Guinea pigs can help trim a small lawn...
By Uroborus
@Uroborus (908)
Canada
August 3, 2008 7:09pm CST
If you have a small lawn, a good way to keep it trimmed and have some nice pets as well, is to keep guinea pigs. Make a cage out of chicken wire that is open at the bottom. Put 2 or three guinea pigs on the lawn and cover them with the cage. They will happily eat the grass down. Move the cage every now and then, and you don't have to mow your lawn, or buy food for your pets.
I have tried this with 2 or 3 guinea pigs on a 14 foot by 16 foot lawn and it works great. I suppose it can also be scaled up by adding more guinea pigs. But I haven't tried that. Comments?
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@Angra_Mainyu (377)
• United States
4 Aug 08
I guess this would be better than a goat. LOL What a creative and lazy way to mow the lawn.
From what I have read it says that they will dig their way out. Do they not get out because the cage is moved often?
How long do you leave them outside? Are they unattended?
@NonaSaile (924)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
Hi! This is a great idea, thanks for sharing. And I bet the guinea pigs are a lot happier being out in the open. One question: don't the guinea pigs try to dig themselves out of the cage?
