Can Anyone Help Me With Bedding Ideas?

Laura mason said:
I have sooo much fleece that this combo would be the cheapest for me, but last time I tried fleece with hay ontop it absolutely stank, and the pads under the hay were soaking within a few hours, so I was constantly having to change them? I friend of mine uses this method tho and doesn't have the same problems as me!? I don't understand it at all! Am I doing something wrong? Do you have pics of yours? x
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Have you wicked the fleece? And don't use fabric softener as it reduces absorbance (that's why bath towels get worse as time goes on).
I also sprinkle Cage Fresh granules under the fleece (not where the pigs are on them) which helps neutralise the odor when per soaks through.

I clear the pigs out every 3 days. I clear the hay out every day.

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Laura mason said:
Yeah, someone tried to tell me for a £9 bag of bedding it would cost £7 delivery plus an extra £12 surcharge for NI!? Come on, that's just ridiculous! I can get things posted from America cheaper than that! .
2 weeks! What am I doing wrong? Lol. Everything I try never lasts anywhere near that length of time! No matter what disposable bedding I have used I need to take a good bit out daily and replace, and by the end of the week its smelly and well just needs changed...this was even the cage in a 2x9 c and c all with disposable bedding x
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Like I said, I'm a big fan of Carefresh ;)
 
Kallasia said:
Have you wicked the fleece? And don't use fabric softener as it reduces absorbance (that's why bath towels get worse as time goes on).
I also sprinkle Cage Fresh granules under the fleece (not where the pigs are on them) which helps neutralise the odor when per soaks through.

I clear the pigs out every 3 days. I clear the hay out every day.

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Yeah I've been using fleece for a couple of years now with no problems bar the hay areas. My liners are well washed and I never use fabric softener on any of the pigs stuff. I use liners so not sure sprinkling anything under them would really help? I put extra pee pads under the hay so I could lift them out daily instead of changing the whole liner, bit literally within a couple of hours they were wet in that area and filled with pee, the amount of washing I had was ridiculous, and smelt worse than newspaper and hay!? Then there was the added bonus of trying to get all the hay off the fleece. I know just having hay in bags and not on the floor would work...but my piggies love to play in it so there goes that option lol. Your cage is lovely by the way :) x
 
Laura mason said:
Do yours spend loads of time in your hay loft? Mine only come out for a snooze in the fleece cosies and then are back in the hay again lol x
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i have one piggie that is in the hay loft most of the time,the other three use it to eat hay and food,rest on the 6x2 fleece liner,but i have a cat litter tray with hay in on the fleece.
 
I am using newspapers covered by a fleece and I am satisfied because it does not cost anything (actually I use flyers from supermarkets and here I can collect loads of them making only a favour to my neighbours and the cleaning lady who is paid also for throwing away all that useless paper which nobody is interested of). This means that every day, during floor time, I have to remove the (few) flyers with a wet spot, but it is not difficult for me. If I don't clean the cage, it is okay as well for two days, but not longer.
And as I have said, it is totally free... as free as the grass they eat.
During floor time they have a large box filled with hay, but underneath the hay there is the newspaper which absorbs the wee.
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rome_italy said:
I am using newspapers covered by a fleece and I am satisfied because it does not cost anything (actually I use flyers from supermarkets and here I can collect loads of them making only a favour to my neighbours and the cleaning lady who is paid also for throwing away all that useless paper which nobody is interested of). This means that every day, during floor time, I have to remove the (few) flyers with a wet spot, but it is not difficult for me. If I don't clean the cage, it is okay as well for two days, but not longer.
And as I have said, it is totally free... as free as the grass they eat.
During floor time they have a large box filled with hay, but underneath the hay there is the newspaper which absorbs the wee.
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Thank you for your reply. I use fleece liners so don't need to put anything under them. In the hay area I used newspaper initially as where I work I can get it free, but I just found the piggies bums were always wet even with me changing daily (my piggies use the hay areas a lot!). If it worked for me I would definitely use it tho as it would be my cheapest option x
 
eileen said:
i have one piggie that is in the hay loft most of the time,the other three use it to eat hay and food,rest on the 6x2 fleece liner,but i have a cat litter tray with hay in on the fleece.
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Hey, can I ask how deep you make your aubiose? I'm finding if the piggies run it leaves bits of the Lino exposed. I've done it around 1.5 to 2cm deep x
 
Guineapigfeet said:
I get damp patches on top where my girls wee the most. I just pick it out with my hand.
I do find I can smell that it is a guineapig room, but I thinks it's wee-hay rather than the Aubiose! And I do cough a bit when doing a full clean out but it doesn't affect the pigs.
Hope you get on well with it!
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Hey, can I ask how deep you do your aubiose? I've done mine about 1.5 to 2cm deep but finding if the piggies run it moves and leaves parts of the Lino exposed x
 
I do at least an inch, but zoomies still leave bare patches sometimes!
 
rome_italy said:
I am using newspapers covered by a fleece and I am satisfied because it does not cost anything (actually I use flyers from supermarkets and here I can collect loads of them making only a favour to my neighbours and the cleaning lady who is paid also for throwing away all that useless paper which nobody is interested of). This means that every day, during floor time, I have to remove the (few) flyers with a wet spot, but it is not difficult for me. If I don't clean the cage, it is okay as well for two days, but not longer.
And as I have said, it is totally free... as free as the grass they eat.
During floor time they have a large box filled with hay, but underneath the hay there is the newspaper which absorbs the wee.
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Such a cute piggy! That basket is a good idea for a hide!
 
Was just wondering what people think of finacard because I know some people use it with fitch.
 
Guineapigfeet said:
I find Aubiose can leave damp patches on the correx, but it's only when the layer isn't deep enough or it's new patch of wee; the pee sinks to the bottom of the bedding and is absorbed from there, so if they do a big wee and you lift the bedding soon after, it may not have absorbed yet and obviously in high-wee areas it can reach saturation.

I find it easy to sweep off my carpet so imagine it to be easy to sweep off fleece too?
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It's really easy to get off the fleece...doesn't stick at all and just hoovers right up x:bronco:
 
Laura mason said:
Thank you for your reply. I use fleece liners so don't need to put anything under them. In the hay area I used newspaper initially as where I work I can get it free, but I just found the piggies bums were always wet even with me changing daily (my piggies use the hay areas a lot!). If it worked for me I would definitely use it tho as it would be my cheapest option x
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I have two longhaired piggies and Calliope has often her bum's fur wet, but Calipso has not. Also during floor time... and I discovered the reason: Calliope wees and then moves backwards just on the pee! and she often moves backwards also before weeing, therefore her long fur goes under her belly... Calipso is always dry wherever she wees (also on the sofa and on my daughter!)
 
Laura mason said:
I've personally never used it but did read up on it and it seemed to have quite mixed reviews (bit that was using it on its own) x
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Yeah, that's what I found. I currently use aubiose and I do the depth up to the second joint in my index finger. :)
 
RingoandOlly said:
Such a cute piggy! That basket is a good idea for a hide!
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Yes! I found it next to the garbage bin and I had used it for years... then I was about to throw it away when the piggies arrived:D; it looked so big at that time when my piggies were young, but now its size is appropriate:D
 
rome_italy said:
Yes! I found it next to the garbage bin and I had used it for years... then I was about to throw it away when the piggies arrived:D; it looked so big at that time when my piggies were young, but now its size is appropriate:D
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Yeah, it's so cute :)
 
Hi.I use 3cm to 4cm...so the base of aubiose binds wet areas at the bottom.I've 5 piggies in a 6x2 c and c cage ...it lasts 7 days...probably longer if there was not so much poop.x
 
Finacard is good...but I found for more than two piggies in a 6 feet cage it did not absorb the wee as much as Aubiose....I needed to change it twice a week.which is to I labour intensive when I have 8 cages.I like megazorb as well,I use AN inch thick layer and place hay over it.x
 
eileen said:
Hi.I use 3cm to 4cm...so the base of aubiose binds wet areas at the bottom.I've 5 piggies in a 6x2 c and c cage ...it lasts 7 days...probably longer if there was not so much poop.x
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Thank you. So do u have to scoop bits out daily with that amount? Or do u find it can be left for a bit? x
 
eileen said:
Finacard is good...but I found for more than two piggies in a 6 feet cage it did not absorb the wee as much as Aubiose....I needed to change it twice a week.which is to I labour intensive when I have 8 cages.I like megazorb as well,I use AN inch thick layer and place hay over it.x
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Wow! You have 8 cages! What on earth do you do with all that used bedding? I'm having problems with that and I only have 3 cages! Lol x
 
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