hi everyone, was wondering if I could get some help , I've been doing a lot of researching over fleece bedding, I watched a YouTube video but a YouTuber called skinny pigs 1 - she used fleece liners with small fleece pads placed in high traffic areas. She only used one layer of a fleece liner and nothing underneath, whereas everyone else I've read have said about putting different things underneath the fleece. Can you just use a fleece liner ? will that work ?
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Not really.
You need some sort of absorbent layer underneath, otherwise the urine will drain through the fleece and crate a puddle.
But you can simply lay an old towel or puppy pads underneath a piece of fleece. The layers don't need to be sewn together.
You need some sort of absorbent layer underneath, otherwise the urine will drain through the fleece and crate a puddle.
But you can simply lay an old towel or puppy pads underneath a piece of fleece. The layers don't need to be sewn together.
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Great advice from Swissgreys there... 
I am totally satisfied with newspapers underneath the fleece. They absorb the wee, don't smell at all and can also be reused as they dry very fast.
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Without smell? Really?
yes... and consider that my nose is very sensitive. In fact homes with dogs for my nose are smelly... And, moreover, a friend of mine who does not stand the smell of her sister's hamsters came here last day when I had not cleaned up the cage yet and was surprised...
Only wet cotton into their houses have a typical smell because it remains wet. Today I experimented also with putting wet newspapers outside the balcony and now that they are dry they smell of newspapers only again. I could even reuse them tonight for the cage, but I don't care, as I have plenty of flyers and old newspapers at home...
Have a try...
(use also flyers of supermarkets, if you have tons like me 
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Thanks for all that, I might give it a try! Do you use a litter tray area or hay on the blanket?yes... and consider that my nose is very sensitive. In fact homes with dogs for my nose are smelly... And, moreover, a friend of mine who does not stand the smell of her sister's hamsters came here last day when I had not cleaned up the cage yet and was surprised...
Only wet cotton into their houses have a typical smell because it remains wet. Today I experimented also with putting wet newspapers outside the balcony and now that they are dry they smell of newspapers only again. I could even reuse them tonight for the cage, but I don't care, as I have plenty of flyers and old newspapers at home...
Have a try...
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The cage has fleece in contact with the paper; on the fleece there are the "houses"; inside the houses (where piggies sleep) I put a cushion covered with another little piece of fleece... then, outside the houses there is a corner with hayracks. I find wet spots always in the same points where I am putting some flyers more. Only into a house with no cushion I put some hay and that does smell (if I place my nose near it). The whole cage is made of coroplast, but plastic and towels underneath (which I use only for making a thicker floor) remain clean:
this is the "house" which has some smell in the morning because of the wet hay:
I am reducing the hay into the houses, the pic above is quite old; now piggies have cushions on which I see they don't wee:
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