It is just a shame to waste if it could be beneficial to my garden. Thanks.
The pine shavings might not be so good for the garden....it can change the PH levels...and then you have to add lime.
It should be OK as long as the soil ratio is around 5 parts to 1 part Guinea pig litter. That way the pine shavings shouldn't have too much affect on the plants. Of course it also depends on what type of plants you are thinking of using it with - heathers and other plants that like a slightly acid mixture would do really well. Netty is right it would probably be best to 'cook' it for a while first.
I bag my guinea litter and take it to the allotment when I go and pile it on the compost heap. I agree that high quantities of wood shavings won't be great for the soil, and unless you have a really large garden, over the course of a few weeks, I imagine if your guineas are as messy as mine, you will have enough cage litter to cover your garden. If you have a compost heap, that is where I would put it.
I would definately put the used litter in the compost pile, and let it rot down GOOD before using. I recently read that wood shavings, pine needles, etc. have a NEUTRAL PH factor once well-decomposed, will NOT affect the existing PH balance of soils they're added to.
