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Guinea Pig Poo Can Sustain a Small Community

Published 9/16/2010 | Updated 3/18/2024
Category: Guinea Pig News | HappyCavy

Group of Guinea Pigs Eating

Yesterday, here at the HappyCavy offices were tossing around the question, “Since guinea pigs make so much poo, why can’t we use that for energy? Or at least washing their fleece?”

And today what do we find? That guinea pig poo is being used in Peru to create compost and create electricity. Awesome.

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Amber
Amber
13 years ago

Fascinating!!


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