Advice on Bath Mats please...

Spaghetti & Noodles said:
So would these work in an outside hutch? Just in the bed area? We are currently using newspaper and puppy pads with wood shavings on top, in the bed area they then have a snuggle bed and lots of hay. Just trying to m make life easier for cleaning out and warmth.
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Hi, I don't see why these mats wouldn't work in your outside hutch... Not sure whether you'd just put a puppy pad underneath, or newspaper & a puppy pad...
Definitely try it out... Will make their bed area soft & cosy... And absorb the wee too! 🐹
 
LucyPosyPigs said:
Hi, I don't see why these mats wouldn't work in your outside hutch... Not sure whether you'd just put a puppy pad underneath, or newspaper & a puppy pad...
Definitely try it out... Will make their bed area soft & cosy... And absorb the wee too! 🐹
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Thank you, have been thinking about fleece but maybe these will be better, am liking if it's easy to get the hay off, just need to add a washing bag to the list of things to buy!
 
Spaghetti & Noodles said:
Thank you, have been thinking about fleece but maybe these will be better, am liking if it's easy to get the hay off, just need to add a washing bag to the list of things to buy!
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I use a rubber bristled brush & hay etc comes off easily (in comparison to something like vetbed, where hay sticks like glue in my experience) 🙂
 
LucyPosyPigs said:
I use a rubber bristled brush & hay etc comes off easily (in comparison to something like vetbed, where hay sticks like glue in my experience) 🙂
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Really need to get either a rubber brush or some of those bath mats! I currently use a layer of newspaper, layer of vetbed and then loads of hay on top (my pigs live out in my shed) and it is a pain getting the hay out!
 
I bought my brush from Lakeland online, but think similar are on ebay etc.
Maybe keep vetbed to areas where you're not putting hay right on top of it... But the rubber brush will definitely help... I use mine constantly 🙂 🐹
 
LucyPosyPigs said:
I bought my brush from Lakeland online, but think similar are on ebay etc.
Maybe keep vetbed to areas where you're not putting hay right on top of it... But the rubber brush will definitely help... I use mine constantly 🙂 🐹
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I’ll have a look thanks!
Wish I could, but being outside they need thick layers of hay everywhere! I find having fabric bedding at the bottom means their snugglesafes keep warmer for a lot longer but it makes cleaning up harder work! I’ll definitely look into finding a rubber brush!
 
Mine are in a shed. I use 1 in the "communal area" which they have decided is a glorious place to poo. The other is on the floor level with 2 pigloo's sitting on top. If its warmer, I dont bother with hay, but currently pigloos are stuffed with hay on cooler nights. So i have a hay covered mat and a poo covered mat.....i shake the poo one over my garden fence every night & the hay one weekly (puppy pads underneath) & clean in a laundry bag. Cant get all the hay off but its in the bag & can be shaken off after (its very clean by that point anyway! 😂)
 
Piggies&buns said:
I’ll have a look thanks!
Wish I could, but being outside they need thick layers of hay everywhere! I find having fabric bedding at the bottom means their snugglesafes keep warmer for a lot longer but it makes cleaning up harder work! I’ll definitely look into finding a rubber brush!
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The brush from Lakeland is the 'Rubber Buddy Handheld Pet Hair Cleaning Brush' @ £4.99. 🙂
 
I'm from the UK and buy the Catherine Lansfield bobble mats from Ebay. They look nice and are lovely and soft. You can see it in this pic of my sleepy girls :)
 

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alfredsmom said:
I’m in the US and will be keeping my eyes out for one. We change our guinea dad fleece every single morning and would love to stretch that out a little but if possible. What a helpful post! Thank you!
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When we had our guinea dad liner in our cage we changed it once a week. (That was when we had 2, now we have 4, a bigger cage so we only use the liner for couch time). You shouldn't have to change it every day - that defeats the whole point of the liner lol is it not wicking?
 
Hannah_xx said:
I’ve just started using noodle mats and I’m super impressed with them!
The poops vacuum up easily and the hay sweeps off like a treat, and the wee soaks straight through meaning it never feels wet!
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We are looking at buying some mats/towels to put on our fleece in the high traffic/secret pee spots (which would probably be almost the whole cage with our 4 girls) I was wondering though, if you have ever put them under the fleece? So we would layer it uhaul on bottom, then noodle mat, then fleece on top. We have two girls that love to burrow and I could envision them just knocking everything over to get under the mats LOL 🤦🏼‍♀️
 
I would try clipping the fleece to the cage (can’t remember if you have them in a hutch or cage/c&c). So uhaul, fleece then mats. I would still use them on top of the fleece in any case. My girls love to burrow and they used to end up under the fleece 🙄 now they like to burrow under the puppy may (hay is put there)! Then again so do the boys, so now I’ve put the bath mats underneath there as well.
 
Siikibam said:
I would try clipping the fleece to the cage (can’t remember if you have them in a hutch or cage/c&c). So uhaul, fleece then mats. I would still use them on top of the fleece in any case. My girls love to burrow and they used to end up under the fleece 🙄 now they like to burrow under the puppy may (hay is put there)! Then again so do the boys, so now I’ve put the bath mats underneath there as well.
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Yes, we already clip the fleece to the edge of the coroplast. We try to put extra uhaul under the heavy areas. I guess one way to find out if they would burrow under the noodle mats is to put them in! If they do then we'll put them under the fleece but on top of the uhaul LOL

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vmorin918 said:
Yes, we already clip the fleece to the edge of the coroplast. We try to put extra uhaul under the heavy areas. I guess one way to find out if they would burrow under the noodle mats is to put them in! If they do then we'll put them under the fleece but on top of the uhaul LOL

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They likely will. Mine burrow under them.
 
In the UK, Dunelm Mill are currently selling copies of the Ikea ones (well, close enough) for £5. I bought 6. We use 2 at a time in the extension and the piggies like them. They have a non slip back but the wee seems to soak in fine. We do not have Hay racks in that area so I don't know how well lots of hay sweeps on them.
 
Piggies&buns said:
Really need to get either a rubber brush or some of those bath mats! I currently use a layer of newspaper, layer of vetbed and then loads of hay on top (my pigs live out in my shed) and it is a pain getting the hay out!
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Defo try them.. I have used fleece for 4 years and still do underneath but the bath mats are fab.. hay comes off so much easier!
 
Very interesting thread ! Thanks 👍🏻I am currently looking for new bedding ideas as I have gone off using Megazorb due to the dust. My piggies are housed in hutches in my guinea pig shed. I found that fleece got too wet too quickly as Tommy will literally pee everywhere. Will pop to Aldi or B&M this afternoon and try noodle mats in the bedroom area at first on top of newspaper and a puppy pad. I have a laundry bag that keeps all the bits inside but will have to wash the mats when my husband is not round 😆.
 
Sparklepetal said:
Just seen in a promotional email that bobble bath mats are coming to Aldi middle aisles, possibly from today! 50 x 80 cm for £5.49 🙂
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I just checked my Aldi email, and unfortunately they aren't here in the US yet. Maybe it'll be a week after! I did find some online at Walmart (the closest ikea to me is about 90 minutes so that's not really an option at this moment).
 
vmorin918 said:
I just checked my Aldi email, and unfortunately they aren't here in the US yet. Maybe it'll be a week after! I did find some online at Walmart (the closest ikea to me is about 90 minutes so that's not really an option at this moment).
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Do Aldi sell the same stuff in the US and UK? I don't even know whether it's the same stuff in the rest of Europe!
 
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