Can Anyone Help Me With Bedding Ideas?

I can leave aubiose for 3days...then scoop out midweek .Full change every 7days.I take all waste to the tip twice a week.I'm using flax bedding this week ..very similar to aubiose. Just softer and cheaper!
 
eileen said:
I can leave aubiose for 3days...then scoop out midweek .Full change every 7days.I take all waste to the tip twice a week.I'm using flax bedding this week ..very similar to aubiose. Just softer and cheaper!
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What's the flax bedding called?
 
eileen said:
I can leave aubiose for 3days...then scoop out midweek .Full change every 7days.I take all waste to the tip twice a week.I'm using flax bedding this week ..very similar to aubiose. Just softer and cheaper!
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Oohh where do you get that? Any pics? I'm loving the aubiose so far, but looks like a 20kg bag is only going to do me 2 weeks so working out £34 a month. Would love something the same but cheaper! x
 
My wood pellets (cat litter) have just about run out so that means a large bag has lasted me 3 weeks in their litter trays and I change it often, sometimes daily. Going to order some Aubiose tomorrow and try that and see if it lasts me any longer or needs changing less often.
 
I use hemparade from zooplus in their litter trays with hay on top. They have about 4 x 2 c and c for the hay trays and 4 x 2 for the fleece area. Hay trays consist of a 32l underbed storage box, a poundland cat litter tray, a small dog bed and a grow bag tray. All filled with about 1 to 2 cm of hemparade. I take out wet patches every day or two and shake poos out of the fleece.

I have two sows in the 8 x 2 c and c cage and wash the fleece liners every week.

This is an old pic before I added the poundland tray and the dog bed

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I also line the hay area with a cheapmpoundland tarp and newspaper.
 
Eileen's Mum said:
My wood pellets (cat litter) have just about run out so that means a large bag has lasted me 3 weeks in their litter trays and I change it often, sometimes daily. Going to order some Aubiose tomorrow and try that and see if it lasts me any longer or needs changing less often.
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I'm really loving the aubiose. I've seen some good reviews on easibed which is cheaper so I might give that a go. In my 3 large cages (roughly 2x4 c and c size per cage) it looks like 20kgs is only going to last me 2 weeks . If I could just get it locally my life would be so much easier lol x
 
flowerfairy said:
I use hemparade from zooplus in their litter trays with hay on top. They have about 4 x 2 c and c for the hay trays and 4 x 2 for the fleece area. Hay trays consist of a 32l underbed storage box, a poundland cat litter tray, a small dog bed and a grow bag tray. All filled with about 1 to 2 cm of hemparade. I take out wet patches every day or two and shake poos out of the fleece.

I have two sows in the 8 x 2 c and c cage and wash the fleece liners every week.

This is an old pic before I added the poundland tray and the dog bed

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I also line the hay area with a cheapmpoundland tarp and newspaper.
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Thank you! I had a look on zooplus and couldn't find hemparade? x
 
It is called pure green flax bedding....I'm liking it alot.it is softer than aubiose....but just as absorbent.
 
Laura mason said:
I'm really loving the aubiose. I've seen some good reviews on easibed which is cheaper so I might give that a go. In my 3 large cages (roughly 2x4 c and c size per cage) it looks like 20kgs is only going to last me 2 weeks . If I could just get it locally my life would be so much easier lol x
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I didn't like easibed. I found it spikier and harder to clean out (I only ever take out the soiled bedding, I never throw it all out in one go)
 
Guineapigfeet said:
I didn't like easibed. I found it spikier and harder to clean out (I only ever take out the soiled bedding, I never throw it all out in one go)
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Why did you find it harder to clean out? I was thinking if it is spikier to even do the lower half in easibed and the top on aubiose to try and keep the cost down a little? x
 
eileen said:
It is called pure green flax bedding....I'm liking it alot.it is softer than aubiose....but just as absorbent.
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Thanks Eileen. Do you get it locally? Are all flax beddings ok to use with piggies? I can get this from this site as they will deliver to me, but not sure if it's safe to use x

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You cannot use this as it has essential oils added that is not good for cavies. Colehay that makes green flax.equisorb is another make....but I've not been able to get any.
 
Laura mason said:
Why did you find it harder to clean out? I was thinking if it is spikier to even do the lower half in easibed and the top on aubiose to try and keep the cost down a little? x
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I found the wet bits didn't clump together as much so wet bits were falling into the clean bits and there wasn't such a visual difference between wet and dry bedding so it was harder to get everything dirty out and I ended up throwing away more than I wanted
 
Guineapigfeet said:
I found the wet bits didn't clump together as much so wet bits were falling into the clean bits and there wasn't such a visual difference between wet and dry bedding so it was harder to get everything dirty out and I ended up throwing away more than I wanted
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Ah . Well I've ordered a 20kg bag but they will only last me two weeks and I still have some Fitch here so I can put that ontop so it's not spiky for them. I'm having a hard time finding something as good as absoise but a bit cheaper. If I didn't have the delivery fee it wouldn't be a problem! Saying that, if I don't find something I think I'll stick with auboise as I really can't fault it x
 
eileen said:
You cannot use this as it has essential oils added that is not good for cavies. Colehay that makes green flax.equisorb is another make....but I've not been able to get any.
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Thank you! I seem to only be able to fine one supplier of the pure green (molevalleyfarmers) and you can only collect from there ☹️. There doesn't seem to be anyone else. Where do you get yours from? The equisorb is £15 so aubiose is cheaper for me. I've ordered easibed to try but doesn't sound like that is going to work. Unless I can get the flax from somewhere it looks like I'll be staying with auboise. I really do love it and have had no problems whatsoever...just wish I could get it a little cheaper (or local so there is no delivery lol). Thank you so much for your input, it's been really helpful! x
 
I get mine from a horse feed supplier.more valley is the correct place.I pay 7.95 pounds for 120 litre bag.aubiose is 9.50 pounds a bale..
 
eileen said:
I get mine from a horse feed supplier.more valley is the correct place.I pay 7.95 pounds for 120 litre bag.aubiose is 9.50 pounds a bale..
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I get my auboise from gjwtittmus for £9.44, but delivery brings it up to £16.44. On mole valleys website it does mention delivery but doesn't seem to let you pick it for the pure geeen flax . I've emailed them just to check. Thank you so much for your help x
 
One of my pigs died a wile ago for no apparent reason, my vet did a postmodern and it's small intestine was inflated and part of it was showing signs of an infection, my vet sliced into the infected part of the intestin and there was a peice of the obeouse beding that l was using at the time!
The pig had eaten it and my vet said as the obeouse iis so very slow to decompose and was stuck ! It was more than lightly the cause of my pigs death

The only thing out of the ordinary was,longer poos
Since then l have never used obiuse or any of the other types of hemp or reconstituted paper beding, l have been using vetbeb and encountered no problems
 
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gizzy said:
One of my pigs died a wile ago for no apparent reason, my vet did a postmodern and it's small intestine was inflated and part of it was showing signs of an infection, my vet sliced into the infected part of the intestin and there was a peice of the obeouse beding that l was using at the time!
The pig had eaten it and my vet said as the obeouse iis so very slow to decompose and was stuck ! It was more than lightly the cause of my pigs death

The only thing out of the ordinary was,longer poos
Since then l have never used obiuse or any of the other types of hemp or reconstituted paper beding, l have been using vetbeb and encountered no problems
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Flip! Your poor piggy ☹️. I've never heard of anything like that happen before with disposable bedding. So what do you do then for your hay? x
 
Have you thought about Vet Bed? I use it for all of mine, super absorbent, super comfy and so easy to clean twice daily.
I just shake the hay, scoop up the poo and away they go!
To wash it, I remove all the poo and hay, give it a shake outside and pop it in the washing machine!xx
 
pigwigg said:
Have you thought about Vet Bed? I use it for all of mine, super absorbent, super comfy and so easy to clean twice daily.
I just shake the hay, scoop up the poo and away they go!
To wash it, I remove all the poo and hay, give it a shake outside and pop it in the washing machine!xx
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I used to use vetbed before I changed to fleece. I now have half fleece and half disposable bedding as they love their hay areas x

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Me too. Mine adore their hay area too. It no longer has the orange mat just grow bag trays and poundland litter trays and the underbed storage box!

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Ok so here's what I think of the auboise. Had it down for a week. I didn't put anything under it (probably should have lol). It was really good with smell. Once it was down i didn't find it to be spiky or stick to the pigs. Really easy to hoover off the fleece. With the barrier I didn't find much went over onto the fleece. Pee soaks through to the bottom so top stayed drier longer than any other disposable bedding I have used. Easy to spot clean. Pigs seemed to like it.
The only downsides for me is the price as to get it delivered to NI is £16.44 for a 20kg bag which lasts me 2 weeks. Also compared with Fitch the bottom of my cage was badly stained when I lifted it out a week later (did come off tho and probably my own fault for not putting anything under it).
Fitch
Very soft. Piggies loved it. Easy to do a full clean as it scoops out so easily. Barely leaves any marks on the bottom of the cage after a week. Easy to hoover off fleece and not much went over the barrier.
Downsides for me were:- with it being white it looked dirty really quickly. It was nearly too absorbent (I know that sounds daft! I mean how can a bedding be too absorbent right!? Lol)...it seemed when the piggie pee'd lots of the surrounding Fitch that wasn't pee'd on asborbed the pee so damp patches were bigger. I had to lift out a lot and replace it...probably to do with it being so absorbent! Again price...to get it delivered to NI it cost £32 for a 20kg bag which would last me 3 weeks. Didn't find it to be just as good with smell as auboise.
Hope this helps some people who are looking for a disposable bedding to try x
 
How does this bedding work with long haired guinea pigs? We used to use megazorb which we loved as it was so cheap and long lasting but would getting matted ip in the fur of our long haired pig. We are currently using vetbed with puppy pads underneath but am finding it starts smelling after 3-4 days.
 
I love Aubiose and flax bedding...but I do use puppy pads under both beddings...it makes cleaning out much easier.
 
sarah298 said:
How does this bedding work with long haired guinea pigs? We used to use megazorb which we loved as it was so cheap and long lasting but would getting matted ip in the fur of our long haired pig. We are currently using vetbed with puppy pads underneath but am finding it starts smelling after 3-4 days.
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I had no problems with my long haired piggies, didn't get stuck in their fur at all x
 
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